Every historic building has a story to tell
Raise your hand if you’ve ever seen the name of a town on a sign and detoured from your route to find that place with the evocative name – yes, both of my hands would be in the air if I weren’t utilizing them to type. How can one not investigate the potential treasures of (read more)
Category: Hopkins County
Tag: #beulahky
Last September, I took the long way home and wandered though the middle of Hopkins County. One small rural community I passed through was Charleston, where in 1939 and 1940, the Works Progress Administration built a school. I saw no sign of this building as I drove north on Route 109, and my online search (read more)
Categories: Hopkins County, Works Progress Administration
Tags: #charlestonky, #historicschools, #kentuckyarchitecture, #kentuckyplaces, WPA
Although my immediate surroundings gleam brightly with the red and green of the holiday season, thoughts of Christmas are interspersed with images of the devastation in Western Kentucky following the tornados of December 10 and 11, 2021. Explaining the scope of the tragedy to a five year old strains my communication skills – she especially (read more)
Category: Hopkins County
What’s the best thing for historic houses? To be a home, to be occupied, to be a place of life and energy. For that to happen, houses that may need a little love and affection must be purchased by someone who loves old houses. Here are some listings for historic houses for under $100,000 that (read more)
The twin engines of agriculture and transportation (seemingly disparate forces) have shaped and created much of Kentucky. Hanson, Kentucky, located on what used to be the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in Western Kentucky, was platted by the railroad and rose to fame for a tobacco brand produced in the town. The “Hanson twist” chewing tobacco (read more)
Category: Hopkins County
Tags: #darktobacco, #HansonKY, #Hansontwist, #nationalregisterofhistoricplaces, #railroadtowns
Chances are, when you feel a little achy or sniffly, you have some remedies to which you turn. Sleep, ibuprofen, a hot toddy and a good book – or a perhaps you quaff a tall glass of water from your local mineral springs, or visit the mineral springs resort itself! Well, probably not the latter. (read more)
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