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Category: Adair County
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An Article Titled Memorial–Decoration Day Adair County This Article was Written and Authored by Mike Watson Memorial–Decoration Day Adair County and the Soldiers who died while in service. Introduction Decoration Day in the United States was born out of the devastation of the Civil War. During this ‘darkest of times’ our nation suffered in every…
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A Kentucky Tragedy–[From the Columbia (Ky.) Spectator, Feb. 29: a~ LanhamTaylor Affair of 1872 LanhamTaylor Affair of 1872 was authored and written by Mike Watson Introduction To the long and ghastly catalogue of crime that is daily thrust before the reader’s eye, we add another chapter–About twelve o’clock on Sunday there entered this town from…
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Adair County’s Deluge, 115 Years Ago— was written and authored by Mike Watson Adair County’s Deluge, 115 Years Ago— One hundred fifteen years ago, 7 June 1907, was a day that shall never be forgotten in this county. An isolated weather-event that became national news placed Gradyville and Adair County at the center of newspaper…
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One Century Ago in Adair County This Article was Written and Authored By Mike Watson Adair County News, 23 September 1924 Will Take Over the Pike: All arrangements for turning over the pike in Adair County to the State Road Commission have been completed, and the deal will be closed as soon as the papers…
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Columbia and Adair County Fairs A Short History Columbia and Adair County Fairs, A Short History Mike Watson wrote and authored this article. Introduction Agriculture was the mainstay for the vast majority of Kentucky citizens in the 1800s. Since the early 1800s, agricultural meets, horse shows and general fairs had become a special interest of…
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An Article Written by Mike Watson Filled With Details about Solomon Royse and His Family Lineage Solomon Royse born, 11th September 1763, in Orange County, New York, and resided in Washington County, Maryland at the time of enlistment.. He died on 14th April, 1858 in Adair County Bridge to Revolutionary War Monument, Concord, Mass Courtesy…
