Barren County Kentucky As Reported in Newspapers From Around the United States, 1815-1923.
Contains 188 articles from 76 different newspapers outside of Barren County - from Washington, D.C. to Honolulu, Hawaii and many other states and counties in KY. News items range from murders, suicides, lynching, fires, forgeries, "raised bills", two strange elopements, an unusual bondsman and a famous female Civil War spy born in Barren County - to turkeys, bantam roosters, copperhead snakes, foxes and wild dogs. Some reports will make the reader laugh, some cry and some will cause you to just shake your head! Contains some photos and graphics and full-name index. 92 pages. $15.00
Glasgow, KY, A Walk Back in Time, 1849-1880.
There is little more fascinating that looking back at the history of Glasgow through the old ads. Many papers do not exist now but those that do give a glimpse of the occupations of our earlier citizens. This book contains copies of the actual ads.From blacksmiths, hatters, merchants, tailors, physicians, dentists, brick layers, stage coaches and more we can see how Glasgow grew. There were some unusual occupations including bath salons, an early flower shop and goldfish store. Also included is a list of the first businesses in 1799-1800 era and others listed from the 1850 through 1880 census records which covers many of the missing newspapers. 111 pages of ads, information and full-name index. $15.00
Glasgow Weekly Times
Vol 1. 1874-1896, abstracts. $15.00
Vol 2. 1897-1898, abstracts. $15.00
Vol 3. total copy, same time frame. $15.00
Passing Through.
One of the greatest sources for information comes from the old newspapers. Sadly, many no longer exist but those that do provide information not found elsewhere. This book is taken from the Glasgow KY newspapers, 1874 through 1911. Though issues are missing, this will show those South Central KY citizens who decided to "Go West Young Man" and moved to other states. There were no official obituary columns; instead each little community had a "correspondent" who forwarded the news to the editor. Included in this publication are 1,149 such news items concerning where the citizens of Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Edmonson, Hart, Metcalfe and Monroe Counties went to. A full transcription (although brief) gives the name, where they went, when they left, many times parents' names, spouses names, when they died, many where buried, new children and marriages. Many refer to moves prior to 1874. 112 pages plus a full-name index of over 1500 names and additional information. $17.00.
South Central Kentucky Asylum Patients 1878-1911 and Some Poor House Inmates 1875-1906.
Taken from the Barren County newspapers of this time frame. Part one lists the following: Date of paper, name of individual sent to the asylum and all information as shown in the article. This includes Barren, Allen, Metcalfe, Monroe, Cumberland with a few from Green, Warren and Hardin County. Not all papers in this time frame are available so there may be more not shown. Many interesting and tragic accounts with causes sometime shown, family, deaths or escapes! Part 2 is a short list of residents of the poor house at various dates. 21 pages including full-name index and county index plus information about the two asylums' history, definitions of various terms used. $5.00
Tompkinsville (Monroe) News, 50th Anniversary
First Half, Total Copy $18.00
Second Half, Total Copy $18.00
Traces of the Past
Vol 1. Newspaper columns from Glasgow Times by Gorin. $9.00.
Vol 2. Newspaper columns from Glasgow Times by Gorin. $9.00.
Vol 3. 57 newspaper columns by Sandi Gorin,guest columnist for the Glasgow Daily Times. Subjects include articles on the old meeting house, telephone, the melon heist, early Sunday Schools, a trading post in the wilderness, the Cumberland Trace, Kentucky fiddlers, ghostly tales, remembering your manners in the past, the iron horse, quilting, the mysterious Chambers family, wild elections, weddings of the past and much more. 63 pages including full-name index. $12.00
Vol 4. 61 more newspaper columns running from September 2012 through December 2013 by Sandra K. Gorin, guest columnist for the Glasgow Daily Times. There are many varied topics including but not limited to: The Big Blue Spring, History of the Temple Hill School, "Old Reb" Murray Picnics, A Lady Who Went from Bell's Tavern to California, Through the Eyes of a Child, Famous Woman Spy Was From Barren County, Frank James Rides Again, Iris Blossoms (Iris Bullock, blind from birth), A Stolen Tombstone and a Romance Halted By Death, Poplar Spring School (hundreds of students' names), WPA Sewing Center in Glasgow, KY and MO Fight Over Daniel Boone's Body, Was There a Witch Trial in Barren County?, Turkey Trot Was the Rockin' Thing To Do Back Then, A Barren County Lady's Adventures (from Barren Co to Utah), The Old Smokehouse and many more. Many photographs and illustrations. 131 pages including full name index. E-book edition (PDF file) has many photographs in color. $15.00
