Forgotten Passages

Crittenden County Kentucky history and genealogy.

Friday, October 16, 2026

County Poor House or Farm

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  History of the County's Poor House From the archives of The Crittenden Press we learn about the past history of the county's...
Wednesday, October 7, 2026

School News from 1934 and 1935

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  School News of 1934 and 1935 Remembering those school days of long ago in the little wooden frame school houses that dotted our county ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Gold Star Mother's and Family Day

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 This past Sunday, Sept. 27th, was Gold Star Mother's and Family Day.  The name was changed from just Gold Star Mother's Day to and ...
Sunday, September 13, 2026

Spanning Our Past III

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  Spanning Our Past III This article is another collection of some of those interesting tidbits that I have saved. Not enough information f...
Monday, August 24, 2026

Poppa's Store and The Pilot House

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  Country Convenience Store Poppa’s - 1995 In June 1995 Lucky Easley was building a convenience store on Highway 91 North about 3 mil...
Saturday, August 8, 2026

Early Showboats

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The old locomotives belching black smoke as they rumbled on the iron tracks, and the magical paddle wheelers with their calliopes that plied...
Saturday, July 18, 2026

History Behind County Map Names

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  Stories Behind County Map Names Let’s take a drive around the county and see how some of our roads and places received there names....
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Brenda Travis-Underdown is the official historian of Marion and Crittenden County. Her columns appear regularly in the Crittenden Press, a weekly newspaper serving the community since 1879.
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