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Trabue Open House By George Kolbenschlag About 35 interested citizens took advantage of the open house at Columbia's historic Trabue-Russell house this weekend. The house, completed in 1823 by Daniel Trabue, one of Columbia's founders, serves as a showplace for information and historic items from Adair County's past. While Trabue built and lived in the house for several years, the Russell family also played an important role in the house and occupied it for about 100 years. Daniel Trabue was an early frontiersman who came to what is now Adair County in the early 1800s. He served in the Revolutionary War and was granted land here for his service. Trabue, Creed Haskins and William Caldwell provided the land that is now Columbia's City Square. Today the house is owned by the City of Columbia. The historic furniture, photos, documents, paintings and other items offer a view into Columbia's notable past. Plans are being made to have regular hours each week when the Trabue-Russell House will be open to the public. It's well worth stopping and stepping into the Columbia's interesting past. Westward Into Kentucky When Trabue was 67 years old, he decided to write a narrative account of his many adventures to pass along to his grandsons. The account fell into the hands of Lyman Draper who in the mid-1800s came to Kentucky, and several other states and collected many historical documents including Trabue's narrative. Draper's collection was acquired by the Wisconsin Historical Society and is the source of information used by today's historians. One of those historians, Columbia's Chester Raymond Young, assembled and footnoted Trabue's work and published it as "Westward Into Kentucky." It's an interesting and informative look into Trabue's very interesting life. A copy of the book is available in the Adair County Library or it can be purchased for $25 at Amazon.com. This story was posted on 2019-05-19 20:03:32
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