Forgotten Passages

Crittenden County Kentucky history and genealogy.

Monday, August 29, 2022

Interesting Facts About Some Early County Post Offices

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  Through the years interesting facts about the early post offices have been published. I find these interesting and informative to read. ...
Saturday, August 13, 2022

Cave-In-Rock Ferry Became a Free Service in 1994

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   The owner of the Cave-In-Rock Ferry closed his ferry service in the June of 1994.  There was no ferry service for the Illinois and Kentuc...
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Ollie M. James Birthplace

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  This is a post card of the birthplace of Ollie M. James.  He was born here July 27, 1871 to Lemuel and Elizabeth James.  I do not have a d...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Freedom School

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  The land for the new one room Freedom school was obtained August 11, 1917.  The school was a large modern building for those days. When St...
Wednesday, July 13, 2022

History of Lake George

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 This article appeared in the Crittenden Press, May 5, 2022, my history column, Forgotten Passages. Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville,...

Crittenden Academy, Oct. 30th, 1849

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  Yes, Marion had an Academy in the early years of 1849.  Only 7 years after we became a county in 1842.  This paper was located in some of ...
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Blooming Rose School

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Some history about one of our long ago one-room schools.  Blooming Rose was located on Hwy. 838 at the end of Lewis Croft Road. *** Bloomi...
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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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