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Businessman, civic leader, magician Archie West featured in The Knox Countian magazine

The new issue of the Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, features a businessman, civic leader, and "magician at heart," Archie West, who lived 1917-1996, mostly in Knox County, Kentucky. The articles and photos were submitted primarily by his son, Archie B. West. Featured are Archie West's Standard Oil Stations in Barbourville and several stories about his practical jokes and pranks.

J.B. Gibson of Cleves, Ohio, has provided the Museum with a copy of his song, "I'm So Proud of You," which is a tribute to his old hometown of Barbourville, Kentucky. The name of the town in mentioned in the final stanza. Click the following link to access this song and also his tribute to Daniel Boone entitled "Appalachian Mountains."

J.B.'s Gibson's Audio Recordings

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