Old Paducah Tilghman High school The building pictured is actually Augusta Tilghman High School, it was not formally named Paducah Tilghman until it was moved to the building on Washington. The building did house Jetton Jr High for several years. Also, the school shown as DT Cooper was not actually old Franklin, it was mostly demolished before the new school was built. No big thing, just thought you might want to know.
Smithland Ky my family (grandparents) are from tiline and I lived in smithland in the 70s the place is very nice to visit you don't want to live there but nice to visit the best place is the cemetery on the hill has slot of civil war history and un marked graves near water tower
Southside Paducah Hello, I'm trying to find more information on a row of houses located along the 1100 block of S. 6th street back in the 50's. I recall the name, Smith Addition?? Thoni's Gas Station was across the street or nearby. Any information you can provide would be appreciated.
Garage While recently driving through your community, we noticed a garage on the street near the riverbank. The garage was bisected by a wooden fence. Is there a story? Thanks.
Len Thomas
Swartz Creek, MI
paducah the town that is dying year by year I had to leave due to no work, no money: Mark Twain said it over 100 years ago : "He hoped he was in Kentucky when the end of the world came as Kentucky was 5 years behind the rest of the world. I have sent emails to city leaders suggesting ways to lure business there. Hattisburg, Mississippi, is not much bigger than Paducah and has actually lured Ca. business's there. Too bad there is very little vision to every be more than a river town .
paducah the town that is dying year by year I had to leave due to no work, no money: Mark Twain said it over 100 years ago : "He hoped he was in Kentucky when the end of the world came as Kentucky was 5 years behind the rest of the world. I have sent emails to city leaders suggesting ways to lure business there. Hattisburg, Mississippi, is not much bigger than Paducah and has actually lured Ca. business's there. Too bad there is very little vision to every be more than a river town .
Well done, minor correction Thank you for your nice review of Oak Alley Plantation. I did want to share one comment in the interest of fairness. You stated, "Keep in mind this is a tourist attraction designed not to preserve history, but to make a profit. "
Oak Alley Plantation is run by the organization I work for- the non-profit, 501(c)3 historic trust, Oak Alley Foundation. We work very hard to keep the house and grounds up to the highest standards, and to provide an enjoyable, beautiful and educationally significant historical tour. We are constantly updating our historic content, and take our education mission very seriously.
While there is a for-profit restaurant and gift shop located just off the historic grounds, they are there for the convenience of our guests and we do not feel they detract from our core mission. If you disagree, I respect your opinion, but just wanted to make sure that our historical education mission was clearly articulated.
Thanks,
Gary
To Pam Hale Seay’s Breeze was a supper club/tavern/bar located close to Viola, Kentucky, a small community between Paducah and Mayfield on the old US 45. The new US 45 was built serval years ago just west of the old US45. I was never in the establishment however I worked as a Ky State Police radio operator at the Viola Post in the last 1950s. I recall passing the establishment everyday. I do not have any photos. This is all the info I have on that establishment.
Need help with any information from the later 40s and early 50s paducah area Do you happen to recall a restaurant in the Paducah area named Seas Breeze? It might have been nearer Mayfield. My grandfather owned it and family cannot help me find any info or possible photos. Would be interested to know if you remember this place and if so, what you remember about it and the exact location. Thank you in advance.
SeaBreeze Yes---I do recall the place. As I recall it was a tavern. I dod not have any pictures of it. If I am not mistaken that establishment was located on the old highway between Paducah and Mayfield. I will check and see if I can a more precise location and get back with you.
Old Home Place I loved growing up in Marion,Ky. and feel my parents, "Bro. & Mrs. J. C.Lilly" were such wonderful parents! I miss the home we grew up in on N. College St. and wish I could have bought it. Does anyone know if Cindy Davidson still owns it/???
Thank you for any information. Donna Lilly (marcus)
dublin, texas hello. i would like to tell you a little about dublin, texas. it is my hometown and many others hometown including, ben hogan, johnny duncan (world re-nowned country singer), everett colborn (cowboy hall of fame for his Madison Square Gardens rodeo), Gene Autry had a ranch here that he bought from Everett Colborn call the Lightning C Ranch, Mary Ann Mayfield, (trick rider and famous rodeo rider), Truck (Richard) Stephens, drafted to play for the Philadelphia Eagles, and many many more people. Dublin is home to the oldest bank in the county of Erath, had the first street railway car in the state and was once the hub of central texas with three train depots, broom factory , ice plant, cotton gin...i think the building you saw was the grist mill...the old cabin was the oldest cabin in the area...the schools are very unique and elem and high school were built by hand by the townspeople, the gym, rock walls and little store were built by the WPA work relief program, the brick streets were made at thurber texas and put there by the WPA, there is a rock wall downtown also built by the work relief program, the Double Inn is there in town as the D.L. Harris historical home and many others that are being renovated in historic pride....dublin may not look like much at first glance but history here runs deep.....come back someday and take another look! we have rodeo museums, lyons museum and great bunches of information at the dublin library, check out the confederate wall, dublin hosted the largest confederate meeting for many years...overall, a great place to visit...:) come back to see us sometime!
http://wildstorm.wordpress.com Glad to find your page. I am a regular in these parts and keep a "backroads" blog of such treasures across Texas. Certainly much to photograph in Whitewright.
Information Regarding New Justice Center This beautiful structure was constructed by B. H. Greene Construction Company doing business in Paducah, Ky. My brother-in-law is on the Livingston County Fiscal Court and it was during his tenure, which still continues today, that this beautiful building was constructed.
Just a Bit of Information I am a retired Professional Land Surveyor licensed in Kentucky. Years ago I conducted a boundary line survey on the site of the old Gower House. I can not remember the exact date of when the survey was made but the files may still be in existance at the company for which I worked and had part ownership in. The company is now named Farris, McIntosh and Tremper, Inc., located at 124 South 31st. Street, Paducah, ky.,42003
The Old Davis Home This home in Smithland, Ky., is presently known as the Rudd home. It was originally the Davis home as my father and his brother owned it at one time and sold it to Mr. Wille Rudd who then rehabilitated it and moved into it as his residence. Prior to my father and uncle owning it, the house was the home of Kate Davis Love, a decendant of my father's side of the family. I remember my father telling me that she was pretty much a recluse in that she would not allow anyone in the house and that she pretty much lived on the second floor. She would have her groceries delivered to her home and she would lower a basket to the ground level and the delivery person would place the groceries in the basket. She would pull the basket up and then send the money down to pay for them. She is buried in the Davis family burial plot in the Smithland Cemetery on the hill overlooking the Ohio River as is my father. It is the only burial plot in the cemetery having a wrott iron fence around it. I remember that my father had told me that the Davis family had been quite prominant in Smithland years ago as they owned a grocery or mercantile store.
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Washington Jr. High I graduated from the last class at Washington before they closed it. I was on the football team and still have my letter sweater with the big orange W, the 1952 city championship patch and year bar. I joined the Air Force, retired to South Carolina after 20 years and still live there. I am 72 years old and not getting younger. I wonder if there is a historical society that would like to have the sweater. I have a brother, Jamie Smith, that lives at 4330 Cold Springs Rd, W. Paducah. If interested, please let me know.
Amazing town Paducah is such a beautiful town and it is such a blessing to live and work here with such beautiful and unique people. Even though it's been over a year since you posted this, thanks for sharing.
-Doug
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Nicely done I was born in Glendale, although I never lived there, my parents were both from Glendale, and we visited my grandparents and many cousins as often as possible....so I have many delightful memories of a wonderfully bucolic place. As a child I was in many of the buildings you so beautifully photographed and displayed. I still have one cousin living there, who is the collector of the log homes you may have seen. Farther out of town, my paternal grand parents family lived in a huge log house; and the property included a cemetery of long passed relatives....things you would never see today.
So thank you for sharing your visit.
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