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| bowling green kentucky history: Josie Underwood's Civil War Diary Josie Underwood, 2009-03-20 A well-educated, outspoken member of a politically prominent family in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Josie Underwood (1840–1923) left behind one of the few intimate accounts of the Civil War written by a southern woman sympathetic to the Union. This vivid portrayal of the early years of the war begins several months before the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861. “The Philistines are upon us,” twenty-year-old Josie writes in her diary, leaving no question about the alarm she feels when Confederate soldiers occupy her once-peaceful town. Offering a unique perspective on the tensions between the Union and the Confederacy, Josie reveals that Kentucky was a hotbed of political and military action, particularly in her hometown of Bowling Green, known as the Gibraltar of the Confederacy. Located along important rail and water routes that were vital for shipping supplies in and out of the Confederacy, the city linked the upper South’s trade and population centers and was strategically critical to both armies. Capturing the fright and frustration she and her family experienced when Bowling Green served as the Confederate army’s headquarters in the fall of 1861, Josie tells of soldiers who trampled fields, pilfered crops, burned fences, cut down trees, stole food, and invaded homes and businesses. In early 1862, Josie’s outspoken Unionist father, Warner Underwood, was ordered to evacuate the family’s Mount Air estate, which was later destroyed by occupying forces. Wartime hardships also strained relationships among Josie’s family, neighbors, and friends, whose passionate beliefs about Lincoln, slavery, and Kentucky’s secession divided them. Published for the first time, Josie Underwood’s Civil War Diary interweaves firsthand descriptions of the political unrest of the day with detailed accounts of an active social life filled with travel, parties, and suitors. Bringing to life a Unionist, slave-owning young woman who opposed both Lincoln’s policies and Kentucky’s secession, the diary dramatically chronicles the physical and emotional traumas visited on Josie’s family, community, and state during wartime. |
| bowling green kentucky history: The Green River of Kentucky Helen Bartter Crocker, 2014-07-11 Cutting a wide east-west swath from the Appalachian foothills to the heart of the western Kentucky coalfields, the Green River valley extends from below the Tennessee border in the south to the Ohio River in the north. The Green River of Kentucky presents a picture of the unity and diversity of the people living in the Green River valley. Helen Bartter Crocker finds that each generation of its people approached the river in a distinctive way. Early settlers used the river simply as it was—crooked and narrow with an unpredictable water flow, and navigable only under high-water conditions. The sons of these pioneers were interested in bringing steamboats to the valley; until they succeeded in persuading the state legislature to improve the Green River and its tributary, the Barren, by a series of locks and dams, however, volunteers would work—often up to their necks in water—until they cleared the river sufficiently to allow steamers to reach Bowling Green at high water. When the locks and dams were reopened following the Civil War, a local private corporation gained a near-monopoly of the river trade. Public outcry against this private ownership caused the federal government to take control, and through the Corps of Engineers, to undertake extensive river improvements. After the Great Depression, when trade was almost at a standstill, additional federal funds were appropriated for flood-control dams in the upper river and modern locks in the lower river to harness the valley's industrial potential. These opened up coal barging and recreational facilities, which ensured the future economic well being of the Green River valley. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Kentucky Place Names Robert M. Rennick, 2013-04-06 From the wealth of place names in Kentucky, Rennick has selected those of some 2,000 communities and post offices. These places are usually the largest, the best known, or the most important as well as those with unusual or inherently interesting names. Including perhaps one-fourth of all such places known in the state, the names were chosen as a representative sample among Kentucky's counties and sections. Kentucky Place Names offers a fascinating mosaic of information on families, events, politics, and local lore in the state. It will interest all Kentuckians as well as the growing number of scholars of American place names. |
| bowling green kentucky history: The Buzzel About Kentuck Craig Thompson Friend, 2014-07-11 Touted as an American Eden, Kentucky provides one of the most dramatic social histories of early America. In this collection, ten contributors trace the evolution of Kentucky from First West to Early Republic. The authors tell the stories of the state's remarkable settlers and inhabitants: Indians, African Americans, working-class men and women, wealthy planters and struggling farmers. Eager settlers built defensive forts across the countryside, while women and slaves used revivalism to create new opportunities for themselves in a white, patriarchal society. The world that this diverse group of people made was both a society uniquely Kentuckian and a microcosm of the unfolding American pageant. In the mid-1700s, the trans-Appalachian region gained a reputation for its openness, innocence, and rusticity- fertile ground for an agrarian republic founded on the virtue of the yeoman ideal. By the nineteenth century, writers of history would characterize the state as a breeding ground for an American culture of distinctly Anglo-Saxon origin. Modern historians, however, now emphasize exploring the entire human experience, rather than simply the political history, of the region. An unusual blend of social, economic, political, cultural, and religious history, this volume goes a long way toward answering the question posed by a Virginia clergyman in 1775: What a buzzel is this amongst people about Kentuck? |
| bowling green kentucky history: In the Beginning Robert V. Haynes, 2018-06 This short manuscript offers an account of the origins of the Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green, Kentucky from 1819 to 1837. |
| bowling green kentucky history: History of Kentucky William Elsey Connelley, Ellis Merton Coulter, 1912 |
| bowling green kentucky history: Fifty Years of Segregation John A. Hardin, 1997 This book examines the history of 20th century racial segregation in Kentucky higher education, the last state in the South to enact legislation banning interracial education in private schools and the first to remove it. In five chapters and an epilogue, the book traces the growth of racism, the period of acceptance of racism, the black community's efforts for reform, the stresses of separate and unequal, and the unrelenting pressure to desegregate Kentucky schools. Different tactics, ranging from community and religious organization support to legislative and legal measures, that were used for specific campaigns are described in detail. The final chapters of the book describe the struggles of college presidents faced with student turmoil, persistent societal resistance from whites (both locally and legislatively), and changing expectations, after the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown V. Board of Education broadened desegregation to all public schools and the responsibility for desegregation shifted from politically driven state legislators or governors to college governing boards. Appendices contain tabular data on demographics, state appropriations, and admissions to public and private colleges and universities in Kentucky. (Contains approximately 550 notes and bibliographic references.) (Bf). |
| bowling green kentucky history: Reference Sources in History Ronald H. Fritze, Brian E. Coutts, Louis A. Vyhnanek, 2004-03-09 Fully annotated and completely updated—the most comprehensive guide to reference books in the field of history. Reference Sources in History catalogs atlases, encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, sourcebooks, bibliographies, and chronologies and makes sense of it all. Its broad scope and systematic organization make it an accessible, reliable resource for experienced and inexperienced researchers alike. Fully annotated and updated, the new edition summarizes hundreds of reference works on every conceivable subject in history—from ancient to modern, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. This edition also reflects the dramatic impact of the digital revolution on historical research by integrating a wide range of Internet and CD-ROM sources. Reference Sources in History is a time-saving alternative to searching the reference stacks or getting lost in an online thicket of dubious historical websites. |
| bowling green kentucky history: The Kentucky Encyclopedia John E. Kleber, 2014-10-17 The Kentucky Encyclopedia's 2,000-plus entries are the work of more than five hundred writers. Their subjects reflect all areas of the commonwealth and span the time from prehistoric settlement to today's headlines, recording Kentuckians' achievements in art, architecture, business, education, politics, religion, science, and sports. Biographical sketches portray all of Kentucky's governors and U.S. senators, as well as note congressmen and state and local politicians. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in the lives of such figures as Carry Nation, Henry Clay, Louis Brandeis, and Alben Barkley. The commonwealth's high range from writers Harriette Arnow and Jesse Stuart, reformers Laura Clay and Mary Breckinridge, and civil rights leaders Whitney Young, Jr., and Georgia Powers, to sports figures Muhammad Ali and Adolph Rupp and entertainers Loretta Lynn, Merle Travis, and the Everly Brothers. Entries describe each county and county seat and each community with a population above 2,500. Broad overview articles examine such topics as agriculture, segregation, transportation, literature, and folklife. Frequently misunderstood aspects of Kentucky's history and culture are clarified and popular misconceptions corrected. The facts on such subjects as mint juleps, Fort Knox, Boone's coonskin cap, the Kentucky hot brown, and Morgan's Raiders will settle many an argument. For both the researcher and the more casual reader, this collection of facts and fancies about Kentucky and Kentuckians will be an invaluable resource. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Building the Dream Larry Herrin, 2018-04-24 Corvette is an icon. For most of its history it was built in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The author, a forty-one year veteran of GM, spent twenty-four years working in various engineering and management positions from facilities to quality where he retired as Quality Assurance Manager. Never before has a comprehensive history been written of the place where Corvettes are assembled. The title reflects what took place in the Bowling Green Assembly Plant. One high level manager often referred to Building the Dream, and essentially the plant built hundreds of thousands of dreams over the years. The text contains philosophical, historical, methodical, biographical and some fictional information to provoke thought. The genre of each is intermingled so as to never bore the reader. Many names are mentioned. Mini-biographies are included for the most unique regardless of job level. They all were part of building the dream, and the assembler was as necessary as the manager. Venture now into the place were dreams are built! |
| bowling green kentucky history: Camp Nelson, Kentucky Richard D. Sears, 2014-07-11 Camp Nelson, Kentucky, was designed in 1863 as a military supply depot for the Union Army. Later it became one of the country's most important recruiting stations and training camps for black soldiers and Kentucky's chief center for issuing emancipation papers to former slaves. Richard D. Sears tells the story of the rise and fall of the camp through the shifting perspective of a changing cast of characters—teachers, civilians, missionaries such as the Reverend John G. Fee, and fleeing slaves and enlisted blacks who describe their pitiless treatment at the hands of slave owners and Confederate sympathizers. Sears fully documents the story of Camp Nelson through carefully selected military orders, letters, newspaper articles, and other correspondence, most inaccessible until now. His introduction provides a historical overview, and textual notes identify individuals and detail the course of events. |
| bowling green kentucky history: The 1997 Genealogy Annual Thomas Jay Kemp, 1999 The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main sections.p liFAMILY HISTORIES-/licites American and international single and multifamily genealogies, listed alphabetically by major surnames included in each book.p liGUIDES AND HANDBOOKS-/liincludes reference and how-to books for doing research on specific record groups or areas of the U.S. or the world.p liGENEALOGICAL SOURCES BY STATE-/liconsists of entries for genealogical data, organized alphabetically by state and then by city or county.p The Genealogy Annual, the core reference book of published local histories and genealogies, makes finding the latest information easy. Because the information is compiled annually, it is always up to date. No other book offers as many citations as The Genealogy Annual; all works are included. You can be assured that fees were not required to be listed. |
| bowling green kentucky history: The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Kentucky Historical Society, 1912 |
| bowling green kentucky history: Racial Violence In Kentucky George C. Wright, 1996-02-01 Wright vividly portrays the clash between racist militants and blacks who would not submit to terror. The book makes clear the brutality concealed beneath the surface veneer of moderation. -- Journal of Southern History In this investigative look into Kentucky's race relations from the end of the Civil War to 1940, George C. Wright brings to light a consistent pattern of legally sanctioned and extralegal violence employed to ensure that blacks knew their place after the war. In the first study of its kind to target the racial patterns of a specific state, Wright demonstrates that despite Kentucky's proximity to the North, its black population was subjected to racial oppression every bit as severe and prolonged as that found farther south. His examination of the causes and extent of racial violence, and of the steps taken by blacks and concerned whites to end the brutality, has implications for race relations throughout the United States. |
| bowling green kentucky history: A History of Blacks in Kentucky: In pursuit of equality, 1890-1980 , 1992-01-01 Published by the Kentucky Historical Society & Distributed by the University Press of Kentucky This is the second part of a two-volume study which covers the entire spectrum of the black experience in Kentucky from earliest exploration and settlement to 1980. (Click here for information on the first volume, From Slavery to Segregation, 1760-1891.) Mandated and partially funded by the Kentucky General Assembly in 1978, this pathbreaking work is the most comprehensive consideration of the subject ever undertaken. It fills a long-recognized void in Kentucky history. George C. Wright describes the struggle of blacks in the twentieth century to achieve the promise of political, social, and economic equality. From the rising tide of racism and violence at the turn of the century to the civil rights movement and school integration in later decades, Wright describes the accomplishments, frustrations, and defeats suffered by the race, concluding that even in 1980 only a few blacks had actually achieved the long-sought toal of equality. |
| bowling green kentucky history: A New History of Kentucky Lowell H. Harrison, James C. Klotter, 1997-03-27 The first comprehensive history of the state since the publication of Thomas D. Clark's landmark History of Kentucky over sixty years ago. A New History of Kentucky brings the Commonwealth to life, from Pikeville to the Purchase, from Covington to Corbin, this account reveals Kentucky's many faces and deep traditions. Lowell Harrison, professor emeritus of history at Western Kentucky University, is the author of many books, including George Rogers Clark and the War in the West, The Civil War in Kentucky, Kentucky's Road to Statehood, Lincoln of Kentucky, and Kentucky's Governors. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Rock Art Of Kentucky Fred E. CoyJr., Thomas C. Fuller, Larry G. Meadows, James F. Swauger, 2014-10-17 Rock Art of Kentucky is the first comprehensive documentation of the fragile remnants of Kentucky's prehistoric Native American rock art sites. Found in twenty-two of Kentucky's counties, these sites pan a period of more than three thousand years. The most frequent design elements in Kentucky rock art are engravings of the footprints of birds, quadrupeds, and humans. Other design elements include anthropomorphs, mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and abstract and geometric figures. Included in the book are stunning illustrations of the sixty confirmed sites and ten destroyed or questionable sites. In the thirty some years during which this information was collected, there has been an alarming deterioration of many of the sites. Ancient carvings have been destroyed by graffiti or have lost extensive detail because of climatic or environmental conditions, such as acid rain. Although all the Kentucky sites are officially listed on the National register of Historic Places, several no long exist or are at present inaccessible. In addition to making data available for the first time to the national and international archaeological community for further comparative and interpretive studies, Rock Art of Kentucky is also for nonspecialists interested in prehistoric Kentucky and Native American studies. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Rock Fences of the Bluegrass Carolyn Murray-Wooley, Karl Raitz, 2014-07-11 Gray rock fences built of ancient limestone are hallmarks of Kentucky's Bluegrass landscape. Why did Kentucky farmers turn to rock as fence-building material when most had earlier used hardwood rails? Who were the masons responsible for Kentucky's lovely rock fences and what are the different rock forms used in this region? In this generously illustrated book, Carolyn Murray-Wooley and Karl Raitz address those questions and explore the background of Kentucky's rock fences, the talent and skill of the fence masons, and the Irish and Scottish models they followed in their work. They also correct inaccurate popular perceptions about the fences and use census data and archival documents to identify the fence masons and where they worked. As the book reveals, the earliest settlers in Kentucky built dry-laid fences around eighteenth-century farmsteads, cemeteries, and mills. Fence building increased dramatically during the nineteenth century so that by the 1880s rock fences lined most roads, bounded pastures and farmyards throughout the Bluegrass. Farmers also built or commissioned rock fences in New England, the Nashville Basin, and the Texas hill country, but the Bluegrass may have had the most extensive collection of quarried rock fences in North America. This is the first book-length study on any American fence type. Filled with detailed fence descriptions, an extensive list of masons' names, drawings, photographs, and a helpful glossary, it will appeal to folklorists, historians, geographers, architects, landscape architects, and masons, as well as general readers intrigued by Kentucky's rock fences. |
| bowling green kentucky history: The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia Gerald L. Smith, Karen Cotton McDaniel, John A. Hardin, 2015-08-28 The story of African Americans in Kentucky is as diverse and vibrant as the state's general history. The work of more than 150 writers, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an essential guide to the black experience in the Commonwealth. The encyclopedia includes biographical sketches of politicians and community leaders as well as pioneers in art, science, and industry. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in an array of notable figures, such as writers William Wells Brown and bell hooks, reformers Bessie Lucas Allen and Shelby Lanier Jr., sports icons Muhammad Ali and Isaac Murphy, civil rights leaders Whitney Young Jr. and Georgia Powers, and entertainers Ernest Hogan, Helen Humes, and the Nappy Roots. Featuring entries on the individuals, events, places, organizations, movements, and institutions that have shaped the state's history since its origins, the volume also includes topical essays on the civil rights movement, Eastern Kentucky coalfields, business, education, and women. For researchers, students, and all who cherish local history, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference that highlights the diversity of the state's culture and history. |
| bowling green kentucky history: The Fall of Kentucky's Rock George G. Humphreys, 2022-01-18 This in-depth study offers a new examination of a region that is often overlooked in political histories of the Bluegrass State. George G. Humphreys traces the arc of politics and the economy in western Kentucky from avid support of the Democratic Party to its present-day Republican identity. He demonstrates that, despite its relative geographic isolation, the region west of the eastern boundary of Hancock, Ohio, Butler, Warren, and Simpson Counties to the Mississippi River played significant roles in state and national politics during the New Deal and postwar eras. Drawing on extensive archival research and oral history interviews, Humphreys explores the area's political transformation from a solid Democratic voting bloc to a conservative stronghold by examining how developments such as advances in agriculture, the diversification of the economy, and the civil rights movement affected the region. Addressing notable deficiencies in the existing literature, this impressively researched study will leave readers with a deeper understanding of post-1945 Kentucky politics. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Diary of a Confederate Soldier John S. Jackman, 1990 The Civil War journal of John Jackman is one of the richest and most literate of all Confederate soldier narratives to survive the war. It is also the only surviving war period diary of a soldier in the famed First Kentucky or orphan Brigade. Jackman follows his brigade across the war-torn South, from Shiloh to Vicksburg, to Baton Rouge, through all the battles for Tennessee, and on through the Atlanta Campaign and the resistance to Sherman's march to the sea. Jackman is an observer right up to the end, when Jefferson Davis and his fleeing cabinet meet for the last time at Washington, Georgia. Written with wit and insight, and unfailingly entertaining. Jackman's journal catches the spirit of the common soldier of the Confederacy in camp and field, as well as some of the excitement and confusion of battle. His opinions are frank, his prejudices few, and his warm and generous nature show through in his remarks on his fellow orphans. Especially significant for its behind-the-lines vignettes of the Army of Tennessee, this journal is one of the most important soldier journals to come from that troubled yet fascinating army. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Venerable Trees Tom Kimmerer, 2015-10-23 When the first settlers arrived in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky, they found an astonishing landscape of open woodland grazed by vast herds of bison. Farmers quickly replaced the bison with cattle, sheep, and horses, but left many of the trees to shade their pastures. Today, central Kentucky and central Tennessee still boast one of the largest populations of presettlement trees in the nation, found in both rural and urban areas. In Venerable Trees: History, Biology, and Conservation in the Bluegrass, Tom Kimmerer showcases the beauty, age, size, and splendor of these ancient trees and the remaining woodland pastures. Documenting the distinctive settlement history that allowed for their preservation, Kimmerer explains the biology of Bluegrass trees and explores the reasons why they are now in danger. He also reveals the dedication and creativity of those fighting to conserve these remarkable three-hundred- to five-hundred-year-old plants—from innovative, conscientious developers who build around them rather than clearing the land to farmers who use lightning rods to protect them from natural disasters. Featuring more than one hundred color photographs, this beautifully illustrated book offers guidelines for conserving ancient trees worldwide while educating readers about their life cycle. Venerable Trees is an informative call to understand the challenges faced by the companions so deeply rooted in the region's heritage and a passionate plea for their preservation. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Boonesborough Unearthed Nancy O'Malley, 2019-06-25 Throughout the Revolutionary War, Fort Boonesborough was one of the most important and defensively crucial sites on the western frontier. It served not only as a stronghold against the British but also as a sanctuary, land office, and a potential seat of government. Originally meant to be the capital of a new American colony, Fort Boonesborough was thrust into a defensive role by the onset of the Revolutionary War. Post-Revolutionary attempts to develop a town failed and the site was abandoned. Yet Fort Boonesborough lived on in local memory. Boonesborough Unearthed: Frontier Archaeology at a Revolutionary Fort is the result of more than thirty years of research by archaeologist Nancy O'Malley. This groundbreaking book presents new information and fresh insights about Fort Boonesborough and life in frontier Kentucky. O'Malley examines the story of this historical landmark from its founding during a time of war into the nineteenth century. O'Malley also delves into the lives of the settlers who lived there, and explores the Transylvania Company's dashed hopes of forming a fourteenth colony at the fort. This insightful and informative work is a fascinating exploration into Kentucky's frontier past. |
| bowling green kentucky history: George Keats of Kentucky Lawrence M. Crutcher, 2012-11-05 John Keats’s biographers have rarely been fair to George Keats (1797–1841)—pushing him to the background as the younger brother, painting him as a prodigal son, or labeling him as the “business brother.” Some have even condemned him as a heartless villain who took more than his fair share of an inheritance and abandoned the ailing poet to pursue his own interests. In this authoritative biography, author Lawrence M. Crutcher demonstrates that George Keats deserves better. Crutcher traces his subject from Regency London to the American frontier, correcting the misconceptions surrounding the Keats brothers’ relationship and revealing the details of George’s remarkable life in Louisville, Kentucky. Brilliantly illustrated with more than ninety color photographs, this engaging book reveals how George Keats embraced new business opportunities to become an important member of the developing urban community. In addition, George Keats of Kentucky offers a rare and fascinating glimpse into nineteenth-century life, commerce, and entrepreneurship in Louisville and the Bluegrass. |
| bowling green kentucky history: We Were Kings Court Stevens, 2022-02-01 A twenty-year-old crime, an accelerated death penalty, and an elitist family cover-up: Nyla races against the death row clock to save a woman the world is rooting for . . . and against. Which side will you choose? Twenty years ago, eighteen-year-old Francis Quick was convicted of murdering her best friend, Cora King, and sentenced to death. Now the highly debated Accelerated Death Penalty Act has passed giving Frankie thirty final days to live. Surprising everyone, one of the King family members sets out to challenge the woefully inadequate evidence and potential innocence of Frankie Quick. The at-first reluctant but soon-fiery Nyla and her unexpected ally—handsome country island boy Sam Stack—bring Frankie’s case to the international stage through her YouTube channel, Death Daze. They step into fame and a hometown battle that someone’s still willing to kill over. But who? The senator? The philanthropist? The pawn shop owner? Nyla’s own mother? Best advice: Don’t go to family dinner at the Kings’ estate. More people will leave in body bags than on their own two feet. And as for Frankie Quick, she’s a gem . . . even if she’s guilty. Praise for We Were Kings: “We Were Kings is the best kind of mystery novel—intelligent and bursting with heart. As Nyla untangled her family’s secrets, the twists left me breathless.” —Brittany Cavallaro, New York Times bestselling author “Bingeable. Atmospheric. A book that grabs hold and doesn’t let go. We Were Kings offers a delicious mystery perfect for fans of We Were Liars and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. I savored every word from beginning to end.” —Caroline George, author of The Summer We Forgot Young Adult suspense with some romance Stand-alone novel Includes discussion questions for book clubs |
| bowling green kentucky history: The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society Kentucky Historical Society, 2004 |
| bowling green kentucky history: Daniel Boone Michael Lofaro, 2010-09-12 The embodiment of the American hero, the man of action, the pathfinder, Daniel Boone represents the great adventure of his age—the westward movement of the American people. Daniel Boone: An American Life brings together over thirty years of research in an extraordinary biography of the quintessential pioneer. Based on primary sources, the book depicts Boone through the eyes of those who knew him and within the historical contexts of his eighty-six years. The story of Daniel Boone offers new insights into the turbulent birth and growth of the nation and demonstrates why the frontier forms such a significant part of the American experience. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Pauline's Pauline Tabor, 1971 Autobiography of a Kentucky brothel owner. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Red Book Alice Eichholz, 2004 ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how--Publisher decription. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Western Kentucky University Lowell H. Harrison, 2021-12-14 Most Hilltoppers believe that Western Kentucky University is unique. They take pride in its lovely campus, its friendly spirit, the loyalty of its alumni, and its academic and athletic achievements. But Western's development also illustrates a major trend in American higher education during the past century. Scores of other institutions have followed the Western pattern, growing from private normal school to state normal school, to teachers college, to general college, finally emerging as an important state university. Historian Lowell Harrison traces the Western story from the school's origin in 1875 to the January 1986 election of its seventh president. For much of its history, Western has been led by paternalistic presidents whose major battles have been with other state schools and parsimonious legislatures. In recent years the presidents have been challenged by students and faculty who have demanded more active roles in university governance, and by a Board of Regents and the Council on Higher Education, which have raised challenging new issues. Harrison's account of the institution's development is laced with anecdotes and vignettes of some of the school's interesting personalities: President Henry Hardin Cherry, whose chapel talks convinced countless students that the Spirit Makes the Master; Uncle Ed Diddle, whose flying towel and winning teams earned national basketball fame; Daddy Bur-ton who could catch flies while lecturing; Miss Gabie Robertson, who held students into the next class period; the lone Japanese student who was on campus during World War II. Harrison also recalls steamboat excursions, the Great Depression and the Second World War, the astounding boom in enrollment and buildings in the 1960s, the period of student unrest, and the numerous fiscal crises that have beset the school. This is the story of an institution proud of its past and seeking to chart its course into the twenty-first century. |
| bowling green kentucky history: A History of Blacks in Kentucky Marion Brunson Lucas, 2003-06-01 A History of Blacks in Kentucky traces the role of blacks from the early exploration and settlement of Kentucky to 1891, when African Americans gained freedom only to be faced with a segregated society. Making extensive use of numerous primary sources such as slave diaries, Freedmen's Bureau records, church minutes, and collections of personalpapers, the book tells the stories of individuals, their triumphs and tragedies, and their accomplishments in the face of adversity. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky Lewis Collins, 1878 |
| bowling green kentucky history: Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade John Williams Green, 2014-10-17 John W. Green (1841-1920), an enlisted man with Kentucky's famed Confederate Orphan Brigade throughout the Civil War, fought at Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Atlanta and many other crucial battles. An acute observer with a flair for humanizing the impersonal horror of war, he kept a record of his experiences, and penned an exciting front-line account of America's defining trial by fire. Albert D. Kirwan provides a brief history of the Orphan Brigade and a biography of Johnny Green. Introductions to each chapter explain references in the journal and also set the context for the major campaigns. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Committed to Victory Richard E. Holl, 2015-10-09 When World War II broke out in Europe in September 1939, Kentucky was still plagued by the Great Depression. Even though the inevitably of war had become increasingly apparent earlier that year, the citizens of the Commonwealth continued to view foreign affairs as a lesser concern compared to issues such as the lingering economic depression, the approaching planting season, and the upcoming gubernatorial race. It was only the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that destroyed any lingering illusions of peace. In Committed to Victory: The Kentucky Home Front During World War II, author Richard Holl offers the first comprehensive examination of the Commonwealth's civilian sector during this pivotal era in the state's history. National mobilization efforts rapidly created centers of war production and activity in Louisville, Paducah, and Richmond, producing new economic prosperity in the struggling region. The war effort also spurred significant societal changes, including the emergence of female and minority workforces in the state. In the Bluegrass, this trend found its face in Pulaski County native Rose Will Monroe, who was discovered as she assembled B-24 and B-29 bombers and was cast as Rosie the Riveter in films supporting the war effort. Revealing the struggles and triumphs of civilians during World War II, Holl illuminates the personal costs of the war, the black market for rationed foods and products, and even the inspiration that coach Adolph Rupp and the University of Kentucky basketball team offered to a struggling state. Committed to Victory is a timely and engaging account that fills a significant gap in the literature on a crucial period of American history. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Hidden History of Western Kentucky Berry Craig, 2011 Join western Kentucky historian Berry Craig as he penetrates the depths of the region's lesser-known history and brings to light the people, places, and events that have shaped Kentucky's west--P. [4] of cover. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Inside the Ku Klux Klan Brian Tackett, 2009 This story tells about the events which led up to the burning of the Barren River Baptist Church in Bowling Green Kentucky in the early morning hours of December 6, 1991 ... The history of the Klan is discussed as well as the secret symbolysm [sic], meetings, and ceremonies.--P. [4] of cover. |
| bowling green kentucky history: The University of Louisville Dwayne D. Cox, William J. Morison, 2014-10-17 Dwayne Cox and William Morison trace the twists and turns of the University of Louisville's two hundred year journey from provincial academy to national powerhouse. From the 1798 charter that established Jefferson Seminary to the 1998 opening of Papa John Stadium, Cox and Morison reveal the unique and fascinating history of the university's evolution. They discuss the early failures to establish a liberal arts college; tell the extraordinary story of the Louisville Municipal College, U of L's separate division for African Americans during the era of segregation; detail the political wrangling and budgetary struggles of the university's move from quasi-private to state-supported institution; and confront head-on the question of the university's founding date. The history of the University of Louisville defies the stereotype of orderly and planned growth. For many years, the university was essentially a consortium of two professional schools—medicine and law. Not until the first decade of the twentieth century did the liberal arts gain a firm and permanent foothold. Because of its early emphasis on practical, professional education and the virtual autonomy of its separate units for many years, the University of Louisville is unusual in the annals of higher education. |
| bowling green kentucky history: Native America [3 volumes] Daniel S. Murphree, 2012-03-09 Employing innovative research and unique interpretations, these essays provide a fresh perspective on Native American history by focusing on how Indians lived and helped shape each of the United States. Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia comprises 50 chapters offering interpretations of Native American history through the lens of the states in which Indians lived or helped shape. This organizing structure and thematic focus allows readers access to information on specific Indians and the regions they lived in while also providing a collective overview of Native American relationships with the United States as a whole. These three volumes synthesize scholarship on the Native American past to provide both an academic and indigenous perspective on the subject, covering all states and the native peoples who lived in them or were instrumental to their development. Each state is featured in its own chapter, authored by a specialist on the region and its indigenous peoples. Each essay has these main sections: Chronology, Historical Overview, Notable Indians, Cultural Contributions, and Bibliography. The chapters are interspersed with photographs and illustrations that add visual clarity to the written content, put a human face on the individuals described, and depict the peoples and environment with which they interacted. |
| bowling green kentucky history: The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society , 1903 |
| bowling green kentucky history: The Murder of Marion Miley Beverly Bell, 2020-05-19 A historical thriller based on the real-life 1941 robbery of a Kentucky golf club that ended in the murder of a young champion golfer and her mother. Today, the name Marion Miley is largely unrecognizable, but in the fall of 1941, she was an internationally renowned golf champion, winning every leading women’s tournament except the elusive national title. This unassuming twenty-seven-year-old woman was beloved by all she met, including celebrities like jazz crooner Bing Crosby. With ambitions to become a doctor, it seemed Marion Miley was headed for greatness. But on September 28, 1941, six gunshots broke through the early morning stillness of the Lexington Country Club. Marion had been brutally murdered. News of her death spread quickly, headlining major papers such as the New York Times. Support flooded in, spurring police in the hunt for her killers. However, the bombing of Pearl Harbor less than two months later would redirect public attention and sweep Marion's story to a forgotten corner of time?until now. The Murder of Marion Miley recounts the ensuing manhunt and trial, exploring the impact of class, family, and opportunity in a world where steely determination is juxtaposed with callous murderous intent. As the narrative voice oscillates between Marion’s father, her best friend, and one of her killers, an ever-present specter of what could have been?not just for Marion, but for all those affected by her tragic death?is conjured. Drawing on intensive research typical of the true crime genre, Beverly Bell produces a passionate homage to one of the greatest golfers of the early twentieth century. Praise for The Murder of Marion Miley “Don’t let Beverly Bell fool you: she must have been reporting live in 1941 from the scene of Lexington’s most notorious crime. Bell writes with a golden erudition and preternatural imagination that keep the wide-eyed reader up all night—think Truman Capote.” —Patty Friedmann, author of Where Do They All Come From? “In The Murder of Marion Miley, author Beverly Bell takes literary crime-writing to new heights. Unearthing the remains of an actual 80-year-old crime—the murder of a world-class golfer in her prime—Bell creates a lyrical, page-turning novel about chance, class, and the strains of family bonds. Set in Kentucky’s Bluegrass region in the weeks before and after Pearl Harbor, Bell’s book recounts the crime while plunging us into the minds of an assortment of American characters of the 1940s. From its riveting opening scene, The Murder of Marion Miley is story-telling excellence.” —Neil Chethik, author of FatherLoss: How Sons of All Ages Come to Terms With the Deaths of Their Dads |
Warren County, Kentucky
In its near two centuries, Bowling Green has developed from a clearing in the wilderness to a thriving community of 50,000. Cheap and rich land attracted the earliest settlers to the area.
KENTUCKY’S CIVIL WAR HERITAGE GUIDE
compose this driving tour of historic Bowling Green and Warren County – an area which both the Confederacy and the Union strongly wanted to control. Notably, Bowling Green served as the …
Barr, Edward Wallce, 1887-1962 (SC 469)
Photocopy of notes entitled “Early History of Bowling Green,” compiled by Edward Wallace Barr of Bowling Green, Kentucky. 1 folder. 1 item. Photocopy. SC2012.3.125 SUBJECT ANALYTICS …
Lawrence and Desegregation in Bowling Green - Western …
the first implementation of Brown in 1955, Bowling Green did not desegregate until threatened with federal troops in April of 1963—a full nine years after the initial order in Brown.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SHAKER COLONY - The Filson …
Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bowling Green• Kentucky The events leading to the founding of a Shaker colony in Logan County, at South Union, or Gasper River, as it was first …
Bowling Greens Their History Construction And Mai
book, aptly titled "Bowling Greens Their History Construction And Mai," written by a highly acclaimed author, immerses readers in a captivating exploration of the significance of language …
Green River Research Collection (MSS 77)
The collection contains chiefly photocopies of research materials that relate to the Green River and its tributaries, including the towns and counties which embrace the Green River Valley.
Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (MSS 623)
“The Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green” was formed on 9 April 1819 with 27 members, including two African Americans. Under its first pastor, Joseph B. Lapsley, the church was …
The White Stone Quarry of Bowling Green
The White Stone Quarry of Bowling Green by Christy Spurlock Smith Some of America's most beautiful churches, cathedrals, libraries, and government buildings were built of "Bowling …
WRITINGS ON KENTUCKY HISTORY, 1955
Crabb, A. L. Peace at Bowling Green. Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1955. 328 p. An historical novel centered around Bowling Green in the period 1803-1865. Craig, Mrs. …
HISTORY OF WEATHER OBSERVATIONS - mrcc.purdue.edu
The goal of this study was to document the primary weather observational history of Bowling Green that recorded such an important block of knowledge of early Kentucky climate. The …
CAMP BEAUREGARD GRAVES COUNTY, KENTUCKY - JSTOR
General Johnston, whose headquarters were in Bowling Green, evidently realized shortly afterward that the line from Columbus to Fort Henry was considerably overextended, thus …
Sons of the American Revolution - Charles Duncan Chapter
Bowling Green, Kentucky Administrative papers, a detailed history (1967-1986), meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, newsletters, financial records, and photographs for the Charles …
Weather Bureau/National Weather Service History in Kentucky
A Weather Bureau Airport Station was established at the Bowling Green Airport in December 1944, and became the official climatological station for the area. Operations were transferred to …
Building Community and Growing our Economy: A …
RECENT HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION IN BOWLING GREEN AND WARREN COUNTY, KENTUCKY The City of Bowling Green is located in Warren County in South-Central Kentucky …
Colonels, Hillbillies and Fightin’: Twentieth-century Kentucky …
Mar 22, 2018 · First coming into Kentucky in 1769 and departing for the greener pastures of Missouri thirty years later, Boone would become and remain through much of the twentieth …
UA1A Brief Historical Sketch of the Bowling Green Business …
Bowling Green Busine s University Bowling Green, Kentucky Dear Dr. Harman: April 2, 1948. As members of the 1948 staff of the TOWERS, the annual yearbook publication of the Business …
OGDEN COLLEGE: A BRIEF HISTORY
i~kGDEN COLLEGE, founded in Bowling Green, Kentucky, ^ in 1877, was one of hundreds of colleges established in the United States during the halt-century between the Civil
Bowling Green-Warren County (Kentucky) Rural Church …
In 1995, the Landmark Association of Bowling Green, Kentucky began a project to document the rural churches of Warren County, Kentucky.
Tranche 4 Multi-jurisdictional Project Participating Jurisdictions
Simpson, Bowling Green, Butler, Metcalfe Kentucky Music Trail: A trail project focusing on multiple tourism regions throughout the Commonwealth, focusing on Kentucky's rich musical …
Warren County, Kentucky
In its near two centuries, Bowling Green has developed from a clearing in the wilderness to a thriving community of 50,000. Cheap and rich land attracted the earliest settlers to the area.
KENTUCKY’S CIVIL WAR HERITAGE GUIDE
compose this driving tour of historic Bowling Green and Warren County – an area which both the Confederacy and the Union strongly wanted to control. Notably, Bowling Green served as the …
Barr, Edward Wallce, 1887-1962 (SC 469)
Photocopy of notes entitled “Early History of Bowling Green,” compiled by Edward Wallace Barr of Bowling Green, Kentucky. 1 folder. 1 item. Photocopy. SC2012.3.125 SUBJECT ANALYTICS …
Lawrence and Desegregation in Bowling Green - Western …
the first implementation of Brown in 1955, Bowling Green did not desegregate until threatened with federal troops in April of 1963—a full nine years after the initial order in Brown.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SHAKER COLONY - The Filson …
Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Bowling Green• Kentucky The events leading to the founding of a Shaker colony in Logan County, at South Union, or Gasper River, as it was first …
Bowling Greens Their History Construction And Mai
book, aptly titled "Bowling Greens Their History Construction And Mai," written by a highly acclaimed author, immerses readers in a captivating exploration of the significance of …
Green River Research Collection (MSS 77)
The collection contains chiefly photocopies of research materials that relate to the Green River and its tributaries, including the towns and counties which embrace the Green River Valley.
Presbyterian Church - Bowling Green, Kentucky (MSS 623)
“The Presbyterian Church of Bowling Green” was formed on 9 April 1819 with 27 members, including two African Americans. Under its first pastor, Joseph B. Lapsley, the church was …
The White Stone Quarry of Bowling Green
The White Stone Quarry of Bowling Green by Christy Spurlock Smith Some of America's most beautiful churches, cathedrals, libraries, and government buildings were built of "Bowling …
WRITINGS ON KENTUCKY HISTORY, 1955
Crabb, A. L. Peace at Bowling Green. Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1955. 328 p. An historical novel centered around Bowling Green in the period 1803-1865. Craig, Mrs. …
HISTORY OF WEATHER OBSERVATIONS - mrcc.purdue.edu
The goal of this study was to document the primary weather observational history of Bowling Green that recorded such an important block of knowledge of early Kentucky climate. The …
CAMP BEAUREGARD GRAVES COUNTY, KENTUCKY - JSTOR
General Johnston, whose headquarters were in Bowling Green, evidently realized shortly afterward that the line from Columbus to Fort Henry was considerably overextended, thus …
Sons of the American Revolution - Charles Duncan …
Bowling Green, Kentucky Administrative papers, a detailed history (1967-1986), meeting minutes and agendas, correspondence, newsletters, financial records, and photographs for the Charles …
Weather Bureau/National Weather Service History in …
A Weather Bureau Airport Station was established at the Bowling Green Airport in December 1944, and became the official climatological station for the area. Operations were transferred …
Building Community and Growing our Economy: A …
RECENT HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION IN BOWLING GREEN AND WARREN COUNTY, KENTUCKY The City of Bowling Green is located in Warren County in South-Central Kentucky …
Colonels, Hillbillies and Fightin’: Twentieth-century Kentucky …
Mar 22, 2018 · First coming into Kentucky in 1769 and departing for the greener pastures of Missouri thirty years later, Boone would become and remain through much of the twentieth …
UA1A Brief Historical Sketch of the Bowling Green Business …
Bowling Green Busine s University Bowling Green, Kentucky Dear Dr. Harman: April 2, 1948. As members of the 1948 staff of the TOWERS, the annual yearbook publication of the Business …
OGDEN COLLEGE: A BRIEF HISTORY
i~kGDEN COLLEGE, founded in Bowling Green, Kentucky, ^ in 1877, was one of hundreds of colleges established in the United States during the halt-century between the Civil
Bowling Green-Warren County (Kentucky) Rural Church …
In 1995, the Landmark Association of Bowling Green, Kentucky began a project to document the rural churches of Warren County, Kentucky.
Tranche 4 Multi-jurisdictional Project Participating Jurisdictions
Simpson, Bowling Green, Butler, Metcalfe Kentucky Music Trail: A trail project focusing on multiple tourism regions throughout the Commonwealth, focusing on Kentucky's rich musical …
