During the Kentucky Historical Society’s annual meeting on Nov. 7, new members were officially installed onto the governing ...

The Kentucky state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., photographed on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Ryan C. Hermens [email protected] Three Kentucky Historical Society staffers have been fired, and they ...

In this photo from the early 1900s, a worker used a hand-operated tool to break stalks of hemp. Photo courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society When advocates ramped up efforts to revive industrial ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — A new exhibit at the Kentucky Historical Society's Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History is shining a light on the role light has played in the history of the ...

The Kentucky Historical Society was originally established in 1836 as a private organization. The KHS is an agency of the Kentucky state government that "collects, preserves, conserves, interprets and ...

Brenda Jackson remembers the long, frigid walk in winter to her bus stop in Huntertown, Kentucky. And the warmth that awaited. Neighbors at the end of the lane would open their doors, keeping the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Published continuously since 1903, the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society is among the oldest historical journals in the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After traveling to Atlanta with the 16th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Joseph Dudley was killed due to a tree falling on his tent during a storm. His cornet survived the storm, but ...

Vol. 113, No. 4, LOCAL HISTORY, NATIONAL CONTEXTS: EXPLORING MICROHISTORY IN HENDERSON, KENTUCKY (AUTUMN 2015), pp. 703-718 (16 pages) Published continuously since 1903, the Register of the Kentucky ...

Frankfort, KY— Upstairs in the massive collections storage room at the Kentucky Historical Society, a cornet, a suit, a ring, a necklace and a doll sit on a table. The items don't appear to have much ...

Every family has at least one mystery—an intriguing person, a possible connection to someone famous, or maybe even someone infamous. The Kentucky Historical Society has produced a series called ...