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Most recent PHOTOS matching your search for 'Creelsboro'...- Scenic Russell County, KY - take us home to Creelsboro (Photo ID: 108392)
This artistic view of the country road was shared by Jackie Montgomery who said it was taken on a recent Saturday drive to Creelsboro, KY. To view... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co, KY - National Natural Landmark (Photo ID: 105921)
The Rockhouse, Creelsboro Natural Bridge, is a National Natural Landmark. A dedication marker is located at the parking spot near the entrance whi... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell County, KY - flowers on the corner (Photo ID: 104133)
These street signs at the corner of Jamestown Street and Creelsboro Road in Russell Springs are surrounded by a natural garden of orange lilies, p... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell County, KY - in Creelsboro (Photo ID: 101807)
The old brick chimney and wagon wheel provided the perfect backdrops to make these bright summer lilies stand out in Creelsboro.... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell County, KY - downtown Creelsboro (Photo ID: 101770)
The tiny town of Creelsboro on the Cumberland River, home of the natural Rock House, was a popular spot for food and walks and water over the holi... (click photo title to read more)
- Creelsboro Festival included blacksmithing, beekeeping, weaving (Photo ID: 100196)
Kimberly writes, "For the 2023 Creelsboro Festival, we added demonstrations of blacksmithing by Jonathan Eby, weaving by Anne Bird and beekeeping ... (click photo title to read more)
- Trading post was busy at 2023 Creelsboro Festival (Photo ID: 100195)
Kimberly writes, "Local vendors gathered together in our Trading Post area with beautiful merchandise, much of it handcrafted."... (click photo title to read more)
- Harold Burton was Raffle Winner at Creelsboro Festival (Photo ID: 100194)
Kimberly writes, "As you can see in the picture, there were some happy people. The winner of our raffle drawing was Harold Burton. He thought he w... (click photo title to read more)
- 2023 Creelsboro Festival attendees (Photo ID: 100193)
The Fourth Annual Creelsboro Festival was held on Saturday October 21, 2023, in historic Creelsboro, Kentucky. Attendees and vendors alike were en... (click photo title to read more)
- Original Irvin Store ledgers provide insight at Creelsboro (Photo ID: 100192)
Gary and Kimberly Lawless with Doris Burgess (left) and the Irvin Store original ledgers at the 2023 Creelsboro Festival.The Fourth Annual... (click photo title to read more)
- Creelsboro Festival demonstration by Anne Bird (Photo ID: 99971)
Anne Bird, a local fiber artist, spins wool into thread during her weaving demonstration at the 4th Annual Creelsboro Festival. Bird joined blacks... (click photo title to read more)
- Annie Bird to be at Creelsboro Festival (Photo ID: 99877)
Annie Bird will offer Textile Spinning and Weaving demonstrations at the Fourth Annual Creelsboro Festival on Saturday October 21, 2023, in histor... (click photo title to read more)
- Gunner Coe to present at Creelsboro Festival (Photo ID: 99876)
Local beekeeper Gunner Coe is passionate about teaching others on the craft of bee keeping. He and his dad were featured in Kentucky Living magazi... (click photo title to read more)
- Ed Waggener, Rock House Bottom, September 2009 (Photo ID: 99671)
Dad on the shore of the Cumberland River on a trip to Creelsboro and the Rock House in September of 2009 -- as always, with camera ready, looking ... (click photo title to read more)
- Climbing at the Rock House (Photo ID: 98748)
Greenwood, IN visitors were among many from out of state who came to the Rock House in Creelsboro for Memorial Day weekend. ... (click photo title to read more)
- Kayakers and diners in Creelsboro (Photo ID: 98747)
Campbell's Country Store in Creelsboro was a hub of activity over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Kayakers told us they enjoyed coming to the ar... (click photo title to read more)
- Winter at the Rockhouse (Photo ID: 97510)
A Monday Martin Luther King holiday visit to the Rockhouse in Creelsboro, KY.... (click photo title to read more)
- Day break over Creelsboro Saturday morning (Photo ID: 96603)
This good morning picture was sent out to everyone by Kathy Campbell from her Creelsboro Store reminding everyone she is cooking and open today un... (click photo title to read more)
- Old Creelsboro (Photo ID: 96331)
Creelsboro, with all its history was in the spotlight for the annual festival Saturday, September 24, 2022. These buildings are just memories, hav... (click photo title to read more)
- After FM2, you may want to head to Creelsboro (Photo ID: 96327)
Farmers Market on the Square is where Kathy Campbell got her start but you won't find her at the Market this Saturday because she's cooking in h... (click photo title to read more)
- In the Soybean fields (Photo ID: 95959)
This beautiful deer gazed back at Mitzi Bault, Lois Cunningham and me from the Soybean fields in the Creelsboro countryside.... (click photo title to read more)
- A visit to Creelsboro (Photo ID: 95563)
One of the historic buildings still standing in Creelsboro, KY, this house sits just past the Creelsboro Church of the Nazarene headed south on KY... (click photo title to read more)
- Day Trip: view from atop the Rockhouse arch (Photo ID: 94842)
A breathtaking view of the Cumberland River can be found by those who follow the paths upward over the Rockhouse Bottom natural arch. Spring break... (click photo title to read more)
- Day Trip: to historic Creelsboro and Rockhouse Bottom (Photo ID: 94841)
The Day Trip to Creelsboro, KY takes about half an hour from our public Square in Columbia. From Jamestown Street, take Highway 55 south, through ... (click photo title to read more)
- Day Trip: food and treats available in Creelsboro (Photo ID: 94840)
Among the old fashioned treats and crafts at the Creelsboro Country Store is down home cooking served by new owner Kathy Campbell. Food being serv... (click photo title to read more)
- Day Trip: Campbell's Creelsboro Country Store (Photo ID: 94839)
The trademark fresh flower bouquet is the first hint that the historic Creelsboro Country Store is under new ownership. Kathy Campbell's popular ... (click photo title to read more)
- Kentucky Color: Creelsboro Mystery (Photo ID: 93224)
Billy Joe asks, "By what means, and for what reason, has some hairy, hormone crazed beast ripped and torn the bark from this young and innocent Su... (click photo title to read more)
- Historian at work (Photo ID: 92769)
Daniel Trabue, builder of the one-and-a-half-story brick home on the bluff overlooking Columbia, was portrayed by Columbia historian Richard Phelp... (click photo title to read more)
- Festival Saturday in Creelsboro near Rockhouse (Photo ID: 92768)
The Creelsboro Festival will be held in Russell County on the Cumberland River this Saturday, September 25th with music and booths opening startin... (click photo title to read more)
- Kentucky Color: California Fescue (Photo ID: 91976)
California fescue standing high and dry in the balk of Big Rock Road. Big Rock Road is an old, ridge top road just North of Creelsboro that was mu... (click photo title to read more)
- Kentucky Color: Nature's Beauty (Photo ID: 91891)
By Billy Joe Fudge
A walk in the woods never fails to provide an opportunity to drink in nature's beauty, and be treated to the ... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Kentucky: Russell County hills (Photo ID: 91396)
Scenic Russell County near Creelsboro, home of Rockhouse Bottom.... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Kentucky: Rockhouse Bottom overlook (Photo ID: 91230)
Photographer Donna Rieder writes, "Went to the Rockhouse in Creelsboro with a friend today, and we hiked to the top. The view is fantastic. I was ... (click photo title to read more)
- Kentucky Color: Stalactites and Stalagmites (Photo ID: 89940)
Billy Joe writes, "Every walk in the woods can reveal something new and wondrous. Stalactites and Stalagmites on top of the ground, on top of a h... (click photo title to read more)
- Estate find: Inside the box (Photo ID: 89683)
The inside of the "candy" box from the old Creelsboro drug store.
Paired photo: ... (click photo title to read more)
- Estate find: Worm Candy from Creelsboro (Photo ID: 89682)
An antiparasitic in candy form, from the old drugstore in Creelsboro. The label reads:
Compound Santonin - Worm Candy: A Pleasant, S... (click photo title to read more)
- Brack Flanagan featured in Creelsboro oral history (Photo ID: 86928)
Russell County historian John Brack Flanagan is featured sharing his in depth knowledge of Creelsboro and the Cumberland in this oral history vide... (click photo title to read more)
- Breydon Helm was Elvis for a day Saturday (Photo ID: 85107)
Breydon Helm, of Russell Springs, did a fantastic impersonation of a young Elvis Presley. Live music drew a huge crowd during Saturday's first ev... (click photo title to read more)
- Some of the proud festival committee (Photo ID: 85104)
This group is mighty proud of the crowds who responded to their work organizing the first annual Creelsboro festival. Included in the committee we... (click photo title to read more)
- Creelsboro was first 'Creelsborough' when founded in 1819 (Photo ID: 85103)
The town of 'Creelsborough' was founded in 1819 for business purposes by Elijah and Elza "Elzey" Creel, merchant brothers. The Creels, sons of... (click photo title to read more)
- The Rock House endures (Photo ID: 85098)
Even when Cumberland River traffic was slowed because highways became available, even when commerce in Creelsboro gradually closed and buildings w... (click photo title to read more)
- Festival crowds took advantage of beautiful weather (Photo ID: 85097)
Festival goers took advantage of the beautiful weather to attend the first annual Creelsboro, KY festival. The restored general store was a main a... (click photo title to read more)
- Brixlee was among little ones at the Creelsboro festival (Photo ID: 85095)
Just as content as could be. Sixteen-month-old Brixlee loved the music and food available at the Creelsboro Festival on Saturday. She arrived with... (click photo title to read more)
- Writer of Creelsboro story proud of festival event (Photo ID: 85094)
Family - and finally, met the owner. During Christmas I had written a story for ColumbiaMagazine.com about the new Creelsboro Restaurant. I spoke ... (click photo title to read more)
- The restored store and restaurant a hub of festival (Photo ID: 85092)
Dr. Perkins restored historic General Store & Restaurant provided hospitality for the first annual Creelsboro festival Saturday, September 14, 201... (click photo title to read more)
- Creelsboro Nazarene Church a popular spot at festival (Photo ID: 85091)
All day Saturday the Creelsboro Nazarene Church hosted multiple screenings of standing room only crowds viewing post-production scenes of a future... (click photo title to read more)
- Old Creelsboro store will be open for festival Saturday (Photo ID: 85075)
The one remaining country store in Creelsboro will be open tomorrow, Saturday, September 14, 2019, for the first annual celebration, "Come See Cr... (click photo title to read more)
- Creelsboro festival is this Saturday, 14 September 2019 (Photo ID: 85050)
Historic Creelsboro was once the largest town in Russell County, KY when the Cumberland River was the main highway. A group of natives have gather... (click photo title to read more)
- Creelsboro weekend festival organization group (Photo ID: 85033)
This weekend, Saturday, September 14, 2019, Creelsboro, KY will once again be booming with lots of people sharing memories from days gone by in th... (click photo title to read more)
- Judy A. Miller, 72, Russell County, KY (1946-2019) (Photo ID: 84980)
Judy A. Miller, 72, of Jamestown, KY passed away Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019 at her home. Services will be held at H.E. Pruitt Memory... (click photo title to read more)
- DAY TRIP: These buildings only in pictures now (Photo ID: 83238)
These downtown Creelsboro buildings can only be seen in pictures now. The restored restaurant building across the road is the only one from the st... (click photo title to read more)
- DAY TRIP: The Arch at Rock House Bottom in flood waters (Photo ID: 83225)
The Creelsboro, KY Rock House Bottom natural arch looks much smaller flooded by the Cumberland River. Normally people can walk right under the arc... (click photo title to read more)
- DAY TRIP: Adair County connection to Flanagan (Photo ID: 83223)
A day trip to Creelsboro and Rock House Bottom included making new friends with connections to both Adair and Russell Counties. Brack Flanagan adv... (click photo title to read more)
- Flanagan and Kinnett at Creelsboro (Photo ID: 83222)
One man knows and has written about most all the history of Creelsboro, historian Brack Flanagan. He and his friend Gary Kinnett had lunch at the ... (click photo title to read more)
- DAY TRIP: Just one stopping place in Creelsboro (Photo ID: 83219)
The last of the public buildings in the little town of Creelsboro has been save, restored and turned into a restaurant that is becoming popular as... (click photo title to read more)
- DAY TRIP: Heading down the road to Creelsboro (Photo ID: 83218)
Give yourself plenty of time to wind around, up and down, deep into the past if you take this day trip from Columbia toward Lake Cumberland, cros... (click photo title to read more)
- Rockhouse Bottom filled with Cumberland River water this winter (Photo ID: 82620)
Mitzi Bault took this recent photo looking from the Creelsboro, KY side toward the Cumberland River backed way high into the natural bridge that c... (click photo title to read more)
- Enjoyed Creelsboro story, we visited in November (Photo ID: 82115)
Robbie writes, "I have enjoyed reading the articles and seeing photos on Creelsboro. I have several taken from this past fall to share. This pi... (click photo title to read more)
- On the road to Rockhouse Bottom (Photo ID: 82097)
This is among the views along the way to Creelsboro, KY and Rockhouse Bottom. Many older homes dot the countryside and the entry to the little com... (click photo title to read more)
- Kasey explores the menu at Creelsboro (Photo ID: 82088)
The staff was so welcoming and the food was amazing. Kasey enjoyed the hamburger with mac & cheese which, when asked for a quote, he described as ... (click photo title to read more)
- Creelsboro Store decorated for Christmas (Photo ID: 82085)
Dr. Perkins and his wife Carla, originally from Jamestown, have lived in the Creelsboro community for almost 30 years. Once their children and gra... (click photo title to read more)
- Creelsboro Country Store (Photo ID: 82084)
Tiffany and family made a visit to the historic location to see what Dr. Richard Perkins and his wife Carla, have done with the store, after purch... (click photo title to read more)
- The Crossroads? Hale's Highway and KY 55 Russell County, KY (Photo ID: 77927)
Admitting to grievous ignorance of local geography, I don't know, and couldn't find on all maps what the name of this delightful crossroad's vi... (click photo title to read more)
- Robert Ellis: Farm scenery, Creelsboro area (Photo ID: 72762)
Farm Scene, Creelsboro Area: Driving around a couple of Saturdays ago looking for photo opportunities . . . and this one appeared near the inters... (click photo title to read more)
- Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, Refacing progress, 26 Jan 2017 (Photo ID: 70820)
Grissom-Martin Funeral Home is undergoing a major facelift. It was at this stage on Thursday, January 26, 2017, at dusk. According to David Martin... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co., KY: Rockhouse - Creelsboro Arch - in fall (Photo ID: 69218)
Dale Morrison of Columbia, KY, late of near-Creelsboro Chance, KY - paid a visit Sunday, October 24, 2016 to one of the most photographed locatio... (click photo title to read more)
- Rock House Revisit: Extraordinary Landmark - Anywhere else (Photo ID: 65890)
Fear of falling into this delightful little stream along the highway was enough to put the frighteners on some of our intrepid party. The discover... (click photo title to read more)
- Rock House Revisit: A short pause to take in the view (Photo ID: 65880)
Graham paused along the way to enjoy the view from the top of the Creelsboro Arch.... (click photo title to read more)
- Rock House Revisit: A view of the Clinton Co. development (Photo ID: 65878)
A serpentine root along the trail on top of the Creelsboro Arch anchors, or seems to anchor, an evergreen. The view here is of a vacation developm... (click photo title to read more)
- Rock House Revisit: Marker at entrance (Photo ID: 65873)
A second marker at the entrance acknowledges the labor of Thomas Goff and wife to save the arch from destruction with a 1987 plaque for "Creelsbo... (click photo title to read more)
- Rock House Revisit: The Creelsboro arch entrance monument (Photo ID: 65872)
The Creelsboro Arch Monument at the entrance to Rock House Bottom gives a brief history of the area. It reads: Creelsboro Arch, unpublicized and u... (click photo title to read more)
- Daytrip to Rockhouse Bottom: From Creelsboro Arch - West (Photo ID: 65841)
The view is spectacular from the trail at the top of the arch. The view of the Cumberland River, as it flows west toward Burkesville - is spectacu... (click photo title to read more)
- Daytrip to Rockhouse Bottom: from the top of the Creelsboro Arch (Photo ID: 65839)
The climb to this view is difficult for anyone, impossible for many, but it's well worth it for the view. The stone bench overlooking the Cumberl... (click photo title to read more)
- Crocus-to-Montpelier Hwy: Starting point, Pop. 16 (Photo ID: 65819)
This is the starting point for the Crocus-to-Montpelier Historic Highway progress story in the accompany article by Jim. Though the road above, be... (click photo title to read more)
- Where in the world is it? (Answers are in: It's in Creelsboro, KY) (Photo ID: 60515)
Where in the world is it? CM just received this fabulous old looking photo. If you know where it is, send your guess. It is in the CM 7-County are... (click photo title to read more)
- Creelsboro, KY: A ghost town lives on from Larry Smith (Photo ID: 59618)
Larry Smith is one of thousands hooked on Creelsboro, KY. He asks that readers of CM and listeners to The WAVE, FM 92.7 and The Big Dawg, FM 99.9 ... (click photo title to read more)
- Delmer W. Lee, Creelsboro, KY native (1919-2015) (Photo ID: 58450)
Delmer W. Lee, Creelsboro, KY native (1919-2015)... (click photo title to read more)
- Mike Watson: The Beginning of the Avenue of Champions (Photo ID: 55747)
The Winfrey Hotel - Collins Drug - Corner of the Public Square . . .
By Mike Watson, Adair County Historian
... (click photo title to read more)
- One dozen books by Jim at FM2 (Photo ID: 54479)
Adair County Historian Mike Watson has many of his own 69 books on sale today. In addition, he has books by Janice Holt Giles and one dozen boo... (click photo title to read more)
- Historic Green Co., KY: Swihart Grocery (Photo ID: 50772)
Swighart Grocery - This old store was built around 1860 in the Creel community of Green County. The store has been closed for years, but at one... (click photo title to read more)
- CWC Home Tour 2012: The David and Cathy Martin Home (Photo ID: 47571)
The Martin Family Home, 506 Young Street (... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co., KY: Irvin Store, Creelsboro, KY (Photo ID: 45026)
Nicole Legg sends this wonderful color photo of the Irvin Store in Creelsboro, KY, at the time it was for sale. See also: ... (click photo title to read more)
- Mike Watson: Irvin Store, at Creelsboro, KY, from ad (Photo ID: 44984)
Mike Watson writes: In response to the CM request of a few days ago for a photo of IrvinStore at Creelsboro. This is the only one I could find... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co., KY: Polston Store, Creelsboro, July 2001 (Photo ID: 44932)
Ann Curtis writes: Here's a photo I took of the Polston Store in July 2001, when it was in just slightly better condition. Part of the roof see... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co., KY: Old Creelsboro (Photo ID: 44919)
This wonderful old building in Creelsboro, KY is weathered but appears intact enough to cut back the bushes, prop up the front porch roof, and ... (click photo title to read more)
- Which Winter? Obviously, it's blackberry (Photo ID: 44855)
The cold snap must be blackberry winter Blackberries are in full bloom. This solid field of blackberries is on Melson Ridge Road, the highw... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co., KY: Creelsboro Church of the Nazarene (Photo ID: 44848)
The Creelsboro Church of the Nazarene is a beautifully maintained sanctuary in Creelsboro, KY, at 4788 S. Hwy 379, Creelsboro community, Jamest... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co. KY: Larry Smith aerial photo, Lure Lodge (Photo ID: 41216)
Larry Smith of the WAVE FM 92.7 and the Big Dawg FM 99.9, sends this early (date will follow) beautiful aerial view of Lure Lodge, 5464 Sta... (click photo title to read more)
- Built 100 years ago: Miller house at Crocus (Photo ID: 40776)
Jim writes: The September 6, 1911 Crocus newsletter noted that the house was nearing completion, and that when finished, it would be "the m... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co., KY, Rockhouse: Window with a view (Photo ID: 38855)
Photo by David CoomerA winter view of the famed landmark near Creelsboro, in Russell Co., KY. The swollen Cumberland forms an underground i... (click photo title to read more)
- (PERSONAL) Happy 18th Anniversary to Alan VanArsdale! (Photo ID: 38704)
Creelsboro, KY"Happy 18th Anniversary to my Best Friend and Husband Alan VanArsdale!!Love you! Beth." The photo is by Lauren Van... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Adair Co., KY: Clocktower. No Cloud Apparitions here (Photo ID: 37335)
100 Public Square, Columbia, KYWindow shopping on an early evening stroll around the two-tenths of a mile/lap walk is still fun, whe... (click photo title to read more)
- Where Doodlebugs abide: The Rockhouse from the River (Photo ID: 37263)
Cumberland River, Russell Co., KY, at Creelsboro ArchSheila A. Neat captured this beautiful photograph while on board a river craft on the ... (click photo title to read more)
- The Rockhouse and Doodlebug Holes (Photo ID: 37216)
A New Discovery - at least for ColumbiaMagazine.com - are the Doodle Bug Holes, at right in the soft rock at Rockhouse Bottom, at the fa... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co., KY:
The Metropolis that once was Creelsboro (Photo ID: 36032)
Russell Co., KY"The metropolis that once was Creelsboro, KY," in southern Russell County. Took a detour coming home from work and sn... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co., KY:
Rockhouse Bottom, Creelsboro Arch, flooded (Photo ID: 34908)
Rockhouse Bottom, Creelsboro, Russell Co., KYFlooded Rockhouse Bottom: A natural event site, Rockhouse bottom has been the scene of... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co., KY: Springtime in Bryan (Photo ID: 34427)
Bryan Community of Russell County, between Glens Fork, in Adair Co. and Creelsboro on the CumberlandSpring is Beautiful! "I went to visi... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Russell Co., KY: Rockhouse in the snow (Photo ID: 33646)
"I took this photo of The Rockhouse on Saturday morning before anyone had a chance to track in the snow," writes Kathy Grant. Rockhouse aficionadoes w... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Cumberland Co., KY: River clouds on Cumberland (Photo ID: 32021)
Burkesville, KY, "Kentucky's Best Kept Secret," has secret scenes all its own. Just a few blocks from the courthouse, the Cumberland River has cha... (click photo title to read more)
- Scenic Kentucky: Inside the Rockhouse (Photo ID: 31954)
Rockhouse Bottom at Creelsboro is a popular fishing spot, and also a great place to put in or take out a smaller boat like a canoe or Kayah.... (click photo title to read more)
| | Most recent STORIES matching your search for 'Creelsboro'...- Sue Ann Zimmerman, 78, Russell County, KY (Story ID: 138100)
Sue Ann Zimmerman, of Russell Springs, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at Russell County Hospital. She was 78 years, 10 months, and 16 days... (click title to read more)
- Margaret Ann Andrew, 90, Russell County, KY (Story ID: 137629)
Margaret Ann Andrew, age 90, of Jamestown, KY passed away Sunday, February 01 2026 at Russell County Hospital.
She was born on Sunday, ... (click title to read more)
- Gordon Sonny Miller, 86, Russell County, KY (Story ID: 135856)
Gordon Sonny Miller, 86, of Jamestown, passed away Monday, August 18, 2025. He was born in Jamestown, KY on November 12, 1938, a son of the late F... (click title to read more)
- Susie Myrtle Todd, 80, Adair County, KY (1944-2025) (Story ID: 134286)
Susie Myrtle Todd, of Columbia, passed from this life on Sunday, March 9, 2025, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, having attained the ... (click title to read more)
- James Eddie Ponder, 75, Creelsboro, KY (Story ID: 133885)
James Eddie Ponder, of Creelsboro, joined Our Father in Heaven on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington... (click title to read more)
- Betty Jane Roy, 76, Russell County, KY (1947-2024) (Story ID: 132035)
Betty Jane Roy, of Jamestown, passed away Sunday, July 14, 2024, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. She was 76 years of age.
Born August... (click title to read more)
- Cora Lee Bolin, 81, Russell County, KY (1942-2024) (Story ID: 130979)
Cora Lee Bolin, of Jamestown, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2024. She was 81 years of age.
Born on September 25, 1942, in Creelsboro, ... (click title to read more)
- Bob Bell, "The Legend," honored for work in broadcasting (Story ID: 129692)
By Amber Hobaugh, Editor
Adair Progress
Bob Bell has had an interest in radio for just about as long as he can remember,... (click title to read more)
- 2023 Creelsboro Festival marks a new beginning (Story ID: 129584)
The Fourth Annual Creelsboro Festival was held on Saturday October 21, 2023, in historic Creelsboro, Kentucky. Click headline for photos from this ... (click title to read more)
- Silent City 2023: Professor and Mrs. A.H. Ballard (Story ID: 129177)
J.D. and Ellen Zornes portrayed Professor and Mrs. A. H. Ballard in front of the large crowd of folks who came to walk the historic Columbia Cemetery ... (click title to read more)
- 4th Annual Creelsboro Festival is October 21 (Story ID: 129152)
From Kimberly Lawless
The Fourth Annual Creelsboro Festival will be held between 10amCT and 3pmCT on Saturday October 21, 2023, in h... (click title to read more)
- Silent City 2023: Matthew and Tranquilla Armstrong (Story ID: 129141)
Silent City performers Mike and Renee Watson brought the story of Matthew Armstrong and his wife Tranquilla Ryan to the stage - the historic Columbia ... (click title to read more)
- Wendell Miller, 73, Russell Springs, KY (1950-2023) (Story ID: 128783)
Wendell Miller, of Russell Springs, passed away from this life on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at Norton Brownsboro Hospital, in Louisville. He was 73... (click title to read more)
- Never know what you'll find on a Saturday afternoon in Creelsboro (Story ID: 128239)
By Terry Ausmun
Just this past Saturday I had finished mowing the lawn and filled up my mower and returned it to the machinery shed ... (click title to read more)
- Debbie Stephens, 66, Russell County, KY (1956-2023) (Story ID: 127459)
Debbie Stephens, of Jamestown, passed away on Friday, May 19, 2023 at 66 years of age.
Born at home on October 2, 1956, in Creelsboro, she ... (click title to read more)
- Margaret Reeder, 87, Russell County, KY (1935-2023) (Story ID: 127453)
Margaret Reeder, 87, of Russell Springs, KY passed away Thursday, May 18, 2023 at home.
She was born in Creelsboro, KY on July 7, 1935, a d... (click title to read more)
- Richard Phelps to portray Elijah Creel on Friday (Story ID: 126916)
From Mike Watson
Richard Phelps will be portraying Elijah Creel in "The Elijah Creel Story" at 5pmCT on Friday, April 14, 2023 at th... (click title to read more)
- Richard Paul (Pookie) Baldwin, 32, Columbia, KY (1990-2023) (Story ID: 126851)
Richard Paul "Pookie" Baldwin of Columbia tragically passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, in Creelsboro, KY. He was 32 years old.
Fun... (click title to read more)
- Mattie Guffey, 82, Russell County, KY (1940-2023) (Story ID: 125683)
Mattie I. Guffey, of Jamestown, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2023, at her home. She was 82 years of age.
Born on March 29, 1940, in... (click title to read more)
- Mary A. Campbell, 101, Jamestown, KY (1920-2022) (Story ID: 124156)
Mary A. (Guffey) Campbell of Jamestown passed away on Monday, September 26, 2022, at Russell County Hospital. She was 101 years old.
The fu... (click title to read more)
- Creelsboro Festival is September 24 near Rockhouse (Story ID: 123397)
The 3rd Annual Creelsboro Festival is scheduled for Saturday, September 24, 2022 in the historic community on the Cumberland River in Russell County.... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Rockhouse/Rockhouse Bottom (Story ID: 123327)
Jacky Pyles writes:
Small point that I think needs bringing up. The Rockhouse near Creelsboro is not Rockhouse Bottom. Rockh... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Creelsboro House (Story ID: 123079)
Calvin Claywell writes:
This house may be showing its age, but it still retains it's beauty and workmanship.
... (click title to read more)
- Any historic country stores still open in Adair? (Story ID: 122924)
The Adair County Tourism Commission received a call asking for names of old country stores from years past that are open and running in our area.... (click title to read more)
- Anna Paulette Gilbert Campbell, 65, Russell County, KY (Story ID: 122643)
Anna Paulette Gilbert Campbell, 65, of Jamestown, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at Russell County Hospital following a hard fought battle with ... (click title to read more)
- Day Trip: Rockhouse Bottom in Creelsboro, KY (Story ID: 122020)
The most recent Day Trip was to Anymore, Kentucky
By ... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Creelsboro mystery (Story ID: 119587)
Donna Rieder writes:
In answer to Billy Joe Fudge's tree photo; buck deer do this not only to get the velvet off of their a... (click title to read more)
- Creelsboro Festival is Saturday, Sept 25th (Story ID: 118846)
The Creelsboro Festival returns for its second Year Saturday, September 25, 2021.. Historic Creelsboro was once the largest town in Russell County, KY... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Burial ground top of Creelsboro Arch (Story ID: 118489)
Mike Haley writes:
I have been fishing at The Arch all of my life. I have never been to the top. I am just curious abut the ... (click title to read more)
- Danny Wendell Buster, 80, Russell Springs, KY (1941-2021) (Story ID: 117517)
Danny Wendell Buster of Russell Springs passed away on Monday, July 5, 2021, at Russell County Hospital. He was 80 years old.
Funeral servi... (click title to read more)
- Tornado Warning issued until May 3 at 9amCT by NWS (Story ID: 116583)
UPDATE 10amCT: Emergency Management Director Mike Keltner issued the following statement regarding the waring siren, "In regard to the 8:30am torna... (click title to read more)
- Ollion D. Garner, 81, Russell County, KY (1939-2021) (Story ID: 115763)
Ollion D. Garner of Jamestown, KY passed away on Friday, March 5, 2021 at his home. He was 81 years of age. Born October 23, 1939, in Creelsboro, Kent... (click title to read more)
- History Monday: A prominent man in many ways (Story ID: 114708)
By Mike Watson
Matthew A. Armstrong was a mighty man, a son of William B. and Katherine Chapman Armstrong, he was born in 1845 or 18... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Creelsboro Video (Story ID: 109770)
Mary Ann Brown writes:
Loved this video. My husband's family were from this area and my in-laws are buried at the Flatt Cemeter... (click title to read more)
- Video: Creelsboro and the Cumberland on KET (Story ID: 109757)
... (click title to read more)
- Creelsboro and the Cumberland: A Living History (Story ID: 109059)
This Brack Flanagan oral history project
is shared with ColumbiaMagazine.com by
Adair County historian Richard Phelps
Cr... (click title to read more)
- Jeffery Fugate, 58, Creelsboro, Russell County, KY (1961-2020) (Story ID: 108812)
Jeffery Fugate, age 58, of Jamestown, KY passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at his residence.
Funeral services will be 1pmCT on Friday, ... (click title to read more)
- Creelsboro documentary to air on KET3 (Story ID: 108331)
Kentucky Educational Television will be broadcasting "Creelsboro and the Cumberland: A Living History" on KET3 (KETKY): The Kentucky Channel, on the... (click title to read more)
- Karen Sue Lawless, 54, Jamestown, KY (1964-2019) (Story ID: 106728)
Karen Sue (Dunbar) Lawless, 54, of Jamestown, died Thursday, October 10, 2019 at her home.
Funeral service for Karen Sue Lawless will be h... (click title to read more)
- Big Business on the River (Story ID: 106177)
By Mike Watson
Creelsboro, Russell County, on the Cumberland River, was jumping with activity once again on Saturday, September 14th... (click title to read more)
- Celebrate Creelsboro 2019 (Story ID: 106168)
By Robert Cumming
Under a beautiful late Summer sun the first of hopefully many more Celebrate Creelsboro Ky inaugural events took p... (click title to read more)
- Memories of Creelsboro, come join us Saturday (Story ID: 106106)
Remembering the town of Creelsboro, KY in childhood, walking to Union Chapel Elementary School, stopping to thread Cora Garner's needle on the way... (click title to read more)
- Robert Bell writes: Come and see my town, Creelsboro (Story ID: 106062)
By Robert Bell, Creelsboro native
On September 14, 2019, Creelsboro, KY will once again be booming with lots of people and memories ... (click title to read more)
- Judy A. Miller, 72, Russell County, KY (1946-2019) (Story ID: 105995)
Judy A. Miller, 72, of Jamestown, KY passed away Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
at her home.
Religious services will be held at H.E. Pruit... (click title to read more)
- DAY TRIP: Rock House Bottom at Creelsboro (Story ID: 103237)
To take this day trip from Columbia, take Highway 55 toward Lake Cumberland. About 12 to 15 miles along, crossing from Adair into Russell County, l... (click title to read more)
- Christmastime at Creelsboro Country Store (Story ID: 101359)
By Tiffany Kessler
We saw the building sell at auction five years ago and I remember having the same thought as everyone else in att... (click title to read more)
- Janice Simpson, 65, Russell Springs, KY (1953-2018) (Story ID: 100863)
She was a homemaker and a member of Creelsboro Christian Church.
Janice Johnson Simpson, 65, of Russell Springs, KY, died Monday, No... (click title to read more)
- Robert Ray Brown Knifley, KY/Russell Co. native (1941-2018) (Story ID: 99114)
August 9, 2018 ~ August 21, 2018 (Age 77)
He was born in Russell County, KY, and was a resident of Knifley, KY, at the time of his death. He w... (click title to read more)
- Mike Watson: The Columbia Fair was Big Event 90 Years Ago (Story ID: 98806)
By coincidence, History Siamese twin cousins Jim and Mike Watson, reviewed the same issue of the Adair County News, Tuesday, August 7, 1928.... (click title to read more)
- JIM - Goings on Around and Beyond the shire 90 years ago - EARLY AUG 1928 (Story ID: 98804)
"Goings on around & beyond the shire 90 years ago": Wherein JIM finds lots of parallels to ideas, events and aspirations still unfilled and topic... (click title to read more)
- Mike Watson: Columbia & Adair Co: Moments in Time (Story ID: 96727)
In this article: Untamed wilderson just 229 years ago. . . Tucker's Station . . . ideal location for county seat . . . three founders of town . . ... (click title to read more)
- Mike Watson: Sep 1942 difficult, but inspirational, time for U.S.A (Story ID: 95717)
Dedication services for Beulah Chapel, Edmonton Methodist Church, Stoner Creek Methodist, and Creelsboro Christian churches all occurred during Sep... (click title to read more)
- Billy F. Flatt, Russell County, KY (1936-2017) (Story ID: 94345)
... (click title to read more)
- Clara Geneva Hayes, Russell Co., KY native (1921-2017) (Story ID: 92752)
Mrs. Hayes was of the Methodist faith and was retired from the University of Michigan. She was a native of Creelsboro, Russell County, KY, and a re... (click title to read more)
- Lorene Spoon, 82, Russell County, KY/Adair County native (1934-2017) (Story ID: 91061)
She professed her faith at Griders Chapel Church and also attended the Creelsboro Christian Church when able. She retired from Osh Gosh where she w... (click title to read more)
- Tom Andrew, 86, Adair County, KY (1930-2016) (Story ID: 87056)
He was a member of the Columbia First Church of the Nazarene, a US Army Korean War veteran, a lifelong member of the Disabled American Veterans and... (click title to read more)
- Chris Reeder: Is Molly Reeder Watson related to Ed Reeder? (Story ID: 83652)
Chris Reeder writes:
Could you tell me if Mrs. Watson originally came from the Creelsboro area of Russell County? My great-gran... (click title to read more)
- Sandra Kaye Johnson, 68, Russell County, KY; Adair Co. native (1947-2016) (Story ID: 82999)
... (click title to read more)
- Janice F. Wooldridge, Russell County, KY (1943-2016) (Story ID: 82790)
She... (click title to read more)
- Robert Cumming: Stories of cave-like opening near Top of Arch (Story ID: 82485)
Robert Cumming writes:
Creelsboro native Danny Buster has mentioned to me on visits to the top of Rock House that old-timers... (click title to read more)
- Rock House revisit Sun 10 Apr 2016 - Album (Story ID: 82478)
Click on headline for introduction and photo(s) of the visit. - EW
By Ed Waggener
The visit was only four hours. A... (click title to read more)
- Two men escape injury when car goes into Cumberland River (Story ID: 81525)
Driver had lost control of car, it struck embankment, overturned and skidded on its top into the Cumberland River off Winfrey's Ferry Road. Both o... (click title to read more)
- Lena Lee Fowler, 84, Indianapolis, IN, (1931-2016) (Story ID: 80889)
... (click title to read more)
- Mitzi Bault sends guess on mystery roadway photo (Story ID: 80774)
Some similar sights, but mystery photo not here. CLUE, it's in the least frequently mentioned county
Mitzi Bault writes: ... (click title to read more)
- Rebecca Jean Rogers, 61, Russell County, KY (1954-2015) (Story ID: 78583)
She was a clerk for Warner Fertilizer Co. and a member of Creelsboro Christian Church. She was born in Russell County, KY, and was a resident of th... (click title to read more)
- A Tribute to Doc Pettey (1922 - 1995) (Story ID: 78017)
'I hope Doc's somewhere between Creelsboro and Burkesville on heaven's version of his beloved Cumberland River, the sun warming his back, a gent... (click title to read more)
- Mike Watson: A Russell Countian recalls Civil War anecdote (Story ID: 77605)
Dr. A.M. Jackman, of Creelsboro
By Mike Watson, Adair County Historian
This Civil War story concerns Dr. A.M. J... (click title to read more)
- Cane Valley Christian Church revival is 28-29-30 Aug 2015 (Story ID: 77064)
Cane Valley Christian Church, 2250 Cane Valley Road, Columbia, KY will be having a fall revival August 28, 29, 30 at 6:30 pm each evening. Bro. Larry ... (click title to read more)
- Where in the World??? Mickey's Radiator Shop, Russell Co., KY (Story ID: 75721)
'It was evident from that Linda & I had stumbled upon an interesting location which was more than curious landmark; it was, in a way, another monu... (click title to read more)
- Old Shop in Creelsboro run by Barry Buster til 40s or 50s (Story ID: 75609)
By Robert Cumming
The former shop in the photo was a combination farm implement-hardware business previously operated by Barry Buste... (click title to read more)
- Where in the World?? Latest is from Old Creelsboro, KY (Story ID: 75596)
... (click title to read more)
- Nicole Legg: Creelsboro memories her grandfather told her (Story ID: 74498)
Comments re photo 59618 Creelsboro KY A ghost town lives on from Larry Smit... (click title to read more)
- Mike Watson: Added short chapter on building in Old Creelsboro (Story ID: 74476)
Mike Watson: A child of Fairplay, KY, says Creelsboro was always like a a second home for him
... (click title to read more)
- Creelsboro store building pictured now owned by Gary Lawless (Story ID: 74464)
Laura June Miller's husband writes:
The Creelsboro store building pictured is currently owned by Gary Lawless and was previous... (click title to read more)
- Helm family once owned Wolf Creek Dam property (Story ID: 72352)
Larry Smith postcard a window on great Cumberland River family. There's no trace of the Helm post office today, but Ovalene Helm was member of fam... (click title to read more)
- Delmer W. Lee, Creelsboro, KY native (1919-2015) (Story ID: 72343)
He was a native of Creelsboro, Russell County, KY, and a longtime resident of Indiana at the time of his death. He was the son of the late Oakley A... (click title to read more)
- News From Russell County 65 Years Ago (early August, 1949) (Story ID: 69036)
1949 was a time of great optimism. There was news on August 11, 1949 of the new Temple Hill meeting house The Russell County Fair was the acknowled... (click title to read more)
- Edna Earle Bell Miller, 100, Russell Co., KY (1914-2014) (Story ID: 66130)
She was a native of Clinton County, KY, and a former resident of the Creelsboro Community; she was a resident of Louisville at the time of her deat... (click title to read more)
- Great grandfather story from Creelsboro, Russell Co., KY (Story ID: 65547)
Headed for hell? Just take along Dr. John Edward Buster's palliativeClick on headline for complete story
By Dick Scho... (click title to read more)
- Bargo Brann, Iconoclast: the Election 2014. Russell Co. style (Story ID: 63270)
Notes dearth of sheriff candidates in Columbia; plethora of same, Russell
Bargo Brann writes
Ed, I see that only... (click title to read more)
- On to Creelsboro...(once called Campellsburg) (Story ID: 60279)
The story starts out in Adair County, KY, and flashbacks to Green County, shires in which the present riverport, Creelsboro, was located...that's ... (click title to read more)
- Mike Watson: Dr. J.T. Jones, visiting, pondering (Story ID: 60048)
Dr. J.T. Jones practiced dentistry and other callings at Creelsboro, KY. Mike Watson has retrieved notes he made and sent to the Adair County Ne... (click title to read more)
- Egypt Christian Church Revival Services, Oct. 21-24, 2012 (Story ID: 55064)
The Egypt Christian Church, 4855 Knifley Road, Columbia, KY will have Revival Services starting each evening at 6:30pmCT, Sunday-Wednesday, October 21... (click title to read more)
- Historic Creelsboro, KY: Polston Grocery Store (Story ID: 51571)
In the 1960's the store was a great place to stop for a bologna and cheese sandwich, a Pepsi, and more. The Rusell County, KY, store was owned by ... (click title to read more)
- Paul Patton recalls story of a moving service at Creelsboro community church (Story ID: 51471)
There was a pragmatic, earthly explanation for 'spirituality' the evangelist at the protracted meeting believed he encountered when first surveying... (click title to read more)
- Memories of dinners on the ground, revivals at Creelsboro church (Story ID: 51469)
Kermit Mann would stand guard over dessert table at dinners on the ground, making kids show empty dirty plate as proof they had eaten dinner, befor... (click title to read more)
- Lee Murphy says KY 49 best scenery in Kentucky (Story ID: 50240)
Throws out challenging declaration that there is not a better highway to drive on than highway KY 49. With scientific proof that we general... (click title to read more)
- Remembers the other Ed Waggener as nice man (Story ID: 49122)
Comments re photo 43323 Signs of Times Gulf Oil sign is backWann... (click title to read more)
- Remembers trips to big city of Creelsboro, KY on bookmobile day (Story ID: 45884)
Time there in Creelsboro with Granny Buster was the highlight of writer's childhood summersJudy Morrison writes: Tha... (click title to read more)
- Judge Jack B. Miller, Russell Co., KY (1923-2011) (Story ID: 42941)
He was born in Adair Co., KY. He was a longtime political power and highly respected leader in Russell County where he was a distinguished lawyer, ... (click title to read more)
- Grissom-Martin Funeral home was Creel, later Page residence (Story ID: 41040)
The Creels moved to Russell County and Established the community of CreelsboroDavid Martin writes:Ed,From... (click title to read more)
- Obituary: Joe Willis Bledsoe, 89, formerly of Russell Co., KY (Story ID: 40311)
He was a US Navy veteran, a carpenter, and a member of the Bethany Christian Church in Charlestown, INJoe Willis Bledsoe, 89, Charlesto... (click title to read more)
- Fine-tuning the route to the Rockhouse (Story ID: 39888)
Back Creek RD is cue you've missed turn-off to Creelsboro ArchAbout: Adair ... (click title to read more)
- Jim thinks Creelsboro figure looks like Horse Feldhaus (Story ID: 39865)
About That photo that girl who grew up in Albany, KY, sent and steered up s... (click title to read more)
- Sycamore Springs: Sage wants dibs - 1st Rockhouse guided tour (Story ID: 39863)
The Rockhouse: 'This makes you feel so infinitesimal' one visitor noted Shuttle Bus to Rockhouse would be cat's jammies.About... (click title to read more)
- Adair Countian wants route to Rockhouse bottom (Story ID: 39851)
'Would love to share the wonders of KY that my God has created with my kids,' writer thoughtfully notes.About: ... (click title to read more)
- BJ Fudge issues warning to would be Doodlebuggers (Story ID: 39788)
Proper weaponry is a must. He explains to modern kids the difference between a Doodlebuggin straw, and the other kind About: ... (click title to read more)
- Varmintology Bulletin: Doodlebug holes at Creelsboro, KY (Story ID: 39784)
About: The Rockhouse and Doodlebug HolesBy Ed Waggener... (click title to read more)
- Takes issue with BJ Fudge annexation of Creelsboro, KY (Story ID: 39386)
About: The Bean pales in comparison to Creelsboro Arch letter from BJ Fudge... (click title to read more)
- Letter: Another Vote for Creelsboro (Story ID: 39362)
About: The Bean pales in comparison to Creelsboro ArchGlenna Cowan writ... (click title to read more)
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