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Daniel Boone Festival Souvenir Postcard Set
1948 Daniel Boone Festival Souvenir Postcard Set
by Charles Reed Mitchell and Michael C. Mills
A set of postcards with scenes from the first Daniel Boone Festival of 1948 was published to be sold as souvenirs of the festival and promotion for the second festival, scheduled October 21 and 22, 1949.
Map of Roaring Fork on Stinking Creek given to museum
Dwight D. Warren of Oak Ridge, Tenn., has authorized the Knox Historical Museum to copy and publicize his hand-drawn map of Roaring Fork on Stinking Creek in Knox County, Kentucky.
Daniel Boone Festival features Dora O. Farmer for winning historical preservation award
Dora Sue Oxendine Farmer is featured in the 2016 Daniel Boone Festival Catalog for winning the Susan Arthur Preservation Award in 2015.
Knox Museum publishes 2017 souvenir calendar
The Knox Historical Museum is now selling the 2017 Barbourville History Calendar, which will be available for $10 each during the 2016 Daniel Boone Festival. The calendars will sold beneath a tent beside the festival's information booth in front of the courthouse.
The Museum staff will also be selling calendars for 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. The cost is $5 each for these older calendars.
Kentucky History and Genealogy Network
There's new website on the Web that should interest anyone interested in Kentucky history and/or genealogy.
It's called the "Kentucky History and Genealogy Network" and can be accessed at the following address: kentuckyhgn.org.
Recent posts of interest to Knox Countians focus on the Gray and Lynn Camp communities.
The article about Gray and Rossland, Kentucky is titled "A Post Office, a Castle, a Judge, a Law Suit, a Louisville Capitalist and Brafford Store."
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Knox Historical Museum Summer Hours
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What Our Patrons Have to Say...
I am thrilled with Elmer's research and was able to get copies of the deeds referencing my 5th great grandfather and 4th great grandfather Dr Nehemiah Roszell (Derosel) and George Marshall because of his great notations! Thanks so much for all the work of all of you.
I'M CURIOUS OF HOW FAR BACK OUR FAMILY REALLY GOES. SO IF ANY DETAILS FEEL FREE TO GET IN TOUCH. TRYING LEARN MORE ABOUT HISTORY. LILBIT1731@GMAIL.COM
Anyone know of James Anderson Bunch b. 1874
Knox County Museum was closed on Monday when I was passing through, however I did go to the Laurel County Historical Society in London. Searching for Death Record and burial site for my 2nd great-grandma, Sarah Jane Hopper, who married Josephus Hopper in 1886. They were 1st cousins, as their fathers were brothers. Sarah was born in Knox county about 1849 and died after 1910. Last found recorded on the 1910 census in Laurel county. Actual place and death date unknown. Sarah's 1st husband was my 2nd great-grandpa, James William Cox, Jr. (1850-1933) whom she married in 1872 and divorced in 1885.) I've been searching for Sarah and Josephus for many years with no clue as to what may have happened to them after 1910.
Recently bought a kayak and have been looking at the lakes and water way's in the Knox County area and heard of this website. To my surprise found out about the 'Paddle The Cumberland' . I would like to help promote and make this a great event for the Knox Ccounty area. Kayaking has really became a big sport in the surrounding lakes and water ways ... thanks