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Henry Clay—Kentucky’s Greatest Statesman by George McGee

Henry Clay—Kentucky’s Greatest Statesman
Presented by George McGee

Libby Howard was our first guest program of 2015, what a wonderful evening, thank you Libby!

Collecting Kentucky 1790-1860 presents antebellum Kentucky artifacts from over fifty of today’s most inspired private and public collections.

Civil War Leaders in Cave Hill Cemetery
Presented by Bryan Bush

Storytelling with Cynthia Changaris

Our June 17th Guest was Greta Steverson (left) speaking on the History of Lake Jericho.

Below is the Henry County Local Edition for July 10th 1969 (Just 10 days before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, by-the-way!)

Right: the original Work Plan Book that was used to prepare for dams that would change the flow of the Little Kentucky River and prevent future floods in "the Village of Sulphur".

April 22, 2014

Betsy Tweedy
"Textiles in the Attic and Fashions of Olde"

Betsy Tweedy is a librarian at the Trimble County Library in Bedford. She's a member of the Trimble County Historical Society and the benefactor of lovely historic garments (and textiles) from various family members. These remain in remarkable good condition and she is so pleased to be able to share the history (and HERstory) of those garments and how they reflect the fashions in a different era. Betsy also has many of the accessories that went with these garments. But there is more to the story than just the garments, there are Ladies sewing necessities and tools and the essentials of the well set-out-Lady of the 19th Century!

The Importance of the Kentucky Central to the Civil War effort.
Presenter was Charles H. Bogart of the Kentucky Humanities Speaker’s Bureau

Eddie Price presented a program about the Cane Ridge Revival for our final program of 2014. We will celebrate with Christmas during the New Castle Christmas event on December 5th. Stroll down from the courthouse square and visit the Historical Society and the Berry Center.

Our April 16, 2012 Membership Program
Haunted Battlefields of the South
Author Thomas Freese

Our June 18, 2012 Membership Program
Maggie Delaney, Indentured Servant

Portrayed by Carol Jarboe

Johnny Green, portrayed by Ethan Sullivan Smith
October 21, 2012
Johnny Green, An Orphan's Survival
Portrayed by Ethan Sullivan Smith

Our September 17th Program
Historic Thompson House Tour & Music
Photos
Historic Thompson House, now known as Russet Ridge Farm, Eminence

Our 2010 preservation project,
...roof repairs to the only remaining African American school house that exists as originally built.

This building is the only school building that exists as originally constructed. The one in Eminence is a private residence, and the one in New Castle is now a duplex. The building in Campbellsburg is terrible condition. However, it is structurally sound. The historical society, under the leadership of Jim Kleinert, funded the repair of the roof to help stabilize the building from farther deterioration.

The building was surveyed by the Kentucky Heritage Council (KHC) and has been identified as a place of historical significance in Henry County and has been listed in the Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory.

The property is now under the care of Mrs. Jean Fields.

submitted: Karen M. Shannon

Henry County Web - History

Commander Porter Harned presented information on
The Kentucky Orphan Brigade Kinfolk
contact:
1012 King Arthur Lane
Louisville KY 40222
502 425-4053

Diane Coon has spent years researching the quest for freedom in Trimble, Henry, Oldham, Owen and Carroll Counties, safe houses, "conductors" and trails and trials of abolitionist and fugitives.

She has worked with or is working with the National Park Service, Northern Kentucky Heritage Magazine, Tourism Boards, and literally more related history projects than I can mention!

If you have the chance to meet/see Diane at one of here engagements you will be delighted by the amount of information she has accumulated and organized into a very interesting presentation....not unlike the great talk she gave at the Henry County Historical Society meeting a few years ago.

Flags of the Civil War Exhibit

Wendell Berry
(Mr. Berry is the author of The Memory of Old Jack, Jabber Crow, and The Unsettling of America among numerous other books of fiction, poetry and social criticism.)

www.mycottage.com

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