Discovering Interesting History

Confederate Guerrillas in the Bluegrass State – How Irregular Warfare Affected Kentucky by Austin Valentine, Jr. When historians discuss...

(Photograph provided by Austin Valentine, Jr. from his personal family collection) Ever since October 29, 1929, also known as “Black...

Growing up in rural Western Kentucky, I was surrounded by both family and farmland. As the years passed, my family often told stories...

(Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum, “Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum - About Us,” Ben E. Clement Mineral Museum, last modified 2021, accessed...

Written by Austin Valentine, Jr. One of the most significant contributions to postbellum economic growth in the United States can be...

Take Me Down to The Hurricane Camp Meeting Written by Austin Valentine Jr. It was a hot and humid August day in 1988, as an ailing old...

Written By Austin Valentine, Jr. Over the past 150 years, an institution that was the social, economic, and cultural norm of 18th and...