Earlier in March I wrote about the New Madrid earthquakes – the 1811-1812 quakes, shocks and after shocks that devastated the area where Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee meet. The Mississippi River changed course, the land changed and lakes were made where there were none before. A letter written […]
One of the most exciting parts of our trip to western Kentucky in March was visiting Madrid Bend Cemetery in the far part of Fulton County. This area, also known as Madrid Bend or Kentucky Bend, is a little piece of Fulton County that is divided from the […]
When Ritchey and I visit the Jackson Purchase area next month – which includes the counties of Ballard, McCracken, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, Graves, Marshall and Calloway – we are very interested in going to Kentucky Bend in Fulton. Most think these 30 square miles of land, completely circled […]
Kentucky – A History of the State by Perrin, 1885 Hickman County, Kentucky James L. Trevathan, of Hickman County, was born in North Carolina, December 13, 1829, and is the second of thirteen children born to Eli and Mary E. (Robinson) Trevathan, natives of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, […]
Isaiah and Lydia Ross Hill
1929 Wedding
Revolutionary War heroes and families.
Ritchey's Paternal Grandmother
George and Caroline's Wedding Day
Klein Sod House