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February 26

**February 26th**

* 1862 – Battle of Woodburn occurred.
* 1879 – Joseph Watkins Morris born.
* 1890 – Thornton Blackburn died, aged ~77.
* 1924 – Tex Ritter born.
* 1927 – Tom Kennedy born.
* 1937 – Elvira Sydnor Miller died, aged 76.
* 1938 – Jan Crutchfield born.
* 1941 – Paul Levy born.
* 1967 – George Yantz died, aged 80.
* 1992 – Alexandria Mills born.
February 21

**February 21st**

* 1834 – John Breathitt died, aged 47.
* 1834 – John Breathitt left office as Governor of Kentucky.
* 1834 – James Morehead entered office as 12th Governor of Kentucky.
* 1841 – Richard Menefee died, aged 31.
* 1843 – Clark L. Hockensmith born.
* 1862 – George Nicholas Bascom died, aged ~24.
* 1975 – Brandon Berger born.
* 1991 – John Sherman Cooper died, aged 89.
Elisha I. Winter

Elisha I. Winter (July 15, 1781 – June 30, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in New York City on July 15, 1781, in 1806 Winter moved to the portion of the town of Peru, Clinton County, which was later included in the township of Au Sable. While living in Clinton County he became involved in mining iron ore from a location known as the Winter Ore Bed.

He was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815). Winter was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1814 to the Fourteenth Congress.

He later moved to a farm near Lexington, Kentucky, and became a planter and was active in other ventures, including ownership of a general store. He was also instrumental in building the first railroad in that locality, and subsequently became president of the Lexington and Ohio Railroad.

Winter died in Lexington, Kentucky on June 30, 1849 and was interred in Lexington Cemetery.
Dick Niehaus

Richard J. "Dick" Niehaus (October 24, 1892 – March 12, 1957) was born in Covington, Kentucky on October 24, 1892. He was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for four seasons. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1913 to 1915 and the Cleveland Indians in 1920.

He died in Atlanta, Georgia March 12, 1957.
Fred Zahner

Frederick Joseph Zahner (June 5, 1870 - July 24, 1900) was a professional baseball catcher. He played two seasons in Major League Baseball with the Louisville Colonels in 1894 and 1895. He died at the age of 30 when he fell out of a boat and drowned in Louisville, Kentucky.

Zahner was buried in the Saint Louis Cemetery in Louisville.
E. A. Diddle

Edgar Allen Diddle (March 12, 1895 – January 2, 1970) was an American college men's basketball coach. He is known for coaching at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1922 to 1964. Diddle became the first coach in history to coach 1,000 games at one school. Diddle was known for waving a red towel around along the sidelines during his games. He was known to wave, toss, and chew on this towel, and even cover his face in times of disappointment. His red towel is now part of WKU's official athletic logo. Diddle experienced only five losing seasons in 42 years and averaged 25 wins per year overall.

He was born in Gradyville, Kentucky.

Diddle's teams claimed 32 conference championships; played in 11 postseason tournaments; won 20+ games eighteen different times, (including one stretch of ten years in a row); became the first team from the South to participate in the Olympic Trials; and won an amazing 759 games. When he stepped down in 1964 Diddle had won more games than any coach in NCAA history and today he still ranks in the top ten on the all-time list.

While Diddle was best known for coaching men's basketball, he also coached football (1922–1928) baseball (1923–1957) and women's basketball at WKU, although men's basketball was his only coaching job for the vast majority of his tenure at the school.

Prior to coming to Western Kentucky, Diddle played basketball and football for Centre College and was a member of their 1919 undefeated basketball team and 1919 undefeated football team. He was a halfback on the football team.[2] After college, he coached basketball at Monticello High School, where he guided the team to the Kentucky State Tournament semi-finals, and then Greenville High School, which played in a regional tournament at Bowling Green. During the tournament, he came to the attention of officials at Western Kentucky who offered him the coaching position at the college.

E. A. Diddle Arena, the basketball venue at WKU, built in 1963, is named for him. For the last six years of his life, Diddle was a fixture at the arena, even leading cheers. During a 1968 game against Dayton, he jumped on top of a press table to lead the students in cheers. When a Dayton sportswriter told him to get down, Diddle snapped, "What do you mean I can't get on top of this table? This is my damn gym!".

Diddle died January 2, 1970 in Bowling Green, Kentucky and was buried in Fairview Cemetery.
Forgotten Tales of Kentucky

Forgotten Tales of Kentucky is a book written by Keven McQueen. It was first published in 2008.

## Description

Author Keven McQueen (Kentucky Book of the Dead, Offbeat Kentuckians) once again bucks tradition and offers an entertaining, if not peculiar, hodgepodge of unfamiliar Bluegrass history. Read about the day it rained amphibians in Louisville, hunts for buried treasure, unidentified flying people, remnants of a vanished race of giants, Owensboro's own Loch Ness Monster and can there really be catacombs beneath the streets of Lexington? Feed your curiosity and discover the Forgotten Tales of Kentucky,
Drastic Measures (Walker)

Drastic Measures is a novel written by Shiloh Walker. It was first published in 2008.

## Description

Sometimes... a man has to take matters into his own hands.

Four years ago, Pamela James caught Ethan's eye and he knew he had to have her. There were just a few obstacles. She was involved... very involved. And she seemed scared of him.

Now she's engaged to his business partner and Ethan knows the man can't make her happy, not to mention that the guy is playing fast and loose with her club. Now, with her wedding getting ever closer, Ethan is going to put it all on the line.

He's the right man for her. All he has to do is make her see that.
Family Wreath

Family Wreath is a collection of short stories written by John Sparks. It was first published in 2016.

## Description

John Sparks is a writer, historian, former preacher, and healthcare worker living at Hagerhill, Kentucky. Family Wreath is a collection of short stories on Appalachian life, told from the perspective of a medical worker, a fictional character named Tom Harmon. The “Family Wreath” is the eastern Kentucky equivalent of the pedigree or family tree, the bloodlines of a community settled for so long by two or three families that everybody is related to everybody else, often half a dozen different ways. Everyone in a Family Wreath is involved, justified or not, in everyone else's business, but conversely, the folds of the Wreath are great places to hide things that nobody wants to talk about.

## Contents

* Oddville, Winter 2016
* The Ballad of Gus Finley
* Sand Hornet
* Cat Eye
* The Music Man
Derek Anderson

Derek Lamont Anderson (born July 18, 1974) is an American former professional basketball player.

Anderson was born July 18, 1974 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a graduate of Doss High School and was a All-Star in the state of Kentucky. Anderson played college basketball at the Ohio State University and the University of Kentucky. In 1996, Anderson helped the University of Kentucky win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship as part of a team that featured nine future NBA players under their coach Rick Pitino. Anderson went on to graduate from the University of Kentucky in 1997 with a degree in pharmacy.

He was first selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers as the 13th overall pick to the 1997 NBA draft, despite missing much of his second senior season at Kentucky due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). He played for Cleveland from 1997 to 1999. On August 4, 1999 he was traded by the Cleveland Cavaliers along with Johnny Newman to the L.A. Clippers for Lamond Murray. Anderson was ranked 7th in the NBA in free throw percentage (.877) in 1999–2000.

Anderson's NBA career was plagued by injuries. In the 2004–2005 season he only played in 8 of the final 42 games for the Portland Trail Blazers, and missed similar numbers of games in prior seasons. On August 3, 2005, he was the first player in the league waived using the so-called "luxury tax amnesty clause" of the 2005 NBA collective bargaining agreement. He would sign with the Houston Rockets as a free agent before being traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for Gerald Fitch. The Heat would win the 2006 NBA Finals in six games after defeating the Dallas Mavericks to give Anderson his first championship.

Anderson was waived by Heat on September 12, 2006, prior to the beginning of the 2006–07 season. Several weeks later, on November 28, he signed with the Charlotte Bobcats; Anderson played the final two seasons of his career for the Bobcats.
Eli and Sarel

Eli and Sarel is a novel written by Shiloh Walker. It was first published in 2003.

## Description

Three centuries is a long time to spend alone... but Elijah Crawford is used to it. He's got his friends, he's got thugs to kill, and a mild obsession with an on-and-off again lover to keep him occupied.
But then a woman appears in his dark world, one who just might bring some light to those endless nights. Just one look makes him hunger. Just one glimpse makes him burn.

There's just one complication. She wants him dead.

Sarel Chandler knows all about vampires and she knows all about monsters--or so she thinks. The monster she knows as Elijah Crawford is responsible for the death of her sister and she's going to see that he pays for it.

There's just one complication... she's completely wrong... and she's about to pay for it in so many ways.
David Wright

David Wright (born April 8, 1978) is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the USL A-League.

Wright was born April 8, 1978 in Louisville, Jefferson County. He graduated from Ballard High School. During his prep soccer career, Wright was a two-time high school state champion and the Kentucky High School Player of the Year. Wright attended Creighton University where he was a 1999 NCAA First Team All American. Wright also played for the Jackson Chargers of the USL Premier Development League during the college off-season. In February 2000, the Miami Fusion selected Wright in the third round (twenty-fifth overall) of the 2000 MLS SuperDraft. Wright was the last player released during the pre-season. However, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds had also drafted Wright in the second round (45th overall) of the 2000 A-League Draft. After leaving the Fusion, Wright signed with the Riverhounds, playing for them until 2003. In 2002, Wright injured his knee in the pre-season and saw time in only nine games during the second half of the season. In January 2004, Wright joined the Rochester Rhinos.
February 22

**February 22nd**

* 1787 – Chittenden Lyon born.
* 1794 – Joseph Duncan born.
* 1798 – Charles Mynn Thruston born.
* 1813 – George W. Dunlap born.
* 1821 – Joshua Bullitt born.
* 1836 – Hylan Benton Lyon born.
* 1847 – Henry Clay, Jr. died, aged 35.
* 1851 – Richard Gruelle born.
* 1865 – June Ward Gayle born.
* 1883 – Elwood Hamilton born.
* 1920 – Leonard F. Mason born.
* 1955 – Marty Pollio born.
* 1965 – Cornell Burbage born.
* 1986 – Rajon Rondo born.
* 2018 – Bette Henritze died, aged 93.
Forever Driven

Forever Driven is a novel written by Kathleen Brooks. It was first published in 2016.

## Description

Driven to fight for her town, driven to fight for love.

Riley Davies never backs down from a fight. She stands up for herself and those who can't stand up for themselves. But she is just the manager of a farm and can only do so much, until a political matter threatens to ruin her farm and the town she loves. Driven to fight the injustice of losing the farm and having the town of Keeneston destroyed, Riley dusts off her cowboy boots and runs for the state legislature.

State Trooper Matt Walz has always been the lone trooper assigned to Keeneston, since he was a rookie. And sometimes it takes stepping away from the place and people you love to discover you want to come back. Matt finds out Riley, the woman who had sparked his interest before he left Keeneston, is embroiled in political intrigue, and insists on being the one to protect her. Now Riley and the entire town are in danger due to someone looking to run their own political game, even if it means murder.
Edwin L. Norris

Edwin Lee Norris (August 15, 1865 – April 25, 1924) was a Democratic politician from Montana. He served as the fifth Governor of Montana.

Norris was born in Cumberland County, Kentucky on August 15, 1865, and graduated from the Southern Normal School, now Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He moved from Kentucky to Montana in 1888, studied law and was admitted to the Montana bar on October 8, 1889. He married Elizabeth June Wilkins. He practiced law in Dillon, Montana and was city attorney there for five years.

Norris was elected to the Montana State Senate in 1896 and served until 1900, serving as the Senate President in 1899. He served as the state's fifth Lieutenant Governor from 1905 to 1908.

He became Governor on April 1, 1908 upon the resignation of Joseph K. Toole, and was elected in his own right in the November 1908 election, serving until 1913. Norris is credited with signing state laws prohibiting discrimination by life insurance companies and making mine operators liable when employees became disabled.

Norris died in Great Falls, Montana on April 25, 1924, where he had lived since leaving the Governor's office. He was first buried in Fairview Cemetery and later moved to New Highland Cemetery where he is still interred.
Fernwood Cemetery

Fernwood Cemetery, established in 1849 in Henderson, Kentucky, contains graves of some noted Kentuckians. Among them are Lazarus W. Powell and John Y. Brown.

## Notable Interments

* John Y. Brown
* Jace Bugg
* James Franklin Clay
* Ingram Crockett
* John Watkins Crockett
* Archibald Dixon
* John Lloyd Dorsey, Jr.
* Lazarus W. Powell
* James E. Rankin
Darel Carrier

James Darel Carrier (born October 26, 1940) is a former professional basketball player. Born in Warren County, Kentucky, Carrier played his high school basketball at the now defunct Bristow High School. A 6'3" guard, Carrier played college basketball at Western Kentucky University under coach E. A. Diddle. Carrier was selected in the 9th round of the 1964 NBA Draft by the St. Louis Hawks. However, Carrier opted instead to sign with and play for the Kentucky Colonels of the rival American Basketball Association (ABA).

Carrier was a three-time ABA All-Star with the Colonels (1968, 1969, 1970), teaming with Louie Dampier to form the most explosive backcourt in the ABA; in each of the league's first three seasons, both averaged at least 20 points per game. Carrier played for the Memphis Tams during the 1972-73 season and then retired from pro basketball with 7,011 career points. He had the highest career 3 point shooting percentage in ABA history.

Carrier and his wife, Donna, a retired schoolteacher live on a farm just west of Oakland, Kentucky. They have two sons, Jonathan and Josh. The Carrier's youngest son, Josh, played basketball for the University of Kentucky for Tubby Smith. Like his father, he was also a guard.

He played for the United States men's national basketball team at the 1967 FIBA World Championship.
Fortune Made His Sword

Fortune Made His Sword is a novel written by Martha Rofheart. It was first published in 1972.

## Description

A recreation of the life and times of a man whose charm and military genius - and concern for his subjects - made him one of the most popular kings in English history. This story brings to life not only the man, but one of the most fantastic periods of the fifteenth century.

Among the last of the great medieval rulers and the first of the ardent nation builders, Henry V is seen from several perspectives: his queen; his beautiful Welsh mistress, Morgan; his court jester, the fool; a comrade-in-arms; and his own point of view as both boy and man.

As actors in this drama, they illuminate the many sides of Henry V's personality - the devil-may-care prince portrayed by Shakespeare, the bold hero of Agincourt, the husband of Katharine of Valois, and the warrior-peacemaker who welded England, Wales, and France into a single kingdom.
February 16

**February 16th**

* 1840 – Henry Watterson born.
* 1856 – Byrd Spillman Dewey born.
* 1898 – Joshua Bullitt died, aged 76.
* 1919 – Lee Huber born.
* 1938 – Lee Tannehill died, aged 57.
* 1951 – Darwin K. Kyle died, aged 29.
* 1965 – Julian Van Winkle died, aged 90.
* 1973 – Wickland listed on National Register of Historic Places.
Falling to earth

falling to earth is a collection of poetry written by Gerald L. Coleman. It was first published in 2016.

## Description

falling to earth is the second collection of poetry by Affrilachian Poet Co-founder Gerald L. Coleman. This chapbook length collection is centered around the concept of love. Gerald L. Coleman explores love of self, others, lovers, and life. falling to earth is a profound journey into the heart of the poet.

## Contents

* dreamcatchers in the rye
* elegy in blue
* before the common era
* i'm not him
* only
* the goodbye
* the kiss
* a description in muse
* lunar interlude in c minor
* when the carpenters won't let you sleep
* on pointe
* letter to the editor
* great expectations
Flowering of the Cumberland

Flowering of the Cumberland is a book written by Harriette Simpson Arnow. It was first published in 1963.

## Description

The author of Seedtime on the Cumberland returns with another richly detailed evocation of pioneering in the Cumberland River basin, or what is now middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. Not a sequel but a companion piece, Flowering of the Cumberland covers much the same time—from first settlement in 1780 to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Whereas Seedtime was preoccupied with solitary men and women struggling to secure food, clothing, shelter, and land, Flowering goes beyond simple survival to focus on family and community.

Memorably described are the strength of women like Sally Buchanan in stations fortified against Indian attack, the emergence of men like Andrew Jackson, the pursuit of sex and marriage, the birthing and raising of children, schooling, the state of agriculture, business opportunities and the professions, religion and tolerance, border politics, and social life and diversions. An entire bygone world comes to life, and with it the smell of strong whiskey, the clippety-clop of horses, and the haunts of ghosts.
"M" Is for Malice

"M" Is for Malice is a novel written by Sue Grafton. It was first published in 1996.

## Description

M is for money - lots of it. Malek Construction remains in family hands, with four sons set to inherit a fortune. One of them went missing 18 years ago. M is also for Millhone, hired to trace that brother. M is for memories - and finally - M is for malice, and malice kills.
Forever Hidden

Forever Hidden is a novel written by Kathleen Brooks. It was first published in 2016.

## Description

Some things weren't meant to stay hidden....

Sydney Davies is used to being in the spotlight. But the former model turned fashion designer isn't used to family secrets. Sydney is sent to dig up the past. What she finds instead is Deacon and a case of a missing girl with a link back to her life in the fashion industry.

Deacon McKnight is hardly ever surprised due to his work as an investigator. But then he finds a woman with a shovel in his backyard in the middle of the night. And that is just the start of surprises. Now Sydney's life is in danger because of his case and Deacon must decide if some things are better left hidden.
Dragons Don't Cook Pizza

Dragons Don't Cook Pizza is a novel written by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones. It was first published in 1997.

## Description

Mrs. Jeeper's class is visiting the new Jewel's Pizza Castle and trying to discover the secret to the best-tasting pizza in town. Could it be that behind the guarded kitchen door is a fire-breathing dragon?
Historical Marker 2514 - Garden Club of Lexington

Historical Marker 2514 - Garden Club of Lexington is located at the Ashland Garden at the Henry Clay Estate in Lexington, Fayette County. It was dedicated July 20, 2017.

## Description

GARDEN CLUB OF LEXINGTON

The Garden Club of Lexington was founded in 1916 by twelve women who affiliated with the Garden Club of America in 1924. Its purpose is conservation, beautification, and education. In 1950, the Henry Clay Foundation asked the club to create a formal garden honoring Henry Clay on the grounds of Ashland.

ASHLAND GARDEN

In 1950, the Garden Club of Lexington hired landscape architect Henry Kenney to design a formal parterred garden, which was gifted to the Henry Clay Estate and opened to the public. It is maintained by the Garden Club of Lexington members and contains more than 120 varieties of trees, shrubs, and flowers.
Daniel Breck

Daniel Breck (February 12, 1788 – February 4, 1871) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky.

Daniel Breck (brother of Samuel Breck) was born in Topsfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1812. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1814 and commenced practice in Richmond, Kentucky, in October of the same year. He was judge of the Richmond County Court. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1824 to 1827 and again in 1834. He was president of the Richmond branch of the State Bank of Kentucky from 1835 to 1843. He was appointed associate judge of the Supreme Court of Kentucky on April 7, 1843, and served until 1849.

Breck was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress. He returned to Richmond, Kentucky, and again served as president to the Richmond branch of the State bank. He died in Richmond on February 4, 1871 and is buried at the Richmond Cemetery.
Graham Watkins

Graham Watkins (born March 19, 1944) is an author, screenwriter and musician.

Watkins was born March 19, 1944 in Lexington, Fayette County. During high school and college he earned a living as a professional tenor saxophone player, working mostly in the Lexington, Kentucky, area, and was at the same time a bassist for the Central Kentucky Philharmonic Orchestra.

Watkins has written numerous novels.
Gayl Jones Bibliography

## Novels

* 1975 – Corregidora
* 1976 – Eva's Man
* 1998 – The Healing
* 1999 – Mosquito

## Non-Fiction Books

* 1991 – Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition in African American Literature

## Poetry Collections

* 1983 – The Hermit-Woman
* 1985 – Xarque and Other Poems

## Short Stories

* 1977 – White Rat
* 1977 – Your Poems Have Very Little Color in Them
* 1977 – Jevata
* 1977 – The Coke Factory
* 1977 – The Return: A Fantasy
* 1977 – The Woman

## Poems

* 1975 – Deep Song
* 1981 – Song for Anninho
David McDonald

David McDonald (May 8, 1803 – August 25, 1869) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Millersburg, Kentucky, McDonald read law to enter the bar in 1830, and entered private practice in Washington, Indiana. He was a member of the Indiana General Assembly from 1833 to 1834, and a prosecuting attorney of the 7th Judicial Circuit of Indiana from 1834 to 1837, thereafter returning to private practice until 1839. He was a judge on the 10th Judicial Circuit of Indiana from 1839 to 1852, also serving as a professor of law at Indiana University from 1842 to 1852. He was again in private practice, this time in Indianapolis from 1853 to 1864.

On December 12, 1864, McDonald was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Indiana vacated by Albert Smith White. McDonald was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 13, 1864, and received his commission the same day, serving thereafter until his death, in Indianapolis.
Gus Bell

David Russell "Gus" Bell, Jr. (November 15, 1928 – May 7, 1995) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1950 through 1964, who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets and Milwaukee Braves. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed; in a 15-year career, Bell was a .281 hitter with 206 home runs and 942 RBIs in 1741 games.

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, and graduate of Bishop Benedict Joseph Flaget High School, Bell played nine of his 15 seasons with Cincinnati and was the oldest member of a rare three-generation major league family. His son, Buddy, was a third baseman, coach and manager, and his grandsons, David and Mike, were both infielders.

Bell played for the Pirates from 1950 through 1952. On June 4, 1951, he hit for the cycle against the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2004, his grandson David hit for the cycle; Gus Bell and David Bell are the only grandfather-grandson duo in major league history to hit for the cycle.

With Cincinnati from 1953 through 1961, Bell was a four-time All-Star selection (1953–54, 1956–57). He enjoyed his best seasons in 1953, when he hit .300 with 30 home runs and 105 RBI, and 1955, batting .308 with 27 home runs and 104 RBI. Four times, he recorded more than 100 RBI in a season and hit 103 home runs from 1953 to 1956.

Bell hit home runs in three consecutive at-bats on May 29, 1956. During the 1956 season, Bell, Ted Kluszewski and Bob Thurman became the second trio of teammates each to have three-home run games in the same season. The feat had been accomplished by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950 (Duke Snider, Roy Campanella and Tommy Brown) and subsequently was equally by the Cleveland Indians in 1987 (Cory Snyder, Joe Carter and Brook Jacoby).

In 1957, Bell and six of his teammates – Ed Bailey, Johnny Temple, Roy McMillan, Don Hoak, Wally Post and Frank Robinson — were voted to the National League All-Star starting lineup, the result of a ballot stuffing campaign by Cincinnati fans. Bell remained on the team as a reserve, but Post was taken off altogether. Bell and Post were replaced as starters by Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. Bell entered the game as a pinch hitter for Robinson in the seventh and drove in both Mays and Bailey with a double against Early Wynn.

Bell started the 1962 season with the Mets, and on April 11, 1962, he was the starting right fielder in the Mets' inaugural game, and also was their first base runner after hitting a single in the second inning of an 11–4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

In May 1962, Bell was sent to Milwaukee; he played for the Braves until being released in May 1964.

Bell was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1964. After his playing career, he worked for an auto dealership, ran a temporary employment agency, and was a scout for the Texas Rangers. Bell died in May 1995, at Bethesda North Hospital near Cincinnati; he had recently had a heart attack. On what would have been Bell's 83rd birthday – November 15, 2011 – he was inducted into the Louisville Catholic Sports Hall of Fame, with a speech by his grandson David.
Historical Marker 2313 - Lexington Historic Distillery District

Historical Marker 2313 - Lexington Historic Distillery District is located on 899 Manchester Street in Lexington, Fayette County.

## Description

Started in 1869 by the Headley and Farra Company. Continued by James E. Pepper & Company in 1879. In the late 1800s, the James E. Pepper Distillery sold whiskey to over 90 brokerage houses across the U.S. It sold under a number of different names & labels. In 1933, purchased by Schenley Products Corp. of NY. Presented by Lexington Directions Inc.

(Reverse) Water from Town Branch provided steam power and McConnell Springs provided water for the whiskey. The distillery closed in 1962. The Distillery District was a major whiskey producer for over 100 yrs. with storage capacity for 150,000 barrels of bourbon. It remained in service until 1976. Presented by Lexington Environmental Commission
Garnett Duncan

William Garnett Duncan (March 2, 1800 – May 25, 1875) was born March 2, 1800 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1821. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Louisville, Kentucky.

Duncan was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849) but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1848. After leaving Congress, he moved to Louisiana and settled in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1850, where he continued the practice of law.

Retiring from active law practice in 1860, Duncan traveled in Europe. He resided for a while in Paris, France before returning to the United States in 1875 to Louisville, Kentucky. He died in that city on May 25, 1875 and was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.
Glendower Country

Glendower Country is a novel written by Martha Rofheart. It was first published in 1973.

## Description

A historical novel about the Welsh hero, Owen Glendower, descendant of Llewellyn the Great. Handsome, educated, well-traveled, and cosmopolitan, Rofheart paints Glendower as a renaissance man, raised during a time of peace and inclusion for the Welsh, as the English were loosening harsh, restrictive laws from earlier wars. But all that changed when Edward III's grandson, Richard II, was forced to abdicate and then was murdered by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV). Welsh sympathies fell on the side of Richard, leading to a revolt against Bolingbroke.

Divided into six first-person narratives, one by Owen and five other individuals who knew him, Rofheart conveys through their eyes Glendower's story and the unity and sense of community of the Welsh, their individualism and their mysticism, their love of poetry, their open, more tolerant society, and their stubborn fight against the encroachment of an English feudal society that meant slavery for them.
Douglas A. Boyd

Douglas A. Boyd is an oral historian, archivist, folklorist and author and currently directs the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky. He graduated from Denison University with a B.A. in History and graduated from Indiana University with an M.A. and Ph.D. in Folklore. He is known for his work regarding oral history and digital technologies including his work designing and managing the OHMS system (Oral History Metadata Synchronizer).

Recently served as executive producer of the documentary Kentucky Bourbon Tales: Distilling the Family Spirit, as well as the award-winning documentary Quest for the Perfect Bourbon: Voices of Buffalo Trace Distillery and is active in the Oral History Association, Society for American Archivists, and the American Folklore Society.

Formerly, Boyd managed the digital program for the University of Alabama Libraries, directed the Kentucky Oral History Commission, and served as the senior archivist for the folklife and oral history collections at the Kentucky Historical Society. He is co-editor of Oral History and Digital Humanities: Voice, Access, and Engagement with Mary A. Larson.

Boyd is also author of Crawfish Bottom: Recovering a Lost Kentucky Community which was published by University Press of Kentucky and was featured on C-Span's Book TV. He also regularly appears on the radio show Saving Stories. He is also the co-host of The Wisdom Project Podcast, with Kopana Terry.
Georgia Turner

Georgia Turner (1921-1969) (born Georgia Bell Turner known after marriage as Georgia Turner Connelly), was an American folk singer. She is credited with an early recording of "Rising Sun Blues", produced by Alan Lomax in 1937, in Middlesboro, Kentucky. Her adaptation of this American folk classic, better known as "House Of The Rising Sun," has become the standard, the ancestor of covers by hundreds of later performers, including Dave Van Ronk, Bob Dylan, The Animals, Joan Baez, Tracy Chapman, Muse, and even Andy Griffith. (The lyrics later published by Lomax in Our Singing Country in 1941 incorporate some lines from a version performed by Bert Martin.)

Turner married twice, eventually settled in Michigan, and gave birth to eleven children, nine of whom survived infancy. Lomax arranged for her to receive a share of songwriter's royalties for some recordings of the song, which her family remembers being quite helpful during economic hardship in the last decade of her life, before her death in 1969 from emphysema.

Turner's performance of the song was rereleased in 2003 by Rounder Records, on the Alan Lomax Popular Songbook CD.
Hercules Doesn't Pull Teeth

Hercules Doesn't Pull Teeth is a novel written by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones. It was first published in 1998.

## Description

There are some pretty weird grown-ups living in Bailey City. But could the dentist who has extra-large muscles and talks of being champion of the world really be Hercules, the strongest man in the world? The Bailey School kids are going to find out!
February 20

**February 20th**

* 1805 – Aaron Harding born.
* 1842 – Thomas Speed died, aged 73.
* 1862 – Ethelbert L. Dudley died, aged ~44.
* 1877 – First cantilever bridge in US was completed in Harrodsburg.
* 1912 – George Devol born.
* 1937 – Walter Arnold Baker born.
* 1941 – Lorimer Johnston died, aged 82.
* 1942 – Mitch McConnell born.
* 1975 – Brian Littrell born.
* 1999 – War Emblem born.
* 2000 – Bernard Hickman died, aged 88.
* 2002 – Laura duPont died, aged 52.
* 2005 – Hunter S. Thompson died, aged 67.
* 2009 – Theo's Story by Ron Rhody was published.
Fred Minnick

Fred Minnick (born August 1, 1978) is a Wall Street Journal best-selling American author who has written seven books. He is noted for having a great whiskey palate, as he’s a judge on the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, World Whiskies Awards and reviews American whiskeys for Whiskey Advocate. Minnick has served as the Bourbon Authority for the Kentucky Derby Museum since 2013 and was the bourbon headliner for the inaugural Bourbon & Beyond Festival and curated the Fireside Chats for the Forecastle Music Festival.

Minnick’s first article was published in his town’s local newspaper, the Oklahoma County News,when he was just fifteen years old. After college, Minnick served as an Army journalist in Iraq from 2004 to early 2005. Minnick documented many combat operations. He reports on these and other prominent experiences in his book, Camera Boy (Hellgate press, 2009), as well as overcoming Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in 2005.

Minnick began professionally writing about wine and spirits in 2006 as a freelancer and has since written for The Tasting Panel, USA Today, Scientific American, New York Times, Stores Magazine, Parade Magazine, Caviar Affair, Whisky Advocate, Whisky Magazine, Sommelier Journal, Costco Connection, Bourbon Review, and Covey Rise. Minnick announced in early July 2018 in a blog post that he would no longer be writing for Whiskey Advocate. Later that month, he launched his own magazine, Bourbon +, as its editor-in-chief, along with founder and publisher John Thames. Bourbon + is a quarterly magazine that features high quality, in-depth coverage of all aspects of the bourbon industry.

Minnick has worked with Danny Wimmer Presents as the bourbon headliner for their Louisville, Ky based Bourbon & Beyond music festival since its debut in 2017. As the festival’s Bourbon Headliner, Minnick curates over 30 workshops including tastings, discussions and historic panels.

On July 11, 2017, Minnick published “Will Trump Kill the Bourbon Boom?” in the New York Times. Minnick discusses Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on steel imports and how that will affect the bourbon industry. He also appeared on CBS This Morning and NPR. Minnick’s commentary led to Conservatives publicly questioning the president’s trade policies. After the 25% Chinese tariff on whiskey went into effect in June 2018, Minnick further discussed the damage the state of Kentucky and the bourbon industry will suffer in the CNBC report “Whiskey wars: Trade tariffs hit hard in Trump country.”

Minnick is a frequent seminar presenter and emcee for drinks industry conferences, including San Antonio Cocktail Conference, Tales of the Cocktail (New Orleans), Thirst Boston, Whisky Live, Arizona Cocktail Week and Bourbon Classic. In addition, he regularly speaks at organizational conferences, such as Women Influencing Louisville, Culinary Historians of New York, Kentucky Bar Association, University of Kentucky’s College of Agriculture, Decatur Book Festival, Western Kentucky University and many others. Since 2013, Minnick has worked with the Kentucky Derby Museum to present the popular Legends Series of Bourbon.
Eva's Man

Eva's Man is a novel written by Gayl Jones. It was first published in 1976.

## Description

Eva's Man (1976), Jones's second novel, expands on the pain between African-American women and men, but it does so with an even greater sense of hopelessness. Like Corregidora, Eva's Man relies on minimalist dialogue and on interior monologues, but the latter play an even more important role in Jones' second novel, letting the reader see Eva Medina Canada's past and her descent into mental illness, indicated through repetition of key scenes with variations, implying that Eva's memory disintegrates. The reader encounters Eva in a prison for the criminally insane at the beginning of the story, to which she has been committed for poisoning and castrating her lover. Her flashbacks reveal a life of relentless sexual objectification by men, starting with Freddy, a neighborhood boy who wants to play doctor, to Tyrone, her mother's lover who molests her, to her cousin, who propositions her. The men she encounters regard her as sexual property and react with violence if she rejects their approaches. Davis, the lover she kills, epitomizes this tendency by imprisoning her in a room to which he only comes to sleep with her. By killing him, she rebels against male tyranny, but her descent into insanity indicates that she is unable to construct a new role for herself.
Henry Daniel

**Henry Daniel** (March 15, 1786 – October 5, 1873) was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Louisa County, Virginia. He attended the public schools and then moved to Kentucky. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Mount Sterling, Kentucky.

Daniel was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1812. He served in the War of 1812 as captain of the Eighth Regiment, United States Infantry, 1813–1815. After the war, he was again a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1819 and 1826.

Daniel was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1833). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress.

After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died in Mount Sterling, Kentucky in 1873 and was buried in Machpelah Cemetery.
Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald (August 22, 1891 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor whose career spanned 52 years.

Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, McDonald was the son of John Francis McDonald and Catherine Ashlue McDonald. He was educated at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio.

McDonald's acting career began in stock theater with the Forepaugh Stock Company.

McDonald began his film career with Marion Leonard's Monopole Company in Hollywood. He made 41 film and television appearances between 1913 and 1965, appearing in films such as The Temptress in 1926 with Greta Garbo.

After he was designated "Hollywood's Prettiest Man," McDonald sought a tougher image by shaving his mustache and seeking roles of villains.

McDonald made numerous television appearances, including six episodes of The Roy Rogers Show, five episodes of Lone Ranger, and four episodes each of Broken Arrow, Sugarfoot, and Perry Mason. Among his four Perry Mason roles were as Captain Noble in the 1957 episode, "The Case of the Crooked Candle," and Salty Sims in "The Case of the Petulant Partner" (1959).

McDonald is sometimes mistakenly thought to be a brother of Wallace MacDonald because of close resemblance. However, they were both born in 1891 three months apart and spelled their surnames differently.
Henry Brown

Captain Henry Brown (1830 - February 14, 1896) was born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky.

He served as a detective and as a member of the Frankfort police force for thirty-eight years.

On February 14, 1896, Brown and Officer Will Gordon responded to a disturbance at U. Kagin's saloon on Broadway. While trying to arrest the drunken patron, Captain Brown was shot five times. Officer Gordon shot the drunken patron three times. Captain Brown and his killer both died within minutes.

Brown is interred in Frankfort Cemetery.
Frank Lane Wolford

Frank Lane Wolford (September 2, 1817 – August 2, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Born September 2, 1817 near Columbia, Kentucky, Wolford attended the common schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Liberty, Kentucky. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1847, 1848, 1865, and 1866. During the Civil War served as colonel of the 1st Kentucky Cavalry, 1861-1864. He served as adjutant general of the State of Kentucky in 1867 and 1868.

Wolford was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress. He continued the practice of law in Columbia, Kentucky, until his death there August 2, 1895. He was interred in Columbia Cemetery.
Historical Marker 1112 - Barkley's Grave

Historical Marker 1112 - Barkley's Grave is located at the entrance of Mount Kenton Cemetery in Paducah, McCracken County.

## Description

Alben W. Barkley, "The Veep," was Senate majority leader under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Vice-President under President Harry S. Truman. He died on April 30, 1956, while addressing a mock Democratic Convention at Washington and Lee Univ. His last words were: "I would rather be a servant in the house of the Lord than sit in the seats of the mighty."

(Reverse) Alben W. Barkley - Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of United States, 1949-53. Member U.S. Senate, 1927-49 and 1955-56; Senate Democratic leader 13 years; House of Representatives 1913-27. Born in Lowes, Ky., 1877. Came to Paducah 1898. Elected to first public office as McCracken County Attorney, 1905. County Judge, 1909. Buried in Mt. Kenton Cemetery, in 1956. Loved and honored by nation. Presented by McCracken County Fiscal Court.
Genies Don't Ride Bicycles

Genies Don't Ride Bicycles is a novel written by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones. It was first published in 1994.

## Description

Ever since Eugene became their new neighbor, the third graders at Bailey Elementary School get everything they wish for. This all seems great until their lives start to turn upside down.
Eating Your Way Across Kentucky: The Recipes

Eating Your Way Across Kentucky: The Recipes is a book written by Gary P. West. It was first published in 2007.

## Description

Based on last year's best selling Eating Your Way Across Kentucky-101 Must Places to Eat, Gary West's sequel Eating Your Way Across Kentucky-RECIPES picks and tells the best recipes from choice restaurants. Provides brief description of Chefs & owners. Gives complete recipe with ingredients and special techniques for these most famous dishes.

The criteria for making the 101 are that it cannot be a chain restaurant, and, except for a rare exception, must have been in operation for at least five years. And, of course, the food must be exceptionally delicious. Beautifully illustrated with detailed directions and menu reviews, this book is guaranteed to thrill the traveler trekking across the bluegrass in his never-ending pursuit of his next dining delight.
Historical Marker 728 - Knott of Lebanon

Historical Marker 728 - Knott of Lebanon is located on the courthouse lawn in Lebanon, Marion County.

## Description

J. Proctor Knott, 1830-1911. Born in this county. Missouri Legislature, 1851-59; Att. Gen., 1859-60. Came back here, 1863. U.S. Congress six terms, became famous as statesman, satirist, Governor of Kentucky, 1883-87. In 1891 Constitutional Convention, led keeping capital at Frankfort. First Dean Centre College Law School, 1894-1901. Knott County named for him.
Haunted Holidays: Twelve Months of Kentucky Ghosts

Haunted Holidays: Twelve Months of Kentucky Ghosts is a collection of short stories written by Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown. It was first published in 2015.

## Description

With its tales of benevolent and malicious specters, terrifying monsters, and unexplained phenomena, Halloween is the holiday most people associate with spooky stories. But do spirits remain hidden the rest of the year? In the rich storytelling customs of the commonwealth, the supernatural world is also connected with holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Memorial Day.

In Haunted Holidays, celebrated storytellers Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown have assembled a hair-raising collection of paranormal tales for readers of all ages. The stories present many new and spooky characters, including the deceased great aunt who still rocks in her favorite chair on Mother's Day, the young boy who made good on his promise to return a silver dollar on the Fourth of July, and even the ghost who hated Labor Day. In addition to tales of haunting, the Browns reveal many Appalachian legends and their importance to the storytelling tradition, such as the phantom bells who guide the dead to the other side, and a "chime child" born when the clock strikes midnight on Christmas Day, who is rumored to be blessed with the gift of second sight.

More than a collection of ghost stories or family legends, Haunted Holidays takes readers on a fireside journey that preserves and promotes oral traditions, revealing the importance of sharing beliefs, traditions, and values with a new generation of listeners.
Historical Marker 2077 - Deanwood Post Office

Historical Marker 2077 - Deanwood Post Office is located on KY 120, 9 miles west of Marion in Deanwood, Crittenden County.

## Description

First established in 1873 as Iron Hill Post Office, located 1/2 mile west of present location. First postmaster James W. Woolf. Joseph M. Dean, appointed postmaster in 1874 and again in 1881, relocated post office to building in front of his home. Joseph N. Dean, son of Joseph M. Dean, moved post office into a building on present site; appointed postmaster in 1900.

(Reverse) Joseph N. Dean replaced the building with the existing one in 1910 and installed new post office boxes, which are now on display at Crittenden County Bob Wheeler Museum in Marion. The official name was changed to Deanwood in 1914, and the community is still known as Deanwood. Presented by the Dean Family.