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Civil war veteran "Colonel" George F. Bretz of Barbourville
BY DAVID COLE
One of the joys (and frustrations) in researching the past is bringing to life Knox Countians that appear to be long forgotten except for a few kinfolks on Ancestry.com. This writer stumbled across an interesting Mountain Advocate newspaper clipping floating around at the Knox Historical Museum. The article was published in April 1915 and announced the death of a George Frederick Bretz, who was known locally in Barbourville as "the Colonel."
Knox Countian features Governor James D. Black
The winter issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, is now available for purchase at the Museum or the Advocate, both located in Barbourville, or via the online Museum Store at knoxhistoricalmuseum.org. The cost per magazine at the museum or Advocate is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.
Postcard circa 1966 of fellowship circle at Emmanuel Bible Camp
Emmanuel Bible Camp's Carl Wahlstedt led students in a fellowship circle that was featured on a postcard.
Names sought of baseball players at old B.B.I.
On July 26, 2019, Marilyn Beddow Miller, formerly of Knox County, Kentucky, submitted an old baseball team photo to the Facebook account called "Knox County History and Genealogy."
Aerial view of Union College campus and part of Barbourville - circa 1958
This aerial view of Union College and neighborhood in Barbourville, Kentucky appeared in the College's 1958 Stespean annual.
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I would love to purchase michael's
pictorial look back publication
saw a pic recently of Greenroad School 1914, but cant find it now. How could I get a copy of the picture?
I am completing a history of the Knox County courthouse on website www.courthouses.co. Could you provide me a list of the dates that previous courthouses were built in the county. Thank you.
I would like two of your calendars
I'm interested in Wilder surname, particularly pre-1830. Do you have Wilder records in this time period? Thanks!