Early days in KY
are recalled in this meaty new 66-page booklet which combines
historical fact with colorful tales. We've titled it:
Ohio
County, Kentucky, USA
The 8.5 x 11 spiral-bound
booklet, reprinted on 60# opaque paper, is compiled from: Ohio
County, Kentucky, in the Olden Days by Harrison Taylor, first
published in 1926, and Kentucky, a Guide to the Bluegrass
State, a WPA book, first printed in 1939. The tri-color
front cover is printed on 80# card stock and has been protected
with a vinyl sheet.
Among the many
subjects included are:Evidences of Prehistoric
People and Early Pioneers; Old Vienna and Calhoun, Barnett's Station,
and Hartford; Indian Depredations; How Stephen Statler Came to Hartford;
First Courts and Courthouse; the War of 1812; Life in the Olden
Days; Joseph Barnett and Ignatius Pigman and their Land Troubles;
Early Land Titles; Forests and Farms; The First Hanging; Some Early
Merchants; Pioneer Families -- Bennett, Stevens, Render,
Rowe, Williams, and many others; Religion of the Pioneers; Old-Time
Schools; Early doctors -- Charles McCreery, Benjamin Smith, Samuel
Peyton, John Pendleton; Early Lawyers -- Henry Davidge, Samuel Work,
John Daveiss, Samuel Tevis, Moses Cummins, Philip Thompson, John
Calhoun, Dillis Dyer, Henry Pirtle, and John H. McHenry; Slaves
and Slavery; Harrison Taylor's autobiographical notes and family
history; Ohio county as recorded by Lewis
Collins in 1847 and 1877; Members of the Legislature from Ohio County;
a list of Ohio County Biographies published in 1885; and other
interesting tidbits of local history.
Wouldn't this
make a unique gift?
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