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William A. Penn

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George D. Slade

1916 ~ 2005

 

Read the "Our Historians" column in the July, 2005 issue (p. 4) to learn more about the life & contributions of George Slade, whose articles filled out many a page of the Harrison Heritage News.

 



 

 Cumulative

Subject Index

2000-2006

(Vols. 1-7)

 

Click on the volume & issue citation after eac entry below to see the issue in the frame to the right, then use the links within each issue or scroll through it to view the article.

 

A

Abdallah, 4-8

Abdallah Park Fire, 1-6, 6-7

Addams, Dover, 5-2

African American marriage records, 7-2
African American education, literacy, 6-2
African American history in Cromwell’s Comments, 5-2

African Methodist Episcopal church, 3-2

Alfaro, Al, 1-5

Ammerman, Esther, 4-1

Antioch, Ky. cyclone, 7-3

Ashbrook Distiller, 2-1, 5-1

Atkinson’s Automatic Timer, 4-2

Aylmer, Beresford F., 6-11

 

B

Banneker School, 3-2, 6-6, 6-10

Barlow Knife, photo, history, 7-9

Barlow, Milt, minstrel, 5-2

Barns, Handy Farm, 7-1
Barton, E.E., 7-3

Baseball pitcher (Strother), 1-6

Battle Grove Cemetery, 1-3, 1-6, 2-11; city lot, 3-8

 

Battle of Cynthiana, 6-9
Bell, U.R., 6-6
Berry Bank Robbery, 6-1

Berry, Col. George, 2-9; photo, 5-9; smokehouse photo, 5-8

Berry, Ky., 1-4, 1-5, 6-1, 6-8

Biancke’s Restaurant, 1-5; 4-10

Bibliography of Harrison County history, 1-8

Black history in museum, 3-2; Brown, Frazer slaves, 7-1; Civil War troops listed, 7-2; Joseph Frazier sailor; marriage records, 7-2

Black soldiers, 3-10

Blackburn genealogy, 3-7

Book Reviews: Kentucky History (Bryant), 1-8; Bluegrass Confederate (Guerrant), 1-1; The Slave Trade; Southern Slavery and the Law, 1-2

Boone, Daniel, Harrison Co. surveys, 7-5

Bottle collection, 4-6

Boyd, Lucinda, 1-8, 2-4, 2-5

Bridge, covered, photo, 6-5
Broadwell, Asbury residence, photo, 7-8

Brow, Norman, 2-2

Brown, William, Col., 7-1

Buffalo trace, 1-5

Buggies, 4-5

Burma Shave, 3-11

 

C

Calendars in museum, 4-3

Camp Chase print, 5-9

Camp Frazer, 3-6

Cason, Jack, 2-2

Chestnut Hall (Ridgeway, Handy Farm), 7-1

Chickens, raising, 4-3

Christmas trees, 4-12

Chronicles of Cynthiana, 1-8

Civil War Reenactment, 1-6, 2-9

 

Civil War: black sailors, 7-2; civilian arrests, 4-3; 5-9; Col. Berry’s home, 2-9, courthouse, 2-12, driving tour, 1-1, 2-6; Battle of Keller’s Bridge journal, 1-6; first battle account (1905), 4-9; preservation, 4-9; mural of Morgan’s Raid, 1-8; railroad, 4-9; W. W. Cleary and Lincoln’s assassination, 1-2; Smith House, 4-2; List of black troops, 7-2; Morgan's attack print, 7-7; Reenacment 2006, 7-7; museum exhibits, 5-9; black soldiers, 3-10; Camp Frazer, 3-6; city council resolutions, 3-3

Clark, Thomas D., 4-11

Claysville history notes, 5-11

Claysville, 1877 map, 5-11; after battles, 6-8; letters, 6-8; 1877 map, 5-11

Cleary, W.W., 7-4 .

Cole, LeRoy, Rev., 4-10

Coleman, James, 5-1

Coleman, William Tell, 2-2

Coleman-Desha house, 5-1

Colemansville, 1884 Cyclone, 1-5, 7-3

Commercial Hotel, 4-2

Conrey Chapel School students, 7-3

Conrey, Ky., 7-3

Conrey, T.H., 7-3

Cook, Anna Eliza, 6-7

Courthouse, 1-6, 2-6, 2-12; howitzer, 6-11; WWI memorial, scrap drive, 7-11

Courthouses, 6-11

Covered bridge, 1-1, 2-4

Covered bridge dam, 1-5

Crofford, J. J., 2-1

Cromwell, Henry, 2-4

Cromwell, John M., 1-9; sleds and skates, 7-12

Cromwell’s Comments, 1-9; black history excerpts, 5-2

Crutchfield, W. W., 6-4

Cummins, Juble Early, 7-3

“Cynthiana” locomotive, 4-3

Cynthiana businesses 1931, 4-10

Cynthiana Carriage Company, 4-8

Cynthiana Electric Light, 2-7

Cynthiana in 1950s, 4-2

Cynthiana model town, 7-4

Cynthiana named, 1-9

Cynthiana Overall article, 3-11

Cynthiana Overall Co., 2-4

Cynthiana pro baseball team (Cobblers), 4-1

Cynthiana public schools history, 6-10

Cynthiana established, 6-11

Cynthiana-Harrison County Museum 10th anniversary, 5-7

Cynthiana-Harrison Trust, 1-6

Cynthiana-mfg. goods in Museum, 6-6

Cynthiana-Paris RR, 2-2

 

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Dailey, John, 2-1

Dairies, 4-6

Dam, 1-5

Dates, historic, 1793-1998, 2-3, 2-7

Death Valley Scotty, 1-3

Desha farm, 2-9

Desha smokehouse photo, 5-8

Desha, Joseph, 5-1

Desha, Lucius B., photo, 5-9; 4-5

Desha, Lucy Logan, 4-5

Distilleries, 2-1, 2-4

Distilleries, in museum, 5-1

Douglas, Mattie, photo, 6-4

Doyle, Patrick, 6-2

Drought of 1930, 3-7

Duffy cookbook, 4-7

Duffy family, 5-1

 

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Edgewater Distillery, 2-1

Elmore, Florence, photo, 7-6

Eveleth, Frederick, house photo, 6-4

Eveleth, J. A., 6-1

Excelsior Distillery, 2-1

 

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Fairgrounds, 5-4, 6-7

Farms, large antebellum, 7-1

Faulconer genealogy, 2-1; 3-5

Faulconer, Bailey Petty, 2-1

Faulconer, J. B., 2-1

Feeback, Strother, 1-6

Fennel, Joe, 2-4

Fennell horse boot, 3-4

Filson Club Quarterly collecting, 1-5

Fire department items in museum, 2-10

Fire department, 4-10

Fires listed, 2-10

Floods, 3-3

Florence, Sara Ann, jailer, 6-9

Fray, Spencer, Civil War journal, Keller’s Bridge, 1-6

Frazer, Joel C., Dr., 7-1

Frazer, Margaretta, 6-4

Frazier, Joseph, 7-2

Funerary displays museum, 7-10

 

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Genealogy Family Files at Cynthiana public library, 2-2

German prisoners (farm workers), 6-10

Ghost Boy 1812 House, 6-1

Grater, Fritz, 2-10

Graveyard burials, 3-8

 

Gregg, Cissy, 4-11

Griffith farm , 4-6, Griffith Tavern, 6-11

Grist Mill Day, 1-3, 2-5, 5-5

Gruell, Dan, 1-4

Gruelle, R. B., 4-4

 

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Hammon, Neal O., Ky. survey methods, 7-5

Handy Farm edition, 7-1

Handy house, 5-3

Handy House, Ky. Landmark, 7-3

Handy, W.T., 7-1

Hanna Farm, 4-12

Harrison Memorial Hospital, 4-6

Harrison County Historical Society website, 6-11

Harrison County jails history, 6-9

Harrison County map, 1897, 7-3

Harrison County RECC, 2-7, 2-11

Harrison Co., first court, 6-11

Harrison County courthouse, 1-6, 1-8, 1-9

 

Harrison County lifestyle recollections 1920s-‘30s, 5-4

Harrison County villages, 7-3

Harrison County's Lost Buildings:  Broadwell House, 7-9; Harrison Motor Company, 7-11

Harrison genealogy, 2-10

Harrison Memorial Hospital, 4-6

Harrison officials, 1792-97, 5-3

Harrison, Anna, 2-10

Harrison, Benjamin, 1-9

Harrison, Cynthia and Anna, genealogy, 3-4

Harrison, Cynthia, 2-10

Harrison, Robert, 1-5; 1-9, 2-10

Harrison, Robert, 6-11

Hawkins, T. S., recollections, 6-4

Hemp, 3-4, 5-3

Herrington, Ed, 2-1

Hicks, Heber Luther, 1936 murder story, 7-10; photo, article, on trial, 7-8; funeral, photo, 7-10

Hciks, Jake, 7-8

Hill, Donald C., 6-10

Hill, Jackie, 2-4

Hinkson, Bill, 1-4

Hinkston’s Addition, 1-5

Hinkston’s Station, 1-4

Historical Society, 2-6

Historians biographies, 1-8, 1-9

Historic preservation, 3-1

Hobson Book Press, 6-6

Hodson family vault, 6-4

Hodson, James M., 1-3, 6-4

Hog days, 5-8

Horse racing, Abdallah Park track, 1-6

Horses, Handy Farm, 7-1

Horses, harness, 6-7

Hot air balloons, 4-7

Howard, Wesley, 7-3

Hunter genealogy, 3-9

Hutton, Jennie, Miss, 7-3

 

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Ice tools, businesses, in museum, 2-1

Index, Harrison Heritage News newsletter, 2-1, 3-1;  vol. I, II, 3-1; subjects to date, 6-12, 7-12

Index, 2005, 6-12; articles vol. 1 – 5, 5-12

Indian Creek bridge, 2-9

Influenza of 1918, 7-6

 

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Jail, 1-2, 1-3, 6-9

January (Cromwell), 2-1

Jett, Curtis, trial, 3-11

Johns, Mrs. Bob, 3-1

Jones, F. N., 6-12

Jones, Samuel, 6-12

Jones, William B., 6-8

Judy, Chuck, 2-10

 

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Kawneer, 2-8

Keller, A., Distillery, 2-1

Keller’s Bridge, 2-2

Keller’s Dam, 2-12

Kendall Flour Mill, 1-5

Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf series collecting, 1-5
Kentucky Community Scholars, 6-6

Kentucky Motor Club, 5-1

 

Kentucky Utilities, 2-7

Kitchen stove, 5-10

Klotter, James C., 2-4

Ku Klux Klan, 2-7, 3-1, 3-2

Kuhlman, William A., photo, 7-10

 

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L.L.L. Highway, 4-12, 5-1

Lady de Jarnette, 6-7

Lafferty genealogy, 4-8

Lail, Miller, 2-2

Lail, Miss Sarah, 6-1

Langley, Abraham, 6-11

Lawson Field, 6-10

Lee, Don, 2-6

Licking River, South Fork, landmarks in Harrison Co., 2-8

Licking River lost barge shipment, 7-5

 

Lincoln, Abraham, Harrison County links, 7-4

Lindsay, David, genealogy query, 7-11

Little Schoolboy monument, 4-11

Louderback, Elizabeth, 2-5

Lynching, 1-4

 

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Mandolin Club, 1899, 6-4

Manufacturing, 2-4

Maple sugar, 3-6

Market Place, 2-7

Marshal School teachers, 3-8, Marshall School, 6-10

Massey, Harvey Joe, 2-3

Maybrier, Coleman, murdered, 5-12

McDowell, Charles, house photo, 5-12

McMillian, Samuel, house photos, 6-11

McPheters, James, Dr., 3-9

Memorabilia (Kay Wilson, poem), 5-5

Methodist Church history, 3-11, 4-1; lot, 4-10

Miller, John, 2-1

Miller, Margaret Teresa Flora, 7-10

Moody, Ms., 6-1

Moonshine display at museum, 3-9

Moore, Bettie S., 2-4

Moore, William B., Dr. & flu, 7-6

Morgan, Garret, 2-4

Morgan, Jill, 6-10

Moy Foo, 3-5

Mundy, Sue, 2-12

Museum organization, 1-6

Museum Trust, 2-7

Museum, Church items, 1-6; Civil War items, 2-9

Museum: (funeral 2-11); agricultural displays, 2-3

 

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Naff, Philip, 6-11

Newkirk, Wesley, 5-1, 6-1

Norman, Evelyn, 6-11

Northern Kentucky History Day, 3-2

Notes on History of Renaker-Rutland-Pleasant Green (Penn), 2-1

 

O

Oddville, Kentucky, 1-3, 1-4

Ohio troops: 35th O.V.I., 3-6

Oil, 2-2

Old Cemetery, 1-6

Old Jail, photo, 7-4

 

P

Pacing Abdallah, print, 6-7

Patterson, James L., 2-2, 3-6

Penn, Evelyn Byrd, 2-1, 4-12

Penn, James Samuel, 1-3

Penn, W.A., farm sheep photo, 7-12

Penn, William A., article published, 7-6

Peter, Frances, diary, 2-7

Pfanstiel, Earl, 2-4

Photographers, 5-1

Physician, 1818 advertisement, 1-1

Pickett, Bill, 6-4

Pioneer routes, 1-5

Poholsky, John J., photo, 7-10

Poindexter, J.R., 6-9

Political buttons (museum), 5-11

Post office, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5

Powell, John, 2-5

Privies, 6-5

Prohibition, 2-1

 

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Quilt storage, 4-6; in museum, 6-2

 

R

Racial violence, 3-2

Raggedy Ann, 4-4, 7-4; museum, 5-4

Railroads:  depot, 2-10; photo, 6-3; in museum, 6-3; significant dates, 6-3; 2-2, 2-5, 2-8, 4-3

Railroads in Harrison County book review, 6-3

Rankin family, 3-7

Rankin House, 4-2

Redmon Distilling Company, 1-4

Rees log house, 3-9

Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, collecting, 1-5

River landmarks, 2-8

Rope walk, 2-4, 3-4, 5-2

Ruddell's and Martin's Stations Associaton, 2-6

Ruddell’s Station, 2-6, 3-9

Russell Barlow, photo, 7-9

Russell, John, Cutlery Co., 7-9

Rutland, Kentucky, 2-1, 3-5, 4-12

 

S

Salem Church Cemetery, 5-12

School memorabilia, Harrison museum, 1-4

Schools, 1-9, 6-6, 6-10

 

Scott, Walter E., 1-3

Scrap iron drive, 1942, 7-11

Settlement period map, 7-5

Shannon, Thomas, 1852 execution, 6-9

Shanties, railroad, 2-5

Sheely, David, hanging, 1-2

Sheely, Nancy, 2-3

Sheely’s ghost, 2-5

Shingleton, Charles, 4-5

Slade, George D., 6-3; biography, 6-7

Slade, Harold, photo, 7-4

Slaughter, Tom, 6-1

Slave revolt, 6-2

Sleds and  skates article, 7-12

Smiser, H. Tod, Dr., and flue, 7-6

Smith House, 4-2

Smith, Aunt Liz, 4-2

Sparks, Joy Vance, photo, 7-8

Sparks, Widow, mystery article, 7-8

Spohn, John, house photo, 6-1

St. James A.M. E. Church history, 6-2

Standpipe, 4-4

Steam engines, 5-6

Stewart, William H., 6-8

Stone, Edith, photo, 7-6

Stuart, William, visited by Boone, 7-5

Sultan, 7-1

Superstitions, New Year, 2-1

Swinford, Charles, Dr., 7-1

Swinford, Mac, 4-7; civil rights cases, 5-10

Sylvandell post office, 3-10

 

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Talking machine, 3-7

Tanneries, 2-4

Tobacco displays, museum, 2-6

 

Tobaccometer, 3-8

Todd, George Rogers Clark, Dr., 7-4

Todd, Mattie D., 2-4; 7-4

Todd, Mattie, profile, 3-10

Trough, watering, 5-5

Turkey sales, 3-11

 

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Underground railroad, 6-2

 

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Valentine cards, museum, 2-2

Van Hook whiskey bottle, 5-1

VanDerveer, Col., photo, 5-9

Vault, Battle Grove, 2-11

Victorian winters (Cromwell), 6-12

 

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WWI Christmas letter, 6-12

WWI, museum exhibits, 7-6

Wall school house, 1-9

Webb, J. T., 6-8

Wells, Virgie Florence, 6-9

Wherritt, Perry, photo, 5-9; profile, 3-8

Whitaker, B. B., 1-4

Whitledge, Thomas, journals 1809-1820 (query), 3-4

Wilkes, George, 6-7

Williams, Elnora, 7-3

Williams, Frank Gore, photo, 7-10

Wills, R.H., 7-1

Wilson & Handy, 7-1

Wilson, George H., 5-12

Wilson, W. H., 6-7, 7-1

Winter of 1917, 2-3

Withers, James S., 4-11

Withers, Stanley, 4-11

WPA projects, 6-10

 

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Young, B. P., photographer, 5-1

 

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