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The summer issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store. The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.

One of the more important and useful publications housed at the Knox Historical Museum and Genealogy Center in Barbourville, Kentucky is a listing of cemeteries and burials in Knox County, Kentucky.

These valuable documents were divided into five volumes and were copyrighted by the now defunct Knox County Genealogical Society, Inc. based in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2006 the documents were gifted to the Knox Historical Museum.

Note: Bert Scent, left, received the Susan Arthur Preservation Award during the 2019 Daniel Boone Festival. The Barbourville Junior Woman's Study Club's Susie Dunaway did the honors. The Club's Preshus Howard provided the text.

This year’s recipient has worked very hard during his lifetime to preserve and promote Knox County’s heritage and history! He is a man of many talents and he tells his stories thru pictures! He has spent his life collecting, photographing, writing about and preserving our local history.

The spring issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store. The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.

Stairwell and Lobby
The stairwell and lobby of the Knox Historical Museum
Reception Room - wooden beams from L&N Railroad depot
The Reception Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Generations room - Rope Bed and Bicentennial Quilt artifacts
The Generations Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Native American and Pioneer Room - farm implements artifacts
The Native American and Pioneer Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Barbourville Room - doctors and dentists artifacts
The Barbourville Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Barbourville Room
The Barbourville Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Daniel Boone Room - Daniel Boone Festival Memorabilia
The Daniel Boone Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Daniel Boone Room - Daniel Boone Festival Memorabilia
The Daniel Boone Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Military Room - Col. S.B. Dishman Dress Sword artifacts
The Military Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Communities Hall - coal miner
The Communities Hall Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Commmunities Hall - Ben Messer Store artifacts
The Communities Hall Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Celebrities Room - Minton Hickory Stables artifacts
The Celebrities Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Celebrities Room - old jail lock and key
The Celebrities Room at the Knox Historical Museum
Organizations Room - old dollhouse.jpg
Organizations Room - Early typewriter and printing press.jpg