Knox Historical Museum

The Knox Historical Museum's Steve Valentine was honored on Nov. 7, 2018 at the annual meeting of the Friends of Boone Trace held at Berea College.

At the meeting, Valentine received the organization's Keeper of the Year certificate for his involvement in and coordination of a walk on the Boone Trace at Elys Hollow Loop in Knox County this past summer. Valentine provided also provided a bus and worked in partnership with Barbourville Tourism.

By Charles Reed Mitchell

Actor Kevin Hardesty brings the famous frontiersman Daniel Boone to life in the one-man play, “The First Kentuckian,” on Tues., October 9 [2018] at 7 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Barbourville, Ky. Part of the Daniel Boone Festival, the play will take place in the church’s Fellowship Room, back of the sanctuary, at 312 North Main Street, three blocks from the Court Square. There is no charge and the public is invited to come and learn about the man for whom this festival is named.

The Kentucky Highway Department, at the request of Knox Historical Museum researcher Doug Bargo, has installed signs designating two major watersheds in Knox County, Kentucky.

The two new signs designate the "Little Richland Creek" watershed which crosses beneath US 25E at Heidrick, and the "Big Richland Creek" watershed which crosses beneath US 25E just north of Highway 229 at Bailey Switch.

Several documents of interest were donated to the museum in May 2018 by Trent Hall. This was in memory of his son, Jason Hall, 1978-2011.

Documents include the following: