On January 3, 1829, Kentucky governor Thomas Metcalfe signed into law a statute forming Hancock County from parts of Breckinridge, Daviess and Ohio counties to become Kentucky’s 85th county. The county was named in honor of Boston patriot John Hancock, who headed the Continental Congress and bec
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Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
Last week, I spent a couple of hours reading MSN and following links. I found several topics that interested me. A few of those are summarized below. If you want more information about a topic, please go to the website listed.
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2016
Wonderings and wanderings: I think sometimes I ought to change the name of my column to just that: Wonderings and Wanderings-short verses of script. Maybe it's because frequently I can't seem to keep a senisble thought in my head for very long.
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Monday, November 14th, 2016
When my youngest daughter, Nikki, was about ten or twelve, she and I and some of her friends were watching the movie, “The War,” together. The movie is about a Viet Nam veteran trying to adapt to civilian life and struggling to make a living for his family in a rural community, where jobs are fe
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Saturday, November 12th, 2016
Naaman (II Kings 5) was a “mighty man in valor.” He was captain of the Syrian army, known for his military cunning, and bravery. Unfortunately, he was a leper (II Kings 5:1).
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Saturday, November 12th, 2016
Well, I think we can almost say good-bye (before we even said hello) to the fall colors. Just not much left anywhere that I’ve seen. This incredibly beautiful tree is located at the Woodbury Museum.
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Thursday, November 10th, 2016
Oh Snapple: The Next WaveI’ll take a break from county origins to bring you a little Snapple goodness. Before me(well, to my right side) I have a placemat covered with Snapple caps. Let’s dive in, shall we?
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Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
Yesterday’s presidential election was the “58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2016).
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Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
She was sixteen and he was twenty two. Charles & Eunice Cottrell had been married two years before by Brother Grimes at the Riverside Missionary Baptist Church. The same church where she was a member and in later years where he was ordained to preach the gospel and where they are buried sid
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