Forgotten Passages

Crittenden County Kentucky history and genealogy.

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Marion in the year 1910

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It's interesting to learn of our past history from the old newspapers of long ago.  From The Crittenden Press files of January 1...
Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Pleasant Paris, Civil War Veteran

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The Paris reunion was held Sat. October 14th, 2017.  Descendants of James Paris of Smith County, Tenn., and friends attended. As a...
Wednesday, October 11, 2017

A Gay Party of Picnicers - 1894

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Until the era of artificial pastimes, people enjoyed going to places of natural beauty or curiosity together with others for picnics, re...
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Marion Free Will Baptist Church

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One of Marion's old landmark churches is in the process of being torn down.  It is the Marion Free Will Baptist church that is located...
Saturday, September 16, 2017

The Kentucky Theatre

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In 1926, W. W. Runyan  opened a new theatre on Main street in the building now housing the Botanicals Florists and Gifts, (before that th...
Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Weston, Flood of 1913

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Living in the river-port towns of our county, was a great place to live, as they were busy with river traffic and had more commercial comm...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Cool Spring Water Runs Deep In County's History

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Crittenden County seems to be honeycombed with mineral springs.  Of course Crittenden Springs was at the head of the list, and there are ot...
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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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