Forgotten Passages

Crittenden County Kentucky history and genealogy.

Friday, May 30, 2025

Crittenden County Fair - September 27, 1940

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Fair Weather Forecast For Two Day Event - Boxing Bouts And Riding Show  Crittenden Fair opens this morning with a parade.  Formation is sche...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Immigrants Come To Bells Mines For Work

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Immigrants Part of Our Past History Part of our almost forgotten history lies in the northern part of county in the area known as Bells M...
Monday, May 12, 2025

Honoring a Pioneer Mother

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Aunt Rachael, A Mother’s Day Tribute  In honor of Mother's Day this past Sunday lets visit again with our special pioneer lady, Rachae...
Friday, May 2, 2025

Taylor's Department Store - 1905

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After the big fire in Marion in 1905 the local businessmen didn't seem to let it discourage them. Many started rebuilding their places...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

1896 Sunday School Convention

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Seems like today Sunday School doesn't mean as much as it did many years ago. July 16, 1896 Crittenden County Sunday School Convention...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Memories of the March 1937 Flood

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  Here is an interesting first hand experience of remembering the flood in 1937, shared with us by our local Crittenden Countian, Helen Car...
Monday, March 31, 2025

Old Sayings I Remember Growing Up and Weather Lore

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  When some of us older generation get together, it's not long until we start to reminiscing  and comparing things that we remember from...
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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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