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Knifley's Giles House opens for 2024 season The Giles Society welcomed visitors to the historic log home of authors Janice Holt and Henry Giles Saturday for the first public tour weekend of the summer season. The House will be open every Saturday and Sunday afternoon from 1-4pmCT through the season up to the fall celebration in October. Our famous Adair County author, Janice Holt, was born in Arkansas in 1905. As a child she moved to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) where her father was a teacher. She grew up with books and music and became an accomplished young woman. When her first marriage ended, Janice and her daughter came to Louisville where Janice worked for the Dean of Presbyterian Seminary. On a trip to visit family in 1943, she happened to share a bus ride with Knifley, KY native Henry Giles, a soldier on his way to a new assignment in Texas. In the two days on the bus they became such good friends that they were corresponding daily. After Henry was sent overseas he proposed to Janice via mail and, although they never saw each other in the interim, they were married on the day he returned from active duty 1945. After a few years in Louisville, the couple settled at Knifley, northern Adair County, Henry's home, where Janice wrote and Henry farmed. Eventually Henry also began to write. The story of how they built their log house and the necessity of moving it after the Green River Dam was built is chronicled in two books by the Gileses: A Little Better Than Plumb and Around Our House. The purpose of the Janice Holt Giles and Henry Giles Society, Inc., a nonprofit organization, is: - To preserve and promote the legacy of Janice Holt Giles and Henry Giles - To collect materials pertinent to the heritage and legacy of Janice Holt Giles and Henry Giles - To offer opportunities for the education of the public with respect to literature, authors, and writers, and other humanities subjects - To raise money to carry out the above purpose. Directions to the Giles House: From Columbia: Take Hwy. 55 N. to Hwy. 551 (also known as Knifley Road), turn right; continue 6.7 miles until intersection with Hwy. 76 (also known as Elkhorn Road), turn right, continue 4.1 miles to Spout Springs Road (see Giles historical marker), turn left, go .01 mile. From Campbellsville: Take Hwy. 70 S. to the intersection of Hwy. 76, turn right; continue through Knifley on 76 until you reach Spout Springs Road (see Giles historical marker), turn left, go .01 mile. From Russell Springs: Take Hwy. 127 N. about 3 1/2 miles to Hwy. 76, turn left; go 5.9 miles to Hwy. 206, turn right; follow 206 (76 is running with 206 at this point) 2.8 miles to where 206 crosses Hwy. 76 again, turn left on 76; continue 1.6 miles to Spout Springs Road (see Giles historical marker), turn left, go .01 mile. This story was posted on 2024-06-02 23:05:48
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