Forgotten Passages

Nothing like old pictures to preserve the history of our town.  The streets around the old court square were full of businesses, people, an...

Christmas in Marion was very different many years ago.  As I'm sure it was in all small towns.  All the stores on Main Street were full...

Joe Clifton Drive in Paducah, Ky. was named for Joseph C. Clifton who was born in Marion, Ky. on October 31, 1906.  He was the son of Thom...

All sorts of merchandise was for sale in the many different business stores in and around Marion in 1900. The Marion Milling Co...

Cross Salve, created in the early 1930's by James Henry, Jr., could cure - Sores-Burns-Piles.  His ad in 1933 stated that for ov...

Stone's Specific, created D. W. Stone Medicine, Co. His ads appeared in the Press as early as 1915. He produced Stone's He...

With the promoting of small business days coming soon, let's look back at a few of Marion's Bargain Days that was created in 1931 t...