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A Time to Remember When KY acknowledged we were No. 1 2007-06-23 - Gradyville, Adair County, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener. This 1972 license plate has a story of its own, which we haven't yet learned. But it evokes memories of every Adair Countian of the days when Kentucky license plates were produced the way they ought to be, with starting with the number "1" in the Number 1 county, alphabetically, county in the Commonwealth. For years, the F.X. Merkely family had that plate. A succession of Adair County Clerk's reserved numbers for specific families. It was a right which often passed through generations. Stories were often told of Adair Countians with licenses below 100 getting police escorts on out-of-state trips where the lawmen believed they must be important persons, to merit such a low number. The police were right. They were from Adair County, KY, where everybody is a VIP. The plate above is displayed at the reclaimed Sparks Feed Mill in Gradyville, KY, where an old fashioned Get-together is taking place today, Saturday, June 23, 2007, from 10am to 2pm CT. Read More... | Permalink | Comments?

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