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KY Historical Society sets marker application deadlines Only 30 will be approved statewide in 2008; in 2007, two markers were erected in Adair County Reported from Commonwealth News Center Special ColumbiaMagazine.com story The Kentucky Historical Society announced today, Saturday, December 15, that applications for the Kentucky Historical Highway Marker program are currently being accepted. The application deadlines for 2008 are April 1 and October 1, 2007. With the addition of two historical markers in Columbia on November 3, 2007, one at the Columbia-Union Presbyterian Church and one on Guardian Street for the Columbia M&F high school, Adair now has 10 historical markers, a good start on acknowledging the rich history of the county. Markers now in place include those for: Adair County Courthouse, Col. Frank L Wolford, Columbia-Union Presbyterian Church, Confederate Raids, County Named, Daniel Trabue, Jane Lampton Home, Janice Holt Giles, Male & Female School Site (misspelled December 15, 2007 as Make & Female School Site. That will be corrected), and the Site of Casey Home. To visit the Roadside History Site, Click Here. The number of markers listed in the index is not yet updated, as of December 15, 2007, from 8 to 10. Among major historical sites without historical markers or wayside markers are ones for Capwell Wyckoff, the famous boys adventure book author who pastored Columbia & Union Presbyterian Churches here and is buried here; for inventors Lingan Selby, John Marshall Clemens, and one of the Gradyville Hill brothers, for their contributions to perpetual motion; to Melvin Alvah Traylor, Breeding, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President; and for the Hotel Miller fire tragedy, to name just a very, very few. The Kentucky Historical Highway Marker Program, administered by the Kentucky Historical Society in cooperation with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, commemorates historical sites, events, and personalities throughout the commonwealth. Through the program, the wealth of history which is Kentucky's past is made accessible to the public as they travel along the state's roadways on markers which stimulate an interest in the history of local communities. The markers are on-the-spot history lessons that add drama and interest to the countryside for native Kentuckians as well as tourists. The goal of the Kentucky Historical Highway Marker Program is to connect events and personalities with their place, to bring the past to life, and to increase the awareness of what we owe to those who came before us. The subjects of the more than 1900 markers in Kentucky are varied. There are markers that tell of a duel of honor, a seven-year-old boy who served as a drummer in the Revolutionary War, and the 1937 Ohio River flood. Others highlight Moonlight Schools that were established to combat illiteracy, an Indian academy, and the first state-supported school for the hearing-impaired in the U.S. Thirty marker applications will be accepted in 2008. Fifteen applications will be accepted after the April 1 spring deadline and fifteen applications will be accepted after the October 1 fall deadline. Prospective applicants can download the Kentucky Historical Highway Marker application from the Kentucky Historical Society Web site by clicking on the "Community Historians" link. For more information locally, contact the Columbia-Adair County Tourism Commission, (270) 384-6020, Sue Stivers, Executive Director, or contact Becky Vittetow, Kentucky Historical Highway Marker Program Coordinator,at 502-564-1792, ext. 4474. An agency of the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet, the Kentucky Historical Society, since 1836, has provided connections to the past, perspective on the present, and inspiration for the future. KHS operates the Old State Capitol, the Kentucky Military History Museum, and its headquarters, the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History. Since 1999, the thirty- million- dollar Center has welcomed more than one million visitors. For more information about the Kentucky Historical Society and its programs, Click Here To read more on historical marker coverage in ColumbiaMagazine.com, enter Historical marker in the searchbox. This story was posted on 2007-12-15 04:11:19
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