Jeannette Holland Austin·Jun 18, 2024How Kentucky Pioneers Crossed the Western FrontierThe safest means of crossing the western frontier was with groups. Many families who settled in Kentucky traversed the mountains with their…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jun 16, 2024The Story of Being Captured by IndiansElizabethtown is situated in Hardin County, Kentucky, on the southern slope of Muldraughs Hill and Severn’s Valley Creek, a Nolin branch…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jun 15, 2024Brave Families Settled in Kentucky After the Revolutionary WarAfter the Revolutionary War, Indians came to Kentucky with the buds of spring, and it was not long before all of Fayette County and the…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jun 14, 2024Families were Attracted to the Heavy Timbers of Franklin County, KentuckyBefore its settlement, all of Franklin County, Kentucky, was heavily timbered with oak, poplar, sugar trees, walnuts, &c. In the summer of…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Jun 14, 2024Memories of “Stringtown on the Pike in Kentucky”Everyone has memories of growing up. The hometown story or adventure may not be exciting, yet it is reminiscent of an earlier time when we…
Jeannette Holland Austin·May 3, 2024If you need Documents of your Kentucky Ancestors — — —This is where to find them!
Jeannette Holland Austin·Apr 29, 2024The Rowan-Chambers Duel in Bardstown, KentuckyIn earlier times, the duel was an expedient and legal means of settling arguments, frequently amongst young aspiring men. The threats made…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Apr 7, 2024When Canoes Were a Way of Life in Kentucky — Finding the PioneersMany stories in the history books and from genealogists concerning the first settlers to Kentucky reveal the hardships of its pioneers…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Apr 1, 2024Andrew Jackson’s Duel vs. Charles Dickinson, the Best Shot in AmericaIn former times, duels were the means used to end an argument. In the old days, people were known to have carried grudges for years…
Jeannette Holland Austin·Mar 27, 2024Finding Ancestors Who Settled in the Green Grass of KentuckyKentucky is famous for breeding, raising, and training the magnificent horses that dominate the racetrack. The thoroughbred horse is known…
