History

Voices from the Grave: Mary Wheeler

Tracey Buchanan
2013 September/October Edition

April 1, 1892 – July 26, 1979

Old 9, 137, Oak Grove Cemetery

 

A Look Back Into the Future

Carrie Brown
2013 September/October Edition

Pieces of a Nation

Jessica Perkins
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Remembering the Tornado

Berry Craig
2013 July/August Edition

Ralph Cooper will sit on the sidelines but remember the gridiron of days gone by at the 100th playing of the Tilghman/Mayfield football game this fall.      

 

Ralph Cooper expected to help the Tilghman football team make it three wins in a row over Mayfield on Turkey Day, 1944.     

 

An Injury to One is the Concern of All

Berry Craig
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I often think about the old Knights of Labor on Labor Day.

 

Okay, I’m a retired history teacher who still packs a union card.

 

A House, a History, a Closet Full of Life Lessons

Margaret Atkinson Pierce
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If living in surroundings that resembled the magical winter forest in the classic, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was the only unique characteristic of my seasonal childhood memories of the family farm, then perhaps the houses at 6601 Old U.S. Highway 60 were nothing exceptional. But it wasn't. We had the intriguing wardrobes as well.

 

The Longest Run

Berry Craig
2013 July/August Edition

Paducah Tilghman and Mayfield High School celebrate 100 years of hard hits, big plays, tough tackles, one-sided wins, tremendous touchdowns, fabulous field goals, gridiron greats, and trash talk as part of one of Kentucky’s most long-standing football rivalries

The Right Space

J.T. Crawford
2013 July/August Edition

Derek Landy once said, “Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.” For the Paducah Chamber of Commerce and Paducah Economic Development, the distance was .2 miles.

 

The Duke of Paducah - An Update from Verne Woods, Navigator

J.T. Crawford
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Duke of Paducah navigator Verne Woods contacted us after Memorial Day with an amazing update to our Duke of Paducah B-17 story!

Oh, the BEAUTY of it All!

Genevieve Postlethwait
2013 May/June Edition

On fourth street near the edge of downtown stands a long, narrow, two-story brick building marked by a well-preserved sign reading PADUCAH BEAUTY SCHOOL. Not much can be seen through its first floor window, but five days a week the building is a-buzz with students learning to bend, twist, cut, and curl hair.

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