Category Archives: Breathitt County

Heart Attack Claimed Ervine Turner

Posted on May 11, 2024 by sdbowling

Judge Ervine Turner suffered a heart attack on May 11, 1968. He lingered 12 days in Lexington before his death on May 23. Continue reading →

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Price Houshell Died May 1

Posted on May 1, 2024 by sdbowling

A highly decorated Breathitt County veteran of the Spanish-American War died on May 1, 1943. Price Hounshell is buried at Noctor. Continue reading →

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Harmon (Bush) Colley

Posted on April 24, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
Harmon (Bush) Colley
6th Kentucky Cavalry
United States Army Continue reading →

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Sawdust and Baseball: Whick, Kentucky

Posted on April 16, 2024 by sdbowling

A brief look at Whick, Kentucky – 1998. Continue reading →

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Jackson’s 1918 Eclipse

Posted on April 8, 2024 by sdbowling

Breathitt County has experienced many solar and lunar eclipses. The last big event here was in 1918. Continue reading →

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Brack Haddix

Posted on April 3, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
Brack Haddix
38th Military Police Company Continue reading →

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Dickey Eulogized a Jackson Matriarch

Posted on April 2, 2024 by sdbowling

Dr. John J. Dickey wrote a moving eulogy for Arminta W. Cardwell after her funeral in 1891. Continue reading →

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Keenis Farrow Crawford

Posted on March 20, 2024 by sdbowling

Solider of the Week
Keenis Farrow Crawford
Three Forks Battalion
Kentucky State Troops Continue reading →

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William Greenberry Jones

Posted on March 12, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of The Week
William Greenberry Jones
13th Kentucky Cavalry
Confederate States Army Continue reading →

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Money, Marriage, and Dynamite

Posted on February 26, 2024 by sdbowling

A scheme to blow up the Breathitt County Courthouse to inherit $40,000 with a fake marriage in 1927 is foiled by a nosy telegraphy operator and a big mouth. Continue reading →

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