Boyle County Public Library Genealogy & Local History

Boyle County Public Library Genealogy & Local History Boyle County Public Library Genealogy & Local History

JOB OPPORTUNITY AT THE LIBRARY The Library is currently hiring a Local History Librarian.The LOCAL HISTORY LIBRARIAN pro...
06/28/2023

JOB OPPORTUNITY AT THE LIBRARY
The Library is currently hiring a Local History Librarian.

The LOCAL HISTORY LIBRARIAN provides local history and genealogy reference services to patrons of all ages and abilities. The Local History librarian is responsible for the acquisition, organization, maintenance, and preservation of the Library’s archival and historical collections, including books, papers, maps, photographs, machine-readable materials, objects, oral histories, and other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics. The Local History librarian interacts extensively with the public and with staff.

This is a full time position with benefits. More information about this position, including qualifications, complete job description, and how to apply, can be found on the Careers page of our website: boylepublib.org/careers

The application deadline for both positions is Friday, July 7, 2023.

Georgia de Araujo will retire on June 30, 2023 as Library Director, after 38 years with the Boyle County Public Library....
06/24/2023

Georgia de Araujo will retire on June 30, 2023 as Library Director, after 38 years with the Boyle County Public Library.

The Library Board of Trustees will be honoring Georgia at a public reception on Thursday, June 29, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM in the library lobby, with a recognition program beginning at 6 PM.

All are invited to come and visit with Georgia, celebrate her contributions to the community, and enjoy refreshments.

Congratulations, Georgia!

On June 22, 1977, more than 15,400 people watched the construction of a record-size ice cream sundae at the Kentucky Dai...
06/22/2023

On June 22, 1977, more than 15,400 people watched the construction of a record-size ice cream sundae at the Kentucky Dairy Month celebration in Frankfort. They then devoured the 10-ft high, 4,117-pound delicacy. June Dairy Month helped celebrate Kentucky’s 4th largest industry.

https://localtonians.com/

Today in Kentucky history:June 12, 1806 - Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, parents of Abraham Lincoln, wed in Washington ...
06/12/2023

Today in Kentucky history:

June 12, 1806 - Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, parents of Abraham Lincoln, wed in Washington County. Their ceremony took place in the small community of Beechland, on the Little Beech River, and the Rev. Jesse Head officiated.

June 12, 1931 - Old Fort Harrod State Park in Harrodsburg dedicated the Lincoln Marriage Temple 125 years after Abraham Lincoln’s parents wed.

Photo: Rear of the Lincoln Marriage Temple, which shelters the cabin in which Thomas Lincoln married Nancy Hanks. Public Domain

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/LegislativeMoments/moments09RS/web/Lincoln%20moments%2029.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Lincoln
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Lincoln
https://localtonians.com/

Today in Kentucky history:Charles Anderson Wickliffe was born on June 8, 1788 in Springfield, KY. Wickliffe was the 11t...
06/08/2023

Today in Kentucky history:
Charles Anderson Wickliffe was born on June 8, 1788 in Springfield, KY. Wickliffe was the 11th Lt. Governor of Kentucky, the 14th Governor of Kentucky, and the 11th United States Postmaster General. He also served as one of Kentucky's representatives on two occasions in the U.S. House of Representatives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_A._Wickliffe
Image: Public Domain

The Library will be closed on Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day.
05/29/2023

The Library will be closed on Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day.

May 21, 1860, Woodlawn Race Course Association, also known as "Saratoga of the West," held their first day of racing in ...
05/21/2023

May 21, 1860, Woodlawn Race Course Association, also known as "Saratoga of the West," held their first day of racing in Louisville. It was a track of significant importance during the 1860s. Organized competitive horse racing in Kentucky was relatively young when Woodlawn Race Course opened. Opening day in the track's second Spring meet was crowded. The "Courier" noted that "the attendance was very large, including many of our city and state dignitaries." It also mentioned that "the course was in splendid condition." A surviving remnant of Woodlawn Race Course is the trophy, the Woodlawn Vase. Kentuckian Robert Atchison Alexander, noted owner of Woodburn Farm, commissioned Tiffany and Company to craft the trophy, first presented at Woodlawn in 1861. During the Civil War, they buried the trophy on the racetrack grounds for safekeeping. It now serves as the model for half-size replicas given to the annual winner of the Preakness Stakes.

Photo: Public domain
https://localtonians.com/1800s/

On this day in Kentucky History:May 20, 1894, cold Canadian air poured southward between high pressure over the Upper Pl...
05/20/2023

On this day in Kentucky History:

May 20, 1894, cold Canadian air poured southward between high pressure over the Upper Plains and low pressure moving up the East Coast. The East Coast low threw copious amounts of Atlantic moisture as far west as Kentucky’s Blue Grass.

Some reports from weather observers.....
"Trees broke under the weight of the snow."
"The blackberries are in bloom and they are bent to the ground from the snow."

Snowfall amounts that day included: Lexington, Harrodsburg, and Mount Sterling: 6” Shelbyville and Richmond: 4” Burnside and Eubank: 3” Sandy Hook and Shelby City: 2” Hendricks: 1” Carrollton, Louisa, Middlesboro, and Louisville: Trace. Kentucky has never recorded snowfall for June through September.

https://localtonians.com/
https://www.wlky.com/article/belskis-blog-anniversary-of-kentuckys-biggest-may-snow/32619061

May 9, 1896, U.S. Secretary of Treasury John G. Carlisle of Kenton County gave his infamous hometown speech. The once r...
05/09/2023

May 9, 1896, U.S. Secretary of Treasury John G. Carlisle of Kenton County gave his infamous hometown speech. The once remarkably popular political figure became so disliked due to the financial panic of 1893 that he left the stage due to a barrage of abuse and rotten eggs thrown at him while speaking in his hometown of Covington. Feeling rejected, he retired from public life, sold his house in Covington, and remained in New York until his death.

Photo: Public domain
https://localtonians.com/

On this day in Kentucky history...Wednesday, May 6, 1896, Ben Brush won the 22nd Kentucky Derby going one mile and a qua...
05/06/2023

On this day in Kentucky history...

Wednesday, May 6, 1896, Ben Brush won the 22nd Kentucky Derby going one mile and a quarter in 2:07.75 to win $4,850. The successful duo of African American Willie Simms and trainer Hardy Campbell Jr. won again. Owner Michael F. Dwyer made a fortune in the meat packing industry, supplying butcher shops, eating establishments and hotels. This was the 1st Derby at this distance and the 1st time the winner received a garland of roses, pink, and white ones.

Kentucky Derby Trivia: Willie Simms, who won the 1896 Derby on Ben Brush, is the only African-American jockey to win each Triple Crown race. He was also the 1st American jockey to win a race in England on an American horse, introducing the short stirrup riding style in Britain.

Photo: Ben Brush; public domain
https://localtonians.com/

Tuesday, May 5, 1908, Stone Street captured his only stakes win in the 34th Kentucky Derby on a muddy track in 2:15.20, ...
05/06/2023

Tuesday, May 5, 1908, Stone Street captured his only stakes win in the 34th Kentucky Derby on a muddy track in 2:15.20, the slowest Derby for the 1 ¼ mile distance. Owners C. E. “Bud” & John W. Hamilton, trainer John W. Hall, and jockey Arthur Pickens completed the winning connections to earn $4,850. Arthur rests in peace in the Maysville Cemetery.

Photo: 1908 Kentucky Derby winner Stone Street; Public domain, c. 1908

https://localtonians.com/

April 27, 1984: Whitney M. Young’s birthplace and boyhood home in Simpsonville, KY became a U.S. National Historic Landm...
04/27/2023

April 27, 1984: Whitney M. Young’s birthplace and boyhood home in Simpsonville, KY became a U.S. National Historic Landmark. Young was an American civil rights leader who spent his career working to end employment discrimination. He helped reshape the National Urban League and improved their work for equitable economic access to the historically disenfranchised.

https://explorekyhistory.ky.gov/items/show/312

https://localtonians.com/timelines/1900s/

Photo credit: Library of Congress

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