Category Archives: History

The Frazier History Museum

Posted on 26 December 2011 by conrad reynolds

The day after Christmas we went downtown and visited the Frazier.  They had a special display of Christmas trees from around the world.  GC1 had recently completed a school project on Christmas in Italy (they’re teaching them how to do … Continue reading →

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Thar’s gold in them thar Art Deco vaults

Posted on 25 September 2010 by conrad reynolds

After I left the Honey Festival, I decided to head up to Fort Knox to see the tank displays at the Patton Museum.  The wife and I had been there a couple of years back, but she wasn’t so enthralled, … Continue reading →

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Honest Abe – The Beginning

Posted on 5 July 2010 by conrad reynolds

The fifth of July, and I thought it would be a good day to go visit the Lincoln commemorative sites in Kentucky. First, we stopped at the Lincoln boyhood farm at Knob Creek.  Lincoln lived here from the time he … Continue reading →

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Cheap Fun with Kid in Louisville

Posted on 26 June 2010 by conrad reynolds

Today was a low-cost, but fun-filled day of activities.  There is no such thing as a free lunch; we had to burn some gas driving around, and some people would say our consequent carbon footprint was yet another cost, but … Continue reading →

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History in our Backyard

Posted on 12 June 2010 by conrad reynolds

The suburban subdivision that we live in, as well as several of the surrounding ones, are all built on the former grounds of a huge horse plantation.  Amazingly enough, the original plantation mansion still stands in the middle of the … Continue reading →

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Big Bone Lick State Park

Posted on 4 June 2010 by conrad reynolds

This morning we visited Big Bone Lick State Park.  In Texas, the refrain is “everything is bigger in Texas”.  It seems that in Kentucky the refrain is “it started/happened here first”; my wife and I see this attitude all the … Continue reading →

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