Forgotten Passages

Crittenden County Kentucky history and genealogy.

Monday, September 1, 2025

A Visit to Dycusburg in 1880

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   The Press advertising man, makes a visit to Dycusburg in 1880, he shares his visit with the paper. Dycusburg, the most business town in ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

W. F. Hogard Remember's Marion

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This interesting article was from The Crittenden Press, May 27, 1921, and titled "Marion".  It doesn't say the year that Mr. ...
Monday, August 18, 2025

Crittenden Press Marion's Oldest Business now at 146 yrs.

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 The article first appeared in The Crittenden Press on October 11, 2001, it was for Marion's Sesquicentennial Guide.  At the time the Pr...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Church Gatherings of Long Ago

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 Those wonderful old days when church gatherings were so special and a much looked forward to event.   This wonderful old picture is worth a...
Friday, July 25, 2025

A Look Back at 1985, 40 years ago in 2025

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  A Look Back at 1985 The year 1985, that sure doesn't sound like all that long ago, but in reality it is now 40 years ago. ...
Friday, July 18, 2025

Liquor Laws Defied

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  Liquor Laws Defied – January 7, 1921 According to the Gov. Edwin P. Morrow, in an address to the Association of Circuit Judges and Co...
Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Blacks Add to History of Marion

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  This interesting article is from the "Special Historical Supplement" of the Crittenden Press, December 7, 1972 As has been previ...
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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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