According to an ad in the Franklin Favorite dated April 8, 1920, a man was offering his farm to the highest bidder at auction. Included in the… Read more
On March 24, 1900, the Rev. W.T. Ferguson, the 63-year-old minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and father of four, was reported as … Read more
Kentucky Gov. William Goebel was assassinated in Frankfort on Jan. 30, 1900. Read more
According to a March 19, 1903, Louisville Courier Journal article, an argument between two men, who were “among the best known and most promin… Read more
On March 14, 1966, the Courier Journal reported that three Warren County school board members faced ouster for the second time by the State Bo… Read more
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The Courier Journal reported in its March 13, 1929, edition that 100 automobile owners who failed to get a 1929 license were summoned to appea… Read more
An article in the March 8, 1899, edition of the Ohio County News reported that “Judge John B. Grider, as attorney for L.A. Jenkins, guardian o… Read more
On March 7, 1916, the Owensboro Messenger reported that Miss Blanche Mackey of Edmonton passed the bar and became the first woman to be grante… Read more
On Feb. 23, 1881, at Johnson’s Saloon at the corner of State Street and Park Row in Bowling Green, Fayette Loving killed bartender Frank Grubb… Read more
On Feb. 22, 1861, 66 citizens of Warren County signed an order of removal forcing schoolteacher O.E. Hines to leave the county. Read more
A small blurb in the Feb. 22, 1901, Owensboro Messenger contains an ad for what was then called the Cherry Brothers Business College Bowling Green. Read more
According to an article in The Courier Journal dated Feb. 20, 1899, a Bowling Green man invented an umbrella with such a revolutionary design … Read more
The Daily News on Feb. 10, 1969, proudly told of a group of Warren County Girl Scouts who were selected to represent the state at the National… Read more
The Warren County agriculture extension office, in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Office, the Kentucky Department of Forests and the c… Read more
The Feb. 4, 1900, edition of the Courier Journal newspaper told of great sorrow among men of all political parties in Bowling Green. They stoo… Read more
On Feb. 2, 1951, an ice storm of epic proportions covered the south from Louisiana up into Ohio. Read more
On Jan. 28, 1842, a frustrated farmer living near Bowling Green wrote to the newspaper urging passage of a law taxing dog owners 50 cents a ye… Read more
In 1921, a Russian man flew from his homeland to New York City. Upon his arrival, he was supposed to take a train to another destination. Read more
An out-of-state paper reported on a 1919 Bowling Green court case involving a woman who had a notorious temper. During a dispute with her husb… Read more
Success was sweet for Western Kentucky University basketball coach Ed Diddle, and in January 1960, he promised the community another 100 wins … Read more
Wordney White was featured in a Courier Journal article Dec. 31, 1960. Although handicapped by arthritis and polio, White turned a woodcarving… Read more
On Jan. 11, 1899, 10 prisoners in the Warren County jail overpowered Deputy Jailer Nat Curd as he went to the cells to secure them for the night. Read more
On Jan. 11, 1911, Rep. Robert Y. Thomas secured the amendment that would allow federal court to be held in Bowling Green. Before this, federal… Read more
A Jan. 5, 1897, newspaper reported that “a Warren County ruralist brought a curiosity to Bowling Green in the shape of a pure white coon.” Read more
From the Warren County, Kentucky, Order Book, Jan. 2, 1798: “A town is hereby established on the land of Robert Moore who with George Moore an… Read more
An Owensboro newspaper reported Christmas Day 1915 that two brothers-in-law entered into a duel over a domestic issue. While duels were common… Read more
On Dec. 25, 1849, The Louisville Daily Courier reported that a Bowling Green doctor had developed a cure for a malady common in the 19th centu… Read more
The residents of Smiths Grove noted bright flashes of light around 9:50 p.m. Dec. 9, 1942, just before an Army bomber crashed in a wooded area… Read more
On Dec. 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified, ending Prohibition that had been in effect for 13 years, 10 months and 19 days. Most agreed … Read more
On Sunday, Dec. 11, 1921, the Owensboro Messenger ran a story about a car found in the town of Island in McLean County that belonged to three … Read more
The Louisville Courier Journal published an article Dec. 11, 1949, about the planned creation of Shanty Hollow Lake. A dam was built on Clay L… Read more
A Dec. 5, 1853, newspaper reported the death of Leander Martin, 22. He and his brother Joshua, 23, rode into Bowling Green “on a drunken spree.” Read more
An open letter in the Dec. 2, 1861, edition of the Louisville Courier Journal asked “the ladies of Kentucky and Northern Tennessee” for help p… Read more
A tax collector from Hopkinsville named S.E. Everett was sent to Bowling Green in late November 1917 to receive a specialized treatment follow… Read more
Sometime in the early 1910s, a Russian man named Louis Loupous moved to Franklin. A teller at the Simpson County Bank named M.H. Harris grew v… Read more
Telephone service came to Louisville in 1879 but was slow to spread across the entire state. By the early 1910s, service was being offered in … Read more
November brings to mind politics and a reminder that politics has always been a messy business. Read more
An article in the Nov. 20, 1847, Clarksville Jeffersonian newspaper announced that the owners of the telegraph lines in Louisville would start… Read more
Most people who have lived in Warren County for any length of time have either heard of or visited Basil Griffin Park on Smallhouse Road. The … Read more
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