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r.mHLENBERG CO. Collins (1847) spellea it Muhlenburg. Collins (1874) spelled the co. Muhlenburg but referred,t.,to Gen. Muhlenberg. The general, tho., only spelled his name with the terminal "berg". Often & mistakenly spelled' "burg" on early state maps and other early pub· lications. But seldom missp?lled ip1 early co. records and never on later ones. (Rothert, P. 406, ft. #1); ,
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AIRDRIE (Muhl. Co., Ky.) Furnace built 1855 by R.S.C.A. Alexander. Airdrie Hill = c. 1 mi. below Paradise. On the Green R., 17 mi. from Greenville. Town est. 185~. Inc. 2/17/1858 •. Named for a small city of that name in Scotland, betw. Edinburgh and Glasgow. The ancient home of the Alexanders~~6m~hich family the above Alexander was descended. His full name was Robert Sproul Crawford Atcheson Alexander. (WPA material, from Otto A. Rothert, HIST. OF MUHL. CO., 1913, Pp. 220-1, ~19, 97-8.) ; Most local people call it"Ad/ree but the Scottish pron. is Air/dree (t1ilx:J9 andtl1Ii! is what Cather prefers'. (Alex' r. Cather, inteTView, 8/8/1977);
AIRDRIE (nTuhl. - Co. ): Another Airdrie is/was a 100 acre estate, .that part of the Alexander property on the "left" of the Old Frankfort Pk. Named for the Alexander"s home in Scotland. In 1937-8, this was home of Mrs. A.B. Gay & Miss: Lucy Sims, nieces of Dr. Alexander. ,(LEX. AND THE BLUEGRASS COUNTRY: A GUIDE, by the wo-rIl;ers of the Fed. Writers Proj. of the WPA for Ky., Lex., 1938, ms. copy, Pp. 150-1); ,
.,... V'.);)I-"--"'-. -. ... .-r--AIRDRIE (OOuhl. CO.)I The 25+ frame houses thai composed the viII. have long been abandoned. Little there to mark the site of a once thriving commu. The town ~~~ built on Airdrie Hill and no trace of the 9~gs. on this hill can be found. The Buell home, the lafgest and oldest home in the vic. was also the last for it burned in 1907. It was close to the summit • • • • Only the ruins .of large brick chimney remain to mark the site of the furnace. (Alex. Cather)ms. on "Old Aiarie" given tome, 7/25/ 1972) L~~ ~
AIRDRIE ~(Muhlenberg Co.) I The furnace site wa 5 mi; e~; .of Drakesboro (at US43l) •. It was 55 ft. high. Built by Rob't. Alexander, 1855 • . "Brought in Scottish workers uni,amiliar with Amer. ores. Never produced any saleable iron. Town was named by Alexander for his home in Scot. Inc. 1858. Gen'l. Don Carlos Buell (USA who lived there from 1866-1898 envisioned an indo city there but it "never materialized." (Ace', to Highway Marker at Drakesboro on 431, acc~ to GUIDE, No. 1086, P. 218).
Inc. 2/17/l85S(Acts, 1857/8, V. 2, P. 380) Named for the small city of the same name in Scotland, ac~. to Rothert, p. 225.)
AIRDRIE (Muhlenberg CO.)I a settlement and th ruins o~ an old iron smelting ~urnace on the Green R. c. 1 mi. below Paradise. Town is ext but ruins still visible. Ac~. to Rothert's -Hist. o~ M. Co •• P. 225. it was named ~or a ~i ty in Scotland by i ts ~ounder. a CUU~ descendant o~ the titled Alexanders o~ the House of Airdrie •••• (Marjorie Finley's ms. PN o~ ~uh1.. Co. for WKU. 1973. P. 13).~\Ip.c.
1858." Named ~or a town in .. Scot. where most of early settlers came ~rom.\The old iron ~urn. built in 1855 re-mai-ns a picturesque ruin." +t was about 1 m. below Paradise on,the Green R. Village had as many as 200 pop. Little'evidenc now that i't"ever existed." (Al"v',.. 0,,+100," n...h
I r AIRDRI£ (Muhl. Co.) I Local people hav:e long referred to it as "Old Airdrie" and prone it Wdree-:- '-];7 mi. from Greenville. Village built on a large bluff overlooking the Green R. In 1855 Sir. Robert Sproul C'rawford Ai tchenson Alexander of the House of Aidrie in Scotland opened a mine at the foot of the bluff. A Ky. native of Scottish descent, he had inherited the title from a wealthy uncle, he was commissioned to search in Amer. for Scotch Black Ban, ore that was ,being depleted in Scotland and he found it in vic. of Airdrie. He ,imported Scotland's best iron wo~~rs. But the venture faile and in 11/1857 the viII. was deserted. After
the C.W., Gen. Don Carlos Buell secured ~)the (i:RxX11!:Xllmx::tk~Aj.,:kdrie land from Sir Robert's heirs and proceded to develop the abundant coal resources there. He too never realized ,the potential of the resources and the mines were prematurely closed. He died 1898. His old mansion burned down 1907. The old furnace stack was 100 yards from the banks of the Green R.
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BtECH-C!~iEK (Muh1. Co.) I Community named for the stream. (A1ex'r. Cather of Drakesboro, Ky 7/25/1972, from Rothert's HIST) , p.o.' est: 7/12/1906, Anderson D. Kirkpatrick •• -~·(NA) J Named for the beech trees there and for Copper Creek which was, in turn, named for its copper color from the outflow of the near by coal mines. (M. Ladd, WPA, c.4/1941); Where Cather lives now though his home and thE Davis store are on Rt. l,.Drakesboro. Techically, the Beech Creek p.o. today is a lit~le further west. An active po. (pron. "B'eech") At one time there were several coal mines there. Local people call this Beech Creek.
The Smiths and Kirkpatricks were among the early settlers. Harold Kirkpatrick, the StatE Mine Inspector, was from here. The Kirkpatr .. were tied in with the coal. mines here at Kirks. & Beech Creek. At one time there was c Beech Creek stream but now it's only· a wet weather stream. The B.C. po was named for thE stream •. There were a lot of beech trees alonE the banks. (Alex'r. C'ather, interview, 8/8/ 1977) ;
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BEECHMONT (Muh1. CO.)I For years it was known as Beech Creek Jct. and mail could reach it vi: Browder, Ky. On 12/16/1949, the p.o. of Bee'nh· mont was est. with a name submitted by Mrs. Bernice McLemore. On US431. (A1ex'r. Cather 0: Drakesboro, Ky. 7/25,q-9.!7-2- from H. ·Parsons);
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BELTON (MUhl. Co.) I (pron. "B(eh)l!tan" and "Yohst") Named for T.om Bell. Till then the po was officially called Yost •. Cather thinks that at one time these were 2 diff:erent postoffices (i.e. bldgs.) But·in.the same community. Befor Yost, this area's pop. had gotten their mail at Browder. (Why n •. ch?) They were too close together to have 2 different postoffices. (Were they 2 separate communities?) Cather thinks they were 2 different places. Belton at one tim was called Yost. Active po. (Alex'r. Cather, interview,·]7871977) ;
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BREMEN (Muhl. Co.): The "Dutch, Se.:ttlement" wal: founded by several families from Germany, noj;ably Andrew and Peter Shaver •. They were the sons of Andrew Shaver (orig. spelled Schaber), ne Bremen, Ger. To US. just after the Rev. War Died in Va. from wounds acquired in the War of 1812. Peter also Vias 'a v:et. of that war. (P.25) Peter ne Va. 1/18/1790, died 1l/17/1866. To Muhl. Co. c.1815. One of the key lights in the educ., spiritual, and industrial dev. of the northern part of', the co. A progressive farmer. (P. 27) (Rothert); Inc. 3/12/1869 (ACTS, 1869/7
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'" BREMEN .(MUhl •. CO.)I Earlier or sometimes calle Bimnettsvil1e. PO located in Arnold Bennett's store and blacksmith shop." Named by pionee·r Peter Shaver for his father's birthplace, Breman, Germany. Settled by Ger-Ams .. (Alex'r. Cather of Drakesboro, Ky. ll/2~/1972, from Rothert's HIST); p.o. est. 2 9/18J2, Peter Shaver; by J/I0/1851, in McLean Co; soon back to Muhl. Co; then back tdMcLean Co; back to Muhl. Co. on or before 2{12/61 •.• ,.into McLean Co. 7/5/62 •• into Muhl. Cy• on or before 1/24/ 1866 .... (NA); ~ v-Ti~ ""'- PN cf/ IV1u.h/, c,
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BREMEN (Muhl. Co,) I 14- mi~' from Greenv. Inc. 1869. Bremen p,o, est. c, 1825 in a home on the Greenville & Rumsey Rd. nr. the McLean Co. line. c ,'1860, moved to Andrew Bennett's store and blacksmith shop, the present (1910) site. SOlllletimes called Bennetts'1.tille. Named by Petel Shaver for his father's birthplace and to honor the Ger-Am. pioneers of the co, This area was for yrs. referred to as the "Dutch Settlement". (Otto A. Rothert, A HIST. OF MUHL. CO., Louisville, 1913, P. 4-19. );11 K ~-<lL..:r er\"o~ ~ ({?~tl-, IM.A"'-''''j' ~""""-\:'0<1\... ~ ~.s~ 6!' \<\-1. s c\",. ""''''. (f~ \\~-,..:;: r """-VI." (CIA.~, r-[J>-h,)
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BROWDER (Milh1. Co.): Wickliff'e had a coal mine there. Mine explosion there in 1910 killed 34. Named for L&N RR official and Russellville lawyer. Before the rr_came in, the Rhoades family lived in that vic. Mr. Rhoades had a c. 3000 acre farm. Used to be a company town. Now peopl own their own homes. Cather was raised there. His dad was mine superintendent there for 25 years. (Alex'r. Cather, interview, 8/8/1977);
CANEY STATION (OOuhl. Co., Ky): A pioneer station begun c.1795 by Col. Vim. Campbell, a little ways n. of Greenville. See Rothert, Pp. 8, 11. (The Hartfords, GREEN RIVER GRAVEL, 198J, P. 67)
ICENTRAr! CITY (Muhl. Co.) I At the crossil of the O&R and E&P RRs, 3.5 mi. from O'boro. Before rr came in, it was the site of Morehead's Horse Mill. Inc. as Stroud CitY~9/ 1873 and by act of 2/11/1882 the name was ch. to Central Cit~ Geo. G. Shaver was 1st pm 8/7/1871 of what was then called Owensboro Jct •••• The town was est. c.1870 when what be· 'came the Ill.; Cent; RR was being built. Much of the site of the later town was then farmland owned by John Stroud, incl. land he had bought from Chas. S. Morehead, and a farm owned by Jos. Settle. Morehead ran his horse mill for years. Mill was disc.' c .1870. But bJ
1910, some oldtimers were still referring to the town as Morehead's Horse Mill •••• COtto A. Rothert, A lUST. OF MUHL.. tfO-:-;-touisville, K;}J 1913, Pp. 415-7.)
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rfDlN\ Coal and Iron Co. located there. (Marjor. Finley's ms on the PN.of.M. Co~· for WKU, 1973, P. 15.) p.o. est. as Owensborou h Jct 8/7/71, Geo. G. -Shaver ••• n;'ch. to Stroud, 2 24/80, Jas
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CENTRAL CITY (Muhl. Co.) I At the jct. of the ICRR & L&N. ICRR had terminal, roundhouse, shop~, an~ &ard there and was the center of a large coal mining area in Muhl. Co. 1st called Morehead's Horse Millon . farmland owned by John Stroud, Chas. S. Morehead & Jos. S.ettle in i870. Acer. to personal narratives of older residents, -particularly R.B. Culbertson and C.M. Broughton, commu. grew up around Morehead's Mill. (des cribes a horse milL ••• ) As commu grew it was called Stroud· City and inc. in this name 4-/19/1873. N. ch; by Leg.· to Centr
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City 2/11/1882. The po was est. 8/7/1871 as Owensboro'Jet. with Geo. G. Shaver, pm. The po had sev~ral sites in the town •••• The sitE of the present C.C. in 1870 was open field, pasture, swamp, and woods •••• Swa~~~ter
~l\ filled in. Eliz. & Pad. RR arr. ~~~ Now ICGRR. O. Jet. was named for its being the term. of a rr line sta~ting from O'boro. In 1884 this line was built to Drakesboro wherE there was a turnaround. The 1st business in the vic. was a coal mine at a site now called Shegogg's Crossing and was called Galena Mine. It was owned by the DuPonts •••• This
#1 . _ .~ mine "later grew to be one :Qf the prin. and susta~ning industries to the eity and possibl eontr'ilbuted more to the rapid dev., of the, ei ty than any bther£i,one industry. '~, ("Morehead Horse Mill, Stroud City. "Owensb • .Jet ••• Centra City" by T.E. Sparks, of C.C., a paper read t the Greenville Kiwanis Club, 3/1171937. repro in O;C. TIMES-A!\GUS. 8/6/1973. see. 3. P. 21, 1-6) ;
CENTRAL CITY (Muhl Cg.)I'pop. 4077. Had a ~peak P9P •. of' 7500. When Thos. D .• DuPont arr., it waS called Owensboro Jet. He was he Louisv and a grad. of Coll •. with.an ~ngineering degree. Attracted by opp. to operate a coal mine here--his father's iron & coal co. which was the center of' O •. Jct. then. The mine was soon caned the Centr!;l Coal & I:ron Co. (sic) The town grew as the company expanded. He los' in big for mayor and, acc. to legend, left fo] Wilmington, Del. Most people "discount" the tale that he ,left because of his polittcal defeat. They say he left then because he had outgrown small town and wanted ~o expand his
own horizons •••• About the time he left or just afterwards, O. Jct. was renamed Cent. City for duPont's Ce~~ral Iron & Coal~ The town diversified its econ. ba~e. Present industries I furniture fact., ICRR. L&N goes right thru town. John & Willis Kittinger were 1st pm when,commu. was called Stroud Sta. Several yrs. later it was
1 called Sheegog' s Crossing ••• ' "Owensboro (Junction, that is) gave way. to a Booming Central City: Legend Abounds in CitY~hat Started as Dusty Cross-Roads Vil." by Fred ~. Sievers, OWENS. MESS. 11/12/1950, repro. ~n Central City TIMES-ARGUS, 8/6/1973, Pp. , ') ~ \
CENTRAL CITY (Muhh Co.) I (pron. "SCie)n/tralCi S(ih)jtee") Owensboro Jct. may have been named
I for the orig. rr which was the Owensboro,-Russe] 1 ville (now ICRR) RR. Never heafid of Strand Cit~ it was never called that. DK why the p.o was called Owensboro Jct.- rather than Stroud City. (pron. IStrowd").O.J. in 1871 to Stroud in 1880 and to,.Q.&. in 1882. Inc. 1873. The town & po apparently had a different namey( until 1880. '(Alex'r. Cather, interview, 8/8/1977);
Lot Stroud (2/8/~~7,8-11/22/1824) To MUhl. Co. 1800. Settled at what was 1st known as Stroud; later ca~led' Brucken (c.1910) DK,what relation he was to John Stroud of Central City. (Rothert P. 26);
CENTRAL CITY (Mu~l. Co.). inc. 2/11/1882 (ACT 1881, Yolo 1, P. 386) Formerly called Stroud (or Strand) City. (Clift, Kf' Vil ••• P. 9); Stroud City inc. 4/19/1873 ACTS, Vol. 2, P. 388) Also called in the Acrt Strand City (ACT of incorp. repealed 2/11/1882 and n.ch •. to Central City); The site, c.1870, was farm~ owned by Chas. Morehead, John Stroud,. & Jos. Settle. The settlement grew up around a mill on the isite of the~esent~lst Nat'l. Bank. Ir 1871 it was known as Owens oro Jct. with Geo. Shaver as 1st pm •••• (A1ex. Cather, ms, to me, 7/25/1972.)
CENTRAL CITY (Muhl. Co.). Named for the DuPont Central Coal & Iron Co. Earlier called Morehead's Horse Mill,. Owensboro Jct. and Stroud City. Intersection of ICRR and L&N RRs
-rAIex'r. Cather of Drakesboro, Ky. 7/25/1972 from Rothert's HIST.); Stroud Sta.' or Stroud City was named for ~ohn Stroud, a local farme When est., the commu. was at crossing of the Owensboro & Russellville RR &,the Elizabethtown & Paducah RR, 35 mi. from O'boro,Ky. Before the rr-came in, it-was called Morehead Horse Mill~ ••• Stroud City was inc. 4 19 73. N;ch. to Central Citv by act approved 2 11182 (Alex. Cather, 7/25/1972).
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Gordons Sta. DK when or who Gordon was. He'll need to find out where Gordon's po was located to say if this=Gordons Sta. The sta. was on the ICRR; it was never a po. DK why renamed. DK why Depoy rather than Depoyster. Check in Rothert for Geo. -Gordon. Nowl stockyard. frame & art workshop selling prints. (Alex'r. Cather 8/8/1977); .
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DRAKESBORO (Muh1. Co;,) I 1882, Frank M. RfuJe opened his store near what later became the depot on the Ownsb. & Russel:). yille (L&N!) RR. A viII. grew up around it an~for a few yrs. was called Ricedale. 2/21/1888 inc. as Drakeboro for Wm. Drake, a long term resident. who had died 1868.; •• (otto A. Rothert, A HIST. OF ~ruHL. Co., Louisville, 1913, P. 420.)
DRAKESBORO (Muhl. Co.): (pron. Draks b(uh)/r;;. 1st called Ricedale. (pron. "R ah s dill ~ R e e s dal") Frank M. Rice=Francis M. Rice listed as pm in POR). In 1882, Frank M. Rice
opened store there~ Inc. 1888 as Drakesboro and named for Wm. Drake. For John R •. Drake, se~ Rothert, P. 67. DK why n~ch. from R. to D At crossroads where you turn to go to Paradise. Sever,al stores. .Recently Rudy Cundiff. has started to construct houses at D\~)boro, •. There: city bldg, fire dep.t., library, hisch. pop. had declined. Used to be Jrd <'!,hlx) larges' commu. in county. (Alex. Cather, 8/8/1977);
DRAKESBORO (Muhl. Co., Ky.) "Originally known as Ricedale (its name was) changed to Drakesboro in 1899 after a M.r. Drake, who was a large landholder. Its naming coincided with the completion of the railroad from Central City to the community. It started out as a lumber camp, but coal was subsequently its important factor." (RR South, "Our Sta
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Inc. 2 21/1888 (ACTS, 1887/8, Vol. 1, P. 473 Probably named for the Drake family. John R. Drake owned the land on which the town was est (Clift, Ky. Wi1r ••• P. 14.)
DRAKESBORO (Muhl._Co.)1 Est. c.1882 around Frank Rice's store and first called Ricedale. Inc. 1888 as Drakesboro for Wm. Drake, one of the Ist.,settlers. (!VIarjorie Finle~'s ms. on PN of !VI. Co. for WKU, 1973, P. 16) I p.o. est as Ricedale, 10/2/82, Francis !VI •. Rice •• n.'ch. to Drakesboro., 6/27/89, Wm.: H. Hunter ••• (NA):
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EARLES. (Muhl~ Co.) I p.o. was in home of S.W. Earle when, in 1860, it was moved 2 mi. s. to the store of Thos. C. Summers where it stayed until 1910 when it was disc. (Alex'r. Cather of Drakesboro, Ky. 7,1125/1972 from Rothert's RIST); p.o. est. as Earle's 7/20/1852, Samuel W. Earle; 12/7/1858r Thos. C. Summers ••• Disc. 7/15/1910 (NA); L..., {'<'I..~·cJ...Ja.....~ r'f1u.hLC"
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A reference to another area nicknamed EGYPT (in' Muhl.Co.) See_ Rothert, 1910, P. 91 (on file: Muhl. Co. PN folder ••••. )
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Martwick was called Eight Spo~ for the -8· homes there. (Paul'Camplin, A NEW HIST. OF MUHL. CO., 1984, P. 80) .-
? EIGHT- SPOT': the black section of the Brownie • Coal Camp, just off the old Rockport Rd.; c. ~
mi. e. of Central City. The- camp was owned by the Rogers Coal Co. (Ac~. to Mrs. Odessa Hawkins, interviewed 10/24/1973 for Leslie Shively Smith's AROUND MUHL. CO., KY. --A BLAC~ HIST., 1979, P. 37)
vi EIGHT SPOT (Muhl. Co., Ky): Eight company houses provided by the Martwick Coal Co. for its employees, on one side of the road. Extinct. (Paul CamDlin,. Greenville, tele. inter view, 12/30/1987)
viFIVE SPOT (Muhl. Co., Ky): 5 houses betw. Central City & Cleaton built by the late Berry Wells. People would say they were going to the Five Spot. Now there are twelve homes there. Now called Wells. (Ibid.)
ENN]S (Muhl. Co •. ) I Named fdJr Homer Ennis Sumner who est. the p.o •. there in 190). The 1 was disc. 8/25/1967. On Ky. 70. (A1ex'r. Cather of Drakesboro.Ky../.~:5/1972. from L. McC1earn); p.o. est. 4/1.4 190). Isaac P. ·Sumner ... (NA) ; /' ()JVh'<..LL '"""' Mv.~/. c,. P.I1· 11,
Ti '{y->-4-~, tl ... /'? '-I p,,:; (pron. "(eh)n!(ih)s") On Ky. 70. Named for Homer Ennis Summer' who started the po in 190) Disc. 19e17. Now on Drakesboro Rt. 1. Resi. & farming commu. Cather d.k. about any Isaac P. Sumner. Rother doesnt mention an Isaaa or a Homer Sumner. cf'Lee McClearn of that commu., a former pm. Store may still be there. (C'athe Q /0 /r.,.." a
FIVE SPOT (1I1uhl. Co., Ky): A progre ssi ve nam acc. to the number of houses there. At present (c. late 1930s) it is Eight Spot. (Ac~.~~o J.E. Woods of Beech Creek, Ky.) (M. Ladd, Ky. Place Names ms., WPA, 4/17/41.
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" ••• -acc. to the present residents the name was given when there were five houses con;:' sti tuting .. the hamlet." (M. Ladd, "Place Names" WI'A-:: ms,' 4/1941); On US 4)1, c. t mi.
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GISHTON (Muh1. cor). p.o. est. 2/19/1885. Dan'1. J. G'ish ••• Disc. 11/30/1912 (mj{l tQ Central City) (NA) I (pron. "Gh(ih)sh t-an") cf Rothert for the Gish family, Pp. 25-6. 383. 405. 416, 236. This was a pioneer
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GRAHAM (Muhl. Co.): On Caldwell dr., a branch of Green R. (ch). The head of the Duncan family came to US from Scot. and lived at Airdrie where he became an Am·. cit. He was Andrew 'Duflca Family moved to Ohio Co. 1872 and Andrew died a few yrs. later. Oldest son, Vim. G. was in charge' of min:j.ng operai;ions at McHenry.& Echols until they were. sold in' 1899. Returned to 1I1uhl Co. in 1900 and bought. some undeveloped coal lands for future dev:elopment, incl. the site of the later mines and town of Luzerne were' to be located. (q.v.;) •.•• Graham & Luzerne "have ,been: , dependent upon one' indo during tne'ir ,entire life." The Duncan firm disbanded in 1957 ••••. ("Graham & Luzerne Histories are Traced" NXSJ
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GRAHAM (Muh1. CO.)I Named for a Greenville coal mine operator, Wm. Graham Duncan, Sr •. (A1ex'r. Cather of Drakesboro, KY./'i'/25/19('2, from Larry Stone of the Times-Argus); p.o. es 1/30/1904, Wm. Wi11iamson ••• (NA); ~~.~~ ~ 'M '-\.~I, G, ,~,\.\, iv-.. -r.lvv-J..4..--~ I ~h-I 1'2-)
'P '5 (pron. "Grahm" or Gr( aey:;;;;") Named fOl wni. Graham Duncan, a mine owner from Greenv. The D,uncans owned the coal mine at Luzerne. Most of the mine owners lived and had thei~ office's in Greenv. The first Duncans were brought from Scotland by Alex'r. to work at his Airdrie Furn~ce. And these later Duncans were their descendants. (~..{'.~? Rother(\;' Pp. J"2-,f,
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GRAHAM (Muhl. Co.): Andrew Duncan and his son Wm. Graham Duncan, came to US from Holly town, Ayrshire, Scot. and produced coal for furnace; at Airdree. Later at Aberdeen, Ky.· (on the Green R. in Butler Co.). They entered partner· ship with Henry D. McIfenry in 1873 to run the McHenry Coal Co. In 1898, they sold the McHenry C'o. to the Central Iron & Coal Co. Wm. G. moved to Muhl. Co. to run coal operations th'ere and died in Greenville 6/1011929. ("Hist.~of Coal in Ohio cO"ily ' .(1879-1953)" by M. David Orrahood, OHIO CO. NEWS, 12/26174 Pp.IO-ll, P. 10&3); I' .. 1,
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GRAHAM (Muhl. Co.): Town est. in the Duncan Co.'s anticipation of the need to expand its C~pee~e~~eH-~e-ffiee~-eeffiaHe-fep-~Hepeasee-eea± ~peeT)operations at Luzerne to meet the demand for increased coal production. New landl5 mi. from the Luzrene_mine, was purchased in 1903.Town est. on farm land and named for the middl name of founder Wm. Graham Duncan •••• (Andrew W. DUl1.c:an. Kiwanis talk. -1937. in T-A. 7/27/ 1977) ;
= GRA VELT.OWN --(-Muhl. Co.. Ky): "The gravel used in the construction of the streets -(-sic) suggested the name". (M. Ladd. "Place N8.IJ!.es" WPA ms. 4/1941) (check •••• )
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GREENWILDE (Muhl. Go.), Founded in spring of 1799 and was co. seat from the beginning. But not not "officially est. by the leg" until an Act was passed 1/611812. The oldest town in the co. Two accts. of the origin of the name; (1) "Mrs.' Tabitha A.R. Campbell was so impresse( with the expanse of green, treetops, then extending in every direction f'r.om the hill selec' ed for the location of the county seat, that she proposed the name Greenville, which was accepted; (2) More generally accepted is that the comm. was named for Gen. Nath'l. Greene possibly after the name of his friend and associate Gen. Muhlenberg's name had been adopted for the county. G'reene' s dates=
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GUS (Muhl. Co.): (pron. "G(uh)s" )Mostly a farming community. Named for Mr. Gusta L. bg~ Wagq;oner. Mt. Moriah Church. (Pron. "M;}/rC eye 1 uh.") Will be stripping in this vic. shortly. Nothing on Gus or WagEoner in Rothert. (Alex. Cather, interview, 8/8/1977);
GUS (Muhl. CO.)I p,'0.~~t:--6)17/1907. Gusta L. Wagoner ••• (NA), Located near the Butler Co line on the road from Penrod. Named for Gustie Waggoner (sic). storekeeper & pm. Once the smallest commu. in Ky. with a p.o. PO now gone. Only 5 homes and a store. (Marjorie Finley's mson the PN of M. C6. for WKU. 1973. P. 18.) I "Named (for) Gustie Waggoner who had a store & po out from Penrod nr. the Butler Co. line~' (Alex'r. Cath:er of Drakesboro. Ky. ?/£5; 19'1Zl from Lemorice B'augh) ~'<--Lo.. '" I\<"~I
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HILLSIDE (Muhl. CO.)I Settlement est. nr. a mine c~ 1 mi. from Powderly. Mine gone but commu. extant. On the Ill. Cent. RR. (Marjorie Finley's ms on PN of M. Co. for W~ 1973, P. 19), p.o.- est~ as Mercer Sta. 6/3/l~7J, Wm. Mercer ••• Disc. 10/1/1891; He-est. 11/28/91, James W. Lam •• n.ch. to Hillside, 3/3/1904, Wm. Ty1desley ••• (NA) I (pron. "H(ihl1/seyed") On the ICRR, on the side of a hill. PO est. as Mercer Sta. (pron. "Mer/sar"). Mercer=Dovey (pron. "Doh/vee") after the coal mine families. (cf Rothert, pp. 386-7). (cf Mr. Lenorice Baugh). Hillside is real close to Mercer; hard to tell where one begins and the other ends.
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A landing place on the Green R., bef'or.e 1798'. Acc'. to trad., called a "portof entry" c. 1800 Pioneer merchants rec'd. their goods at this place. Named for pioneer Lewis Kincheloe. Laid out and plat recorded 1/1817 (Order Book No.4, P. 118) but awaited formal establishment by art Act of the Leg. till 1/18/1825. Lost business 1 S •. Carrollton after it was est •. in 18J8; became little more than a f'erry crossing. By 19!< all that·'was at site were 2 homes and a small abandoned drift 'coal mine & tipple •• (Rothert, 1910, Pp. 407-8);
Lewis Kincheloe, of'Kincheloe's Bluff (Lewisburg) was a highly educated pioneer settler oj Tlluhl. Co. He participated in the Ba,ttle of thE Thames. Son of Lt. Wm. Kincheloe, Rev. War vei who died in W. "Ky. c.'1798. (Rothert, P. ,21);
Another vers-ion of the naming of So. Carrol1-'toni it was named for Chas. Carroll~~ of Carrollton, Md.', a signer of the Dec. of Ind. with the "South" added t"o distinguish it from the' other town in no. Ky. named 'for Carroll.' Acc-. to the 1973 Centeno Booklet,; "The Hist. o:! Central City" (Cather, l~tter. 8/8/1977);
LICKSKILLEIl', (Muhl. Co. ) I Ace·. to D.P. DennisOl of Greenville, "scarcity and want, with their need of economy, suggested: the name." (M. Lad( ~!17!19~l, WPA files: place names-misc.);
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LUZERNE (MuhI. Co.) I Wm. G. Duncan, ne Scot. 97471851. When he was 4, his parents m'oved to Pa, and later that year to Airdrie to which his father, Andrew" a miner, had been invited by Alexander. He grew up nr. Paradise & Airdri, He opened the Luzerne Mine in 1900. IR 19Q). In 1903 he began the Graham-Skibo Mine, then the largest inWKy.These mines were owned c.1911 by the W.G. Duncan Coal Co. of which he was president. He was dihekey coal mine owner in W.Ky. Lived in Greenville. (Rothert, 1910, P. 401);
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LUZERNE-/(Muhl. Co.) I (sed) Graham •••• ) Wm. Graham Duncan bought the land that was to be the site of the mines and town of Luzerne afteJ 1900 when he moved to Muhl. Co. from Ohio Co •• , The land was adjacent to the ICRR, 2 mi. sw of the Greenv. rr sta. He built town to house employees of the mines in the vic. Needed a name for the po and rr sta. Luzerne chosen after much consideration since it was uniqf,fe in Ky.
'POD or RR Co. had rejected various preferred names sugge'sted. Included were Welling and, in fact:;) the co's. articles of inco. stated that the chief place of busi. was at Welling. The RR' Co's objection~~~gea)resulted in the need to file amended art. of J.nc~ 1st shipment of coal from Luzerne in early 1901 •••• "The name 0:
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LUZERNE (Muhl. Co.) I p.o. est." 12/22/1900, Andrew W. Duncan, ineligible; 1/14/1901, Wm. G. Dunqan.' •• (NA); nw of Greenville and named' for Luzerne, Pa. where the Duncan and other local families lived before settLing in Muh1.' Co. (Marjorie Finley, ms on PN of M. Co. for WKU, 1973, P. 20). (The same info. in data furnished me by Alex'ii:'. Cather of Drakesboro, Ky. 7/25/1972, from Larry Stone of the TimesArgus); L ~ ~. c.D.. """' 1\'", '1 \'Y\, <:.0. i '" 7,' f\-'-a.... -
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LYNN CITY (Muhl. Co.) I "a planned town that:; never reached its expected greatness". Near Millport. (Alex'r. Cather of Brakesboro. Ky. 7/25f1972,~from an oldtimer.); ~'~ 0-..,. Mu..I.-,L ~- ~.v.. i"" 'T1'~-<>'\o-5"'J' ,J'/-..h
(/-3); (pron. "L(ih)n S(ih)/tee") Was planned but never materialized asithe city it was hoped it would become; it did not realize its promised greatness. Batsels, Delanos. and Holl lived in the vic. Now: a few homes in a farming area. Nr. Millport. DK who named for or b~ cf Rothert for Lynn but he doesnt mention any L~n Ci~. No store now. (Alex'r. Cather, intE new, 8jtl/1977); ((-\ '1 .... ~.-. Y (, 'I)
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MARTWICK (Muhl. Co.). Named,for J,udge W.A. Wickliffe and C.M.flqartin,·pres.of the 'Il.A. Wickliffe Coal Co.·and Greenville Coal Co. and Veep & G.M. of the Gre'envilJJe Coal Co. & G .M~ of the W.A Wickliffe COal Co ,', res)'. Judge Wick;Liffe ,...as ne' So. Carroll ton 2/16/ 1860. A Gre~ville a~ty. and org. the Wick~ lifffe Coal Co. in 1904 .• Martin was ne Greenvil:te, Ky.· 7/19/1878; Their Martwick mimi wa opened in 1910.,., ("They are Prominent Representatives of the Coal Industry in W. Ky,'" LOU. HERALD, 3/21/1923); . .
MARTWICK (Mul'Il. Co.) I Named for 2 Greenville coal operators, Charles Martin and W.A. Wickliff.e. (Alex'r. Cather of Drakeshoro, Ky. ?/25/19?tfrom Larry Stone of the Times-Argus p.o. est 3/15/1912, Arthur C. Howard ••• (NA)1
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MIDLAND (Muhl. Co.) I p.'o. est. as Wheeler, 2/24/1908, Wm. B. Noffsinger; n.cch. to Midland, 12/14/1908,c ibid ••• '.Disc. eff. 11/28/ 1924 (mail to Central City) (NA); cy.o~ S'.l-o\-t \ ~",-v~, ~(IQ/I~77); (pron. "M(ih)d/hnd") cf Rothert for Noffsinger. <'"'2 Cather dk if a IT.'-'ch. or, ch. in site, or whow Wheeler was. None "'mentioned in Rothert 0 See Rothert, P. 412 ••• Mine is now defunct. On Ky. 70. Nearby stripping operations. (Alex'r. Cather, interview, 8/871977);
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Bruncken (sic)"operated a water-powered mill there."Later commu. moved to ~resent site.'" Name applied to both laces. (A1ex'r. Cather of Drakesboro. Ky. from J. McPherson); p.o. of Mil Port (sic) est. 1/27/1829 if not earlier. ~ IISlMorgan; Disc. 5/1/33; Millpor~~.o. est 7/16/1910. Geo. p. hi11ips; Disc. 10/31/1910 mail to Sacramento); Re-est 3/23/1915. J.ohn E. Ho1mes ••• (NA);
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MOGer (Muhl. Co.) I "After the death of Mr. W.P, Robertson a Mr. Moggof Indianapolis bought the coal rights. This small coal mining commt ni ty was given the name of .MQgg:.." On the L&N RR and US~31. (Alex'r. Cather, 7/25/1972 from Mrs. Reis), P;o. est. 10/30/1920, Carl A. Reif .. (NA) ; (pron."Mawg~)M(ah)g") The site of th
Ky. Utilities plant on US~31. Cather d.k. of any commu. called Green River. Named for a Mr. Mogg from I'polis who opened coal mine. Not a local person. C.A. Reis (pron. Rees) later bought the coal interest. (Alex'r. Cather, interview, 8/8/1977);
MONDRAY (Muhl. Co., Ky.) ~ Named for Raymond Kirkpatrick, "l·janager of the Beech Creek C:oal Co. A reversal of the 2 syl. of his given name. (RR South, "Our Station Names" L&N MAG., 1/1950, P. 17.)
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MODru~ (Muhl. CO~)I On U3431 in no. part of co. Nr. McLean Co. line. Named for James C. Moorman who came from Breck. Co. Was a state rep. from Muhl. Co. 1871-3. (Alex'r. Cather, letter to me, 6/7/73), p.o. was est. as Godmar 3/4/90, James A. Hendrfcks •• n .. ch. to Moorman, 3/29/190Z, Mary A. Hendricks ••• (NA); (Pron. "M,sr/man"). Ky. Utilities has a plant in nearby Mogg (q.v.)cf Rothert, P. 423. "When they started marketing coal, they painted the coal green". (why?) "I, d.k i• They thought they could market it better." ITodman PO changed to Moo~.!!!ill!. Red. k. about Godman.cf' J',ldge. Godman &. family· in Rothert, . Pp. 22-4, 55. 429. Moorman was named for the family. d.k. if n.ch. or a
MOORMAN (Muhl. Co.): Judge John,Wic~liffe Israel Godman, ne 12/8/1798 and died 12/1852 To Ky. when an infant. Was·Muh~. Co.'s 1st elected county judge.. (P .55) J!!!g.ge God.man' s farm was 'hr. Moorman. (P. 429). (Rothert. MUHL. CO. 1910.);~e~fiep~-8~e±±8-~Re-~±aee~8 RalRe-PIlepl!!l'l) Jas·. C. Moorman was a stat e rep. from Muhl. Co. 1871-2. (Ibid •• P. 423); Jas. C. Morman (sid) ne 9/25/1824 in Breck. Co •. son of Andrew C. & Ann B. (Owen) Morman of Campbell Co., 'Va. '& Breck. Co., Ky., resp. James to Muh1. Co. 2/1852 and settled in the n. part 9f theco~nty. Farmer. State Rep. in 1871. (Perrin, 2nd. ed. Muhl. Co. 1885, P. 915)d'
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NELSON (Muhl. Co;) I p.'o. est. as Nelson 8/14, 1871. David Rhoades •• noch. to Ri'chmond Mine-s 3/1/75. ~as. B. Parkes; Disc. ' 8/20/751 Re-est, as Nelson. 12 2/75. Theodore Bentley ••• (NA); (pron. "Nehl son") Cather d.k. if n.ch. or change in site. Nelson was a coal mining family. Nothing on them in Rothert. See ibid. Pp. JO. 33, 51, and 206 for David Rhoades. A farming community. (Cather, interview, 8/8/77
NONNEL (Muhl. CO.)I (pro\'}. "N_Cah)n!(eh)l") aka Elk Valley. There 'os a coalmine there by that name. It's Lennon spelled backwards. Two "l"s given on state highway map. Cather d.k. i it should be spelled with 2 "l"s. Nothing on Lennon, Nonnel, or Elk Valley in Rothert. cf Edison Thomas on Lennon. ,(Alex' r. Cather, interview, 8/8/1977); DPO. A few homes. Stripping close to it. Ace. to Cather, there was a Tarma p.o. there until 1931. John Lennon was the '1i!~ntenance superintendent for the L&N RR (c~ Edis on Thomas). (Ibid.); ((-,V~ t.-) .'
NONNEL (MUhl. co.). Coal m~n~ng commu. pop. (1973)=c.100. on US431 betw. Cleaton & Drakesboro. On the L&N RR and named for John Lennon, then L&N Maintenance Superintendent. His name reversed. (Marjorie Finley. ms on the PN of M. Co. for WKU. 1973. P. 21) I Coa1.mine town on the L&N RR was named for John Len~bn. L&N maintenance supt. His name reversed. (Alex'r. Gather of Drakesboro, Ky. ~~~~, from Bill Wood) ; ~. ~ (J"-., V",-'A h ,. G,. p, "'. <fv"..,.,
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OLD LIBERTY CHURCH (Muhl. Co.. Ky): Builtin 1816. 6;'!- mi. w. of Gre enville. Es t. originally as a union church. it later became exclusively used by a Cumbo Pres. group org. by Rev. Jas. Johnson which used" it till 1815 when the~ buil t Mt. Pisgah Chu. The Old Lib. Chu. was used by the Methodists till 1880. Early also used for revivals. political gatherings. school. Had a cemetery. (Ac~. to Greenville Record. 4/25/1912) (The Hartfords GREEN RIVER GRAVEL. 1983. Pp. 255-6)
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{ I ~ l"..\-t-. '''' {'H, -PARADISE: (Muhl. Co.) I TVA purchased the 40 acres __ to provide space for future coal storage and asv disposal. The few residents left were unhappy about this but resigned. to it. Only 40 residents remained in early 1967 of the 800-900 at peak, incl. subdivision called Airdrie. Commu. founded by Henry Stumm (sic) who ran the first ferry and was then called Stumm's Landing Local peop~ didnt know when and how the name was changed 0 Paradise. "One legend has it that one of seve al townsmen lolling on the river bank on a not summer day with fishing pole in hand remarked 'This is Paradise,' and from that day on the village was known as Paradise."
Ferry continued to be owned by the Stumms but was disc. c. 1942. The Paradise Missiona~ Bapt. Church still there in early 1967. On Ity. 1'76 whicn crossed the Green R. into Ohio
.Co. over the Stumm F'erry. Now (after 1967), Ky. 176 will terminate nr. the steam plant access: road.' (Harry Bolser, "Time is Running Out for Paradise" CJ&T, 3/12/1967, B,~': 1-4) •• '"
l-PARADI~E (Muh1. Co.) I p.o. est. 3/1/1852, Robt. Duncan~~.n. ch. to Airdrie, 3/21/1856, Sam:
S.Heath; n.ch. to Paradise, 5126/59, Jared Brown ••• Disc. 11/30/65; Re-est. 1/19766, Andrew Duncan •.•• (NA); On Green R. Once called Sturn IS Landing for the ferry & landing, farm and storl there run by Leonard Sturn and his sons, Jacob & Henry. "The story is told that a family was coming up Green River on a flat boat and their baby was very sick so they tied up at Sturn's Landing for the night. The next day, the baby had recovered and the parents were so pleased that they thought the place was 'Paradise'. Called Monterey for a while after the Mex. War
Inc. as Paradise in 1856. "The people of thl town moved so that the area could be strippe1 for coal by Peabody and so that a TVA steam
,plant could be started in 1959." PO disc. in 1968. (Marjorie Finley's ms on the PN of M. Co. for WKU. 1973. P. 22.) The Paradise Steam Generating Plant,ne of Drakesboro on Ky. 176 operat~~ by TVA and often referred to as Paradise.~'One of the largest plants in world; its 3 electric ~enerating units total 2t million kilowatts. "rueled by nearby coal. " •• Built at the site of the old(commu.)",'l; •. ; (Ibid., Pp. 22-3.)
PARADISE (MUhl. Co.) I Founded om land first settled by Leonard Sturn & sons who operated the 1st ferry. "The story is told that a family was coming up the Green River on a flatboat. Their baby was very sick so they tied up at Stums Landing for the night. Next day the baby had recovered. The parents were so pleased that they thought the landing was Paradise. After the Mexican War, the place had been called Monteray (sic) but in 1856 it was incorporated as Paradise. The TVA steam plant was started 'in 1959.' That was un· doubtedly the reason for the ending of Para-
, ." I dise, once a busy river' town on the Green R. P.,G. disc. 1968. (Alex'r. Cather from 'RD<!tOA-t
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PARADISE' (r-ruhl.Co.) I Ace:. to the last pm. (f.·.H. Buchanan. 66. who moved to Greenville in late 1967. the commu. was named about 170 yrs. ago. "'Oldtimers~ used to tell my grand pappy about a family cominJj up the river on a flatboat one day •• They had a real sick baby. Thought he was ganna die sure. So they tied up next to shore that night (sic) and prayed. Next mornin', the bOY,:Jwoke up well •. The father said, "This must be Paradise," and they decided to stay.'" (AP release, 12/JO/1967)' , r~'J'e....~'1 Ctn s -l%0 ~+ - )
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PARADISE (Muhl.' Co.); (pron. ItP(ae)rlo/deyers~ If mi. above Airdrie. 1st called Stums Lndg. (Pron •. "St(uh)mz L(ae)nd/(ih).!l") "andthey say a flatboat pulled in there. A baby was sick and had recovered. I gues~ they were wan1 ing to give thanks and said that the place wa~ paradise. After the Mexican War the place had been called Monterey (Pron. "M(ah)nrtJIo/ra") but in 1856 it. was incorporated as Paradise. Stea~ plant was started in 1959. The po . probablY'move~ rather than changed <names. Gen. Buell always got his mail from Rockport in Ohio Co. Monterey=probably was named by some Mex. War vet. after the city in Mex. DK when it was so named or by whom. The po there was . never called Monterey. No one lives at P. now.
PARADISE (OOub1. Co.-) I P.O. Disc. 11/1967 sinci only 3 families then remained. J'.H. Buchanan= last pm, since 1939. (Creason-, LCJ, 11/30/67, P. AllI4-5); TVA gave remaining residents until 12/30/67 to leave. In 1967 TVA purchased plot-by-plot the entire 40 acres of the site of Paradise commu. This land was "earmarked for a coal stockpile and future ex~ansion of the ••• nearby plant." As many as 800 persons had lived in Paradise at its peak. Buchanan had also owned its only store when the TVA took over. He was born in 1901. .He closed the ~9. on Thanksg. Day ~d~oved to Greenville • •••• (AP release, 12/30/1967)
PARADISE (II'IUh1. Co.') I Inc. 3/10/1856 (ACTS, 185516, Vol. 2, P. 362); TVA's Paradise Steam Plant is on the w. bank of the Green R. in the
nidst of extensive coal reserves. (TVA p.r.) One )f the largest coal-burning steam-electric power plants in world less: than 1 mi. above site of )ld commu. of Paradise.(Sine~lhe burnt, coal fal Jut from the plant's stacks and the dust from th pre-pulverized coal fed to the furnaces was }ausing considerable inconvenience to local pop, rVA "acquired" the commu. and C'losed the p.o. an relocated those who hadnt already left •. (Creason ~C~, 1/4/1973, P. BlI5).
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V lS67) "got its name when a family -<11th a s 1ck baby stoPfed overnight while tr~vening up the Gre~n Riv~r. The next morning the child was well, and the father decided that the clace " . ffiUSt be Ilaradise. The Sun-T1:.nes article appeared on l2 / 30/lS67. The above quote from either Walter Bowman or Kelsie as this is the way it appeared in M,S BULL. 11C, 4/1S'68; #28 (~~.l
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PENROD:' (Muhl. Co.) I Named t"or 'l'OOl.aS .t'enrOQ who~settled in the area in the 1790s. 1st called Home Valley; then Allbritton. Before that, Laurel Bluff was the nearest p.o. On US 431,se part of co. (Alex'r. Cather of Drakesboro, Ky. 7/25/1972, from Rothert's HIST~,t~ Acc". to the POR, the Albrittain (sic) p.o. was est. 5/6/1882, Albrittain J. Drake ••• 1/8/ 85, Hanry C. Penrod; n.ch. to Penrod, 5/19/85 ibid ••••• (NA); Also appeared 1n article by Cather on the PN of M. Co. in TIMES-ARGUS, 8/2/1972, P. 3), Home Valley was inc. as such 5/1/1884 (ACTS, 1883/4, Vol. 2, P; 852). Nch. to Penrod, 5/17/18ff6 (ACTS, 1885/6, Vol. 2, P. 786), Albritton Drake, a Rev. War vet.,
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PENROD (Muhl. Co.). (pron. "P(ie)n!r(ah)d" 01 "P(ehln!r(ah)d"). DK why called Home Valley. Named for Tobias Penrod who ,settled in the area, 1790. Albritton=correct spelling, acc. 1 Rothert. (pron. "Awl!br(ih)t!"/)n") Laurel Bluff = nearest p.o.' (pron. "Law/r'lll Bl(uh)f" or "Law!nl Bl(uh)f(}") The:re were 2 Albritton Drakes, acc'. to Rothert; one was a Rev. soldier and one whose middle initial was "m". cf Pp. 67, 89, 130, 405. DK why n. ch., from H. V. to Albritton to Penrod. For Penrod family,. C1 RotnerHp., 64-5, 383" '392~ 394, 420, 423, 289, 405. Nqw: active po, Bapt. church, homes. ~(lAlex'r. Cather, interview, §!8/1977); ,
PENROD (Muhl. CO.)I The progenitor of the Muh] Penrods was Tobias Penrod of Pa. who settled K~ 1790 nr.~resent site of Penrod. Geo. Penrod, his son (4/6/l795-died 1892) was buried Mud R. Mines Cern. Fought in the War of 1812 with Wm. Henry Harrison & at the Battle of N.O •••• (Edw. M. Manley in article in the (ME-&.-'X~ TIMESARGUS, 5/8/1952 and reproduced- in TlMES~ARGUS, 10/27/1971, p. 3, in Harrallson's scrapbook of Manley's clippings, in O'boro P.L., P. 44.) Penrod was named for Tobias settrled there in the late 1790s. Murdered shortly after 1800 by parties unknown •••• (7' 10 )Tol..,'''-J' 'i ",-_ov,ot-c\... 01. J'~,-b, ~c." M" c, I--,~o of-~ :? tv-,'- <fh
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POWDERLY (Muhl. Co.) I p.o." est. 1/14/88, Wm. H. Smith; Disc. 8/7/88, no papers sent; Reest. 4/29/90, John E. spargo ••• (NA); pop.- = c.800. 2 mi. n. of Greenville on US62. Est •
. 1887 and named for well. known labor leader oj that time, T.V. Powderly (acc'. to Rothert, P.' 388). Town "sprang up after the opening oj (the) Cooperative C.bal Co. mine of which •• John D. Longest was the 1st pres; The early enterprise was not successful, but in 1890 the Greenville Coal Co. purchased the Powder· ly Mine and it began to pay. The mine closed in the early 1950s, but the town continues t, grow." (much of the above from Amy Longest, "Powderly, Past & Present" GREENVILLE RECORD '.l h 011 "i +"" h" M",.i. Finlev. ms on M', Co,
POWDERLY (Muhl. Co.): (pron. "Pow/der/lee") Muhl. Central H .,S. located here; it's the largest ~n the co. The underground mine was discontinued in 1930. An airport there,now. Didnt think it ever had another name before Powderly. Some of the pioneer Shavers lived there and the Wickliff.es owned the coal co. cf Rothert for info. on Powderly. (Alex'r. Cather, interview, 8/8/1977);
POWDERLY (Muh1. CO.)I Named for Teren6~V\~1 Powderly, a labor union leader. On ~S6~ ~ (A1ex'r. Cather of Drak~sboro, Ky. 7/25i1972 f~om La~ry S:one of the Times-Argus);C~ , \..-.>-A...~tA..-I", ,c'lV-U-- "'Y<"~ 0" 'l'l'u!"'l, 4, ~h., 8" I "I"') '- Q. "3") ; "Founded by T. V', Powderly early labor union organizer who owned a coal mine there on the workers cooperative plan in 1887." Sold in 1890 for lack of o)?erating capital, 2 mi. n. of Greenville. (M. Ladd, WPA, c.4/1941);
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RO'SEWOOD'(Muhl. CO.)I' (pron."Rohz w60d5). ,1st called Cisney (pron. "S(ih)s!nee". The Cisneys were a pioneer family and still live in that v.ic. (cf Rothert"; P. 16). Acc:. to ibid in 1794, Jess left ,his wife and 2-3 children in Va. and came to Ky. and selected a t~act of land which later o:eclame the town of Cisney or 'Rosewood. Thinks that the Cisney & -Rosewood post offices were' at. the same 'site. DK why n.ch. Today the Rosewood name<~~ used exclusiv ly; Cisney is not used at all. (Alex'r. Cather interview, 8/8/1977);
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SKILESWILLE (Muhl. co.). Inc. 3/8/1876 (ACTS, 1876, Vol. 2, P. 215); named for James R. Skiles who introduced the 1st steamboat on the Green R.o acc. to Collins Vol. 2, P; 640 and Clift, Ky. Vi1l. •• P~' 42. i This place was called Model Mills in the 19.60 ~~nsus. (Etlw. M. Manley in article in MESs'. & - TIMES-ARGUS" 5/28/1953);
SKlLESV'ILLE (Muhl. Co.) I (pron. "Sk(ah)lz!v·ql ~}:6k (eye) lz!vq.l" ) • Model Mills-cloth mfg. & grist mills. Lock No. 3 was across the river from here, in Ohio Co. Mills were on the Muhl. Co. side. See Co;J.Iins, 2nd ed. for .:names Myers, Nothing on Model Mills in Rothert. Now at S.=
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SKILESVILLE (Muhl. Co.) I On the s •. bank of' the Green R. at Lock & Dam No. J. Named f'or James R. Skiles who, ac~. to Rothef\(s HIST., introduced the 1st steamboat. to the Green R!' Only a f'ew homes lef't at site, at the mouth of' Mud R. Once calr.ed Model Mill;. (Alex'r. Cather of' Drakesboro, Ky. 7f25/1-(2--f'rom Agnes Harralson), The del Mills p.o. was est. 3/5/1855, James G. yers ••• Disc. 6/22/ 59; Re-est. 2/8/60, ib"d., Disc. 11/30/65 (NP
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SKILESV:ILLE (Muhl. Co.') I p.o. est. 6/18/184-0, Jacob Luce ••• to Butler Co. after 184-J but dk when nor for how long it stayed there ••• Re-est in Muhl. Co. 6/4-/78, Wm. M. Greenwood •• Disc. 6/24-/81; Re-est. 2/1J/85. Geo. M. KimmeL •• Disc. eff' .. 10/J1/1907 (mail to Rochester) (NA) Now only a few homes 16 mi. e. of Greenville on the so. bank-of the Green R. at Lock & Dam No. J. Named for James R. Skiles who's suppose( to have introduced the 1st steamboat on the Green R. and was' "an early promoter of Green R navigation." Inc.' J/8/1876 some 4-0 years after its founding. (Marjorie Finley's ms. on the PN of M. Co. for WKU, 197J, P. 25).
SKILESVILLE (Muhl.' Co.) I On the s. bank of Green R. at Lock & Dam No.3. 16 mi. e. of Greenville. Inc. 3/8/1876 though town had existed for over 40 yrs. by then. On 12/21/j7. the Leg. ~~~ftep~5e@)est. an election precinct in the town of Skilesville, so-called (at thai time). PO was est.!, abandoned. and re-est. several times. Named for James Rumsey Skiles. a resL of Warren Co •• Ky. who introduced the 1st steamboat on the Green R. and was influential in promoting navigation of that stream. (~e'.') (Otto A. Rothert. A HIST. OF MUHL. CO. Louisville. 1913. Pp. 414-5.) ~ "-0<e, q..o ~ ~, C.\\r'",--,,' [t-;-,+ ( r~Y7. i'i'~· <1.-1 . ~ille. . (~)(\>..t~ ~ '\Lo'-kvI-. I~I •. r.y • .,)
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SOUTH CARROLLTON (Muhl. Co~') I On the w. bank of Green R. on the L&N RR. 10 mi. from G'reenv Inc. 2/23/184-9. F'ounded 1838 and laid out by John ~~F"entress on what was then called 'Randolph Old Farm', the site of an old tanyard. ( ..... ) (Otto A. Rothert, A HIST. OF MUHI CO. Louisville, 1913, Pp.' 4-13-4-.); From the
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town be est. on the land at a bluff' called v 'Fentress Bluff"' on G'reenR.- inc!. 50 acres of
land ••• to be called Carrollton ••• " (Edward M. Manley, "South Carrollton E'st. in 1833" MESS,'. & TIMES-ARGUS, dk date, in Agnes Harralson scrapbook of Manley clippings, Owensb. PL);
SOUTH CARROLLTON (Muhl. Co.), p.o. est. as Lewisburgh. 1/1/1805, James Weir ••• n.ch. to South Carrollton, 11/14/1848, John V. Fentress ••• (NA)I Inc. 1849. Town on the w. bank of the Green R. was laid out by John Fentress on the old Randolph farm and the site of an old tanyard. L&N RR and US431 in the ne part of the co. Named by Fentress for his first grandson Carroll McCown, son of Lewis McCown and Melvina Fentress." Later the South was added to distinguish it from Carro~: ton'in Carroll Co.', ~. (Alex'r. Cather of Drakesboro, Ky. 7/2.5, 972. from Molly Hunter)
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SOUTH~CARROLLTON (Muh1. CO.)I Lewisburg or Kincheloe's Bluff on the Green R.'was a landing place before 1798~' Acc:. to trad.', "declared a port of entry about 1800." ,'l'lie shipping and receiwing point for early merchants. "When So. Carrollton was started, this town'l< became a ferry crossing. It never became as large as expected." (A1ex'r. Cather:,~7/25/19?2 from G. Taylor), (x meaning Lewisbi.g). The.town of "",-., ... ;~"", (\'It.d''1/,c..."(",, Lewlsburg was i" "'"",,-,-- ... ~ N ( f laid off' in c. ' '-...,~ ."J,
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~ . I -From,a letter Alex'r. Cathe~ec'd.from one of his s'ttldents. dated 4/20/1972 re- SOUTH CARROl TON (Muhl. Co.) "John Fentress .( pron. "F'm! tr( e h) s") owned much -of the land' in Muhl. & Ohio Co's. but his farm was located in So. Carrollton. About 1830, he ofrered free rights
_to anyone who-would build there. His own hOMse was on.the so. side of the river bluffs, one of which was called Fentress Bluff". This was the main port of entry into So. Carrollton. John laid the town off· in 80 foot lots and wide streets which are-acceptable today. He named (;t~ the growing village Carroll ton after his first g~andson, Carroll McCown, son of
Louis McCown and Malv:ina p'entress.·. Later the "South" was added to distinguish it from Carrollton in northern Ky. Carroll McCown was the brother of my gr.eat grandmother, Mary Ellen McCown Ferguson. Their father gave eac of his sons money when they. married and the daughters he built homes for and gave them al some land. To Mary Ellen he gave the old Randolph farm and built ~er a house. and barn on a hill in the milddJ.e. of the farm. She wanted to be closer to town so her husband, John Ferguson,'.built the home where I live ....
. Their son, Dr. Jo m. Ferguson,' was my grandfather." (signed-MolIy (Hunter) Smith whose uncle is Jo Ferguson, former Ky. Atty. Gen.) (0;3, thill:r. ; n+." .. vi,,,,,. R IR h 0"'" .
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CARROLLT.ON (Muhl. Co.), (pron. "K(ae)rl al/tan" in 2f syl.) Kincheloes Bluff (pron. K ih nch.!lohz in 2t syl.) - Lewisburg. pron. "Lu!(ih)s/berg"). Named for Lewis
Kincheloe. K.B. to S.C. was a change in site rather than a n.ch. :S:C. was downstream from K.B. Lewisburg was a port of entry. It never really.developed and S.C. became the better known. river town"witn-a-college and quite a few businesses., Lewis Kincheloe was namesake for both K.B. & Lewisbu~. On a bluff'overlooking Green R. po est~ 1805. Inc. 1849. Laid out on the w. bank of' Green R. by ~na ~l on the old Randolph Farm. Never called Carrollton" only So. Carrollton.
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DK the distance betw. SC and KB. S.C. replacec the'other as port of entry for that area. KB or Lewisburg is gone now. Had been called by both names but later in its history was callec only Kincheloes Bluff'. The Central City Pumping Sta. is located on that site now, alor with cabins and ,homes but no longer a town there. 'So. Carrollton,is on us4Jl. Should be larger than the pop. of 218·as indicated on highway map. Sev.eral stores, ele. school. DK who owned the tanyard. Maybe Randolph but dk. (Alex'r. Cather, interview, 8/8/1977);
SOUTH CARROLLTON (Muh'l Co.): Est. c.1838 but not inc. until 2/25/1849. Laid out by John Fentress on what was then. called the Randolp! ·Old. Farm. A ta,nyard had operated' on thlS sitE for some years. Its' location.·on the Green Ri. led 1;0 its' becomIng the snipping', pt. for are1 mine and farm products. F.oomed after L&N built thru: rock quarry. ·distillery. several cooperages, flour mill.' j3etter rO!3-ds elsewhel led to busi. decline. Two fires reduced it further •••• (O.H·. Wailace of Greenville. in a paper before the Kiwanis Club', 3/25/1937 and repro. in an unid. newsp. 4/2/1937. examined by me in KHS Muhl. yert. Files, 5/~979);
SOUTH C;ARROLLTON (Mllhl. Co.) I Lewisburg was inc. cf ACT of 1/12/1825 ••• (ACTS, 1825, P. 178). Town was laid off c.1800. (Clift, KY. V ILL ••• P. 27); South Carollton was inc. 2/23. 1849 (ACTS, 1848/9, P. 255); Founded 1838. Laid out by John Fentress on the old Randolph farm ••• An important river town ••• ;i (From a ms possibly by Alex. Cather and sent to me by him on 11/25/1972.) 1)o.C'c.....h ~.s G,11,'vJ
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In the 1/22/1937 and 1/29/1937 issues of the GREENVILLE LEADER are articles by Gayle Carver on postmasters in "Some Sketches of the Hist. of Greenvill'e and Muhl. Co." c 1912 map of po.
,Rothert gave Carver a lot bf his material. (ace to Alex'r. Cather, interview, 8/8/1977);
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er;Mrs. Leslie Smith, is writing· k entitled Around Muhlenberg County, A Black. History. Mrs. Smith alsb writes 'I
a cojumn under this same title (for till:-' reJmdlIe -Leader. I I
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