Forgotten Passages

Crittenden County Kentucky history and genealogy.

Monday, October 31, 2022

Crittenden County High School, Shamrock, And Rockets

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  The Crittenden County High School was built in 1949 and the first school year for this building was 1950-51. For a couple of years, t...
Monday, October 17, 2022

Night Riders of Crittenden County

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   A lawless element that roamed our county during the early 1900's was the Night Riders.  Operating at their peak in 1906 and 1907, the...
Monday, October 10, 2022

Wallace Ferry aka E-town Ferry Road

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  The E-town ferry road and landing have a long history attached to it.  The ferry's beginning actually began in the early 1830's an...
Sunday, October 2, 2022

Ruby Laffoon Trail through Crittenden County

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 The history of roads through Crittenden County can be very interesting.  I don't remember ever seeing this stretch of road from Dycusbu...
Monday, September 26, 2022

Cemetery Stories

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I love our old cemeteries.  They all have so many stories to tell and so much of our past history lies buried with these people.   Let's...
Monday, September 19, 2022

Mineral Springs of the Past

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  Crittenden County was once honeycombed with mineral springs.  The Crittenden Springs and the Crittenden Springs Hotel was by far the most ...
Monday, September 12, 2022

Cargo Carrier Named the USS Fluor Spar

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  *** The USS FLUOR SPAR - Hog Island, Pa. June 7, 1919 Marion and Crittenden County, Kentucky received high honors at Hog Island, P...
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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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