Many persons are not interested in the past. Especially is this true of youth with their limited experience in life. But the older we grow the more we realize the value we have received from our family inheritance, our community, state, and nation. What we are has been acquired from others. However, they may be some slight use as source material for the researcher.
History is written about people.
It is generally the unusual ones who get publicity. That includes those who have to some degree become distinguished some way or other, who have rendered unusual service to soceity. The great host of honest, hard working citizens who form the warp and woof of our society, who keep our institutions stable and our laws in force, although not spectacular, are the salt of the earth. They should not be forgotten. Trimble County was established by act of the Kentucky General Assembly in December, 1836.