Forgotten Passages

Crittenden County Kentucky history and genealogy.

Monday, June 26, 2017

Blackburn United Baptist Church

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Blackburn United Baptist church, was organized October 5, 1886, with 30 charter members.  Most of these charter members had been baptized...
Friday, June 16, 2017

S. H. Hodge & Company, 1894

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1894 - From Marion's early history, the town has been wonderfully favored with men of capital and advanced ideas, who have sought the d...
Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Ben Franklin Store Going 'Self-Service' 1956

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 An inside view of the popular Ben Franklin Store in the 1950's. It had anything that one would want or need. A wonderful place to sho...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Rail Road Rumors

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Railroad rumors in 1909 were that a new railroad would be coming to the county. Crittenden Record Press Aug. 13, 1909 - Lige Curry, wh...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Oxford, Marion's First Post Office

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A post office was established in Marion, in 1843 and it was called Oxford.  It is believed this was the post office of old Livingston Cou...
Wednesday, May 10, 2017

May 10th, 2017 - Confederate Memorial Day in the South

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Crittenden County In The Civil War -   Crittenden County appeared to have been fairly regularly visited by Federal troops, although it...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Crittenden County Folks - Jennie Clement

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This article was written in the fall of 1936. It is about one of our Crittenden County folks, and a member of one of pioneer families th...
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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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