
Owen County, 1889
Red lines are proposed railroads
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from The Warsaw Independent, of 11-26-1898:
Aunt Polly Rogers,
who has reached the good old age of 97 years, was in
Owenton last Monday, the first time in thirty-five years, although
she has lived within five miles of the town for more than half
of a century. She had her picture taken for the first time in
her life and visited the Herald office to see how newspapers
are made. When asked if she had ever been to Louisville or
Cincinnati, she replied "Bless your life, no, and I
wouldn't ride on a steam car for anything."
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You'll not want to miss
a
1923 Louisville Herald article
by Ralph Coghlan on the history of Owen County,
here.
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A few words on Poplar Grove in 1880, here.
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J. W. Waldrop's 1914 description of Owenton is here.
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For another great Owen County Web site,
I suggest Grandma's
Parlor
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An account of the Eagle Valley Hotel, near Sanders, is here.
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This list of Owen County deaths from WWII is from
the National Archives. There's a key to
what the
various abbreviations mean here, and the
actual list is here.
The World War I list is here.
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The Kentuckiana Digital Library has a
number of Owen
County images. Quality is erratic, but it's worth a look,
here.
The Kentucky Historical Society's Owen
County images can
be found here.
Click on the county search box when you get there.
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A former slave living in Owen County, John
Forsee, has
dictated a narrative, written during the Federal Writers'
Project from around 1936, which gives a glimpse of life
in Owen County during his life. To read it, you must search
for the keyword "Forsee" at the Library of Congress site, here.
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An Overview of Kentucky River Locks and Dams, here.
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In 1969, Edna Talbott Whitley compiled a list of
Cabinetmakers
in Kentucky. The Owen County portion of that list is
here.
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Information on the three covered bridges that used to serve in Owen County are listed in the data base at web site of Kentucky Covered Bridges, here. |
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A List of the Owen County Historical Markers is here.
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In 1919, there was a farm census, counting livestock, crops and farms. Owen County's is here.
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Provost Marshall Killed, 1864, here.
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Breckenridge Cites "Sweet Owen." The story's here.
A less flattering spin on the compliment is here.
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The Owenton Chamber of Commerce is here.
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A site dedicated to the bridges of Owen County is here.
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The New York Times printed the US Marshal's account of the
Kentucky Kuklux, operating in Owen County, 1874. Read it
here.
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On September 1, 1870, the Post
Office Department
listed these towns in Owen County as having Post Offices:
Eagle Hill, Gratz, Harmony Hills, Lusby's Mill, Monterey,
New Columbus, New Liberty, Owenton, Rock Dale,
Pleasant Home, Poplar Grove, and West Union.
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Owenton, Sparta, and Warsaw Stage Line Ticket
1877 on the left, and 1880's on the right
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In 1876-1877 the R. L. Polk Co
published a directory of
businesses in Kentucky communities. The ad above is
from that gazetteer. Owen Counties listed are:
| Owenton | New Columbus | Monterey | New Liberty |
| Gratz | Poplar Grove | Lusby's Mill | Lone Oak |
| Rock Dale |
(
I did NOT make up the name of the Lusby's Mill's wagon maker!! ) |
Pleasant Home | |
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An earlier Gazetteer published in Louisville, was George W.
Hawes’ Kentucky
State Gazetteer and Business Directory, for 1859 and 1860. It's
pre-Civil
War, but is erratic in its coverage. In Owen Co., it had detail on:
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A List of men from Owen County who went to the Kentucky
penitentiary, from 1798 through 1834, is
here.
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| The mother of all Ohio River Steamboat sites is the Cincinnati Public Library's Inland River Photographs. They estimate 19,000 photographs. See'em here. |
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You can get information on Owen County
ancestors by subscribing
to the mailing list created for that purpose. You'll get periodic
information, and can submit your own questions, all via email.
Sign up
here for
Owen County.
Here is a
list of all available lists on Kentucky.
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There are two Owen Counties in the US -
the other one is
Owen County, Indiana.
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Leading Owen County Citizens of 1847, here.
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Courier-Journal's 1896 report on Owen Co Toll Roads, here.
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Summary of Civil War Operations in Owen County in October, 1864, here.
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There are some Owen County cemetery records are here, and here.
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| A nifty little tool at the web site of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve will convert old prices (1913 and later) into current prices. Try it here. |
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Census of Northern Kentucky's Paupers in Almshouses, 1910, here.
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A site that has post a lot of older high
school yearbooks
of Kentucky schools is
here.
They invite your scans.
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One of Owen County's most famous sons is
Willis A. "Mose" Lee.
He was born in Natlee. Find out more
here.
The ship
the US Navy named after him - a destroyer - is
here.
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The Owen County Gen Web Page is Here
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The Owen County Historical Site, and Library, is here.
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Geology Map of Owen County, 1949
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These two charts both present slave population from Northern Kentucky. On the left is actual populations; on the left, is the number of slaves as a percentage of total population. Remember some counties were established later than others. More on these numbers, including a link to the mega-load of population data, is here. |
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