NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND NEWSPAPER-RELATED LINKS

ASHLAND DAILY INDEPENDENT
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Charles Rucker Returns 9 December 1938 Sheri K. Pettit
120-Year-Old Log Cabin May Give Way to Little Sandy Dam 5 Oct 1958 Becky Fox
Abandoned Home Has Cache of Books 22 May 1960 Bobby Hunt
"Aunt Emma" Musgrave, 92, Recalls Early Days In Carter 14 May 1961 Patricia Elliott
Rocoe C. and Ella Belle (Everman) Littleton 50th Anniversary 1963 Mary Littleton
Smokey Valley Truck Stop Diner 23 March 2008 Mike Barker
"Miss Grayson Pageant, 1974 17 July 1974 Kevin Jay Carroll
ASHLAND INDEPENDENT
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Transcribed Articles 1880's ...
BUGLE-HERALD
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"A "Light" Proposition" 2 September 1904 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Local Happenings" 2 September 1904 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"More Local Happenings" 2 September 1904 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Stabbed To The Heart
John C. Lansdown Slain At 1 A.M.,Friday In Covington"
2 September 1904 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
CARTER COUNTY HERALD
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"John S. Jarvis' Birthday" 29 October 1914 Scott Wiesman
"Wholesale Shooting" 27 January 1921 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
Howard Johnson Announce For Sheriff 24 January 1929 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
G.M. Masters 11 September 1930 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
C&O Magazine Boosts Olive Hill 11 February 1932 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
Carter Co. and One of It's Pioneer Families - Kitchen 26 January 1933 Becky Fox
"Deputy Constable Shot & Killed" 1 August 1935 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Society & Community News" 1 August 1935 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Rancie Hanging" June Joel Carter
"Gee Reunion; Jeff Fannin; John Woods; Glenn Ireland" 1914-1923 Nancy K. Masters
EAST KENTUCKY JOURNAL
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East Kentucky Journal front page 18 January 1911
Establishment of the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse in Grayson 4 March 1920 Mary Littleton
Kiser-Kozee Nuptials 16 September 1920 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
Large Still Is Captured 2 July 1922 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
Noted Pioneer, Logan Bays dies 6 February 1919Clark Gray
EAST KENTUCKY NEWS
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Transcribed Articles 1880's ...
HERALD-Dispatch
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Landsdowne Hall 15 January 1942 Mary Martha Littleton
Landsdowne Hall Photo 15 January 1942 Mary Martha Littleton
GRAYSON HERALD
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Anglin 7 February 1902 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
Full editions of the Grayson Herald 1902 John W. Grace
Full editions of the Grayson Herald 1903 John W. Grace
"Malinda T. Kitchen" 30 May 1902 David Tucker
GRAYSON JOURNAL-ENQUIRER
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"Bad Killing Near Soldier" 22 September 1927 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Dr. Smithfield Keffer Honored" 3 October 1946 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Reminiscing with Myra" 5 February 1948 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 12 February 1948 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 19 February 1948 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 4 March 1948 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 11 March 1948 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 18 March 1948 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 25 March 1948 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 8-15 April 1948 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 18 January 1917 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 18 January 1917 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" June 1938 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 1958, 1937, 1948 & 1953 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 4 December 1958 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 11 December 11 1958 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 15 & 22 December 1938 John W. Grace
"Reminiscing with Myra" 6 July 1939 Myra Hogan
GRAYSON JOURNAL-TIMES
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Carol Malone 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
Carter County coal mining 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
Matthew Bacon Sellers, aviator 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
Dr. Rodney T. Gross, early African American veterinarian 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
Carter family history 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
Georgia Pauline Mullins, basketball star 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
Bagby family notables 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
Waldo Fantley Fultz 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
Tobacco 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
The brickyards 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
William Jason Fields 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
Tom T. Hall 27 September 2000 Linda Cheeks Pittano
Gone and Almost Forgotten - The Barretts Creek Branch Railroad 12 September 2007 Thelma (Armstrong) Hillman
The Founding of Carter Cavs State Park 9 July 1985 Sandra Crawford Collins
GRAYSON TRIBUNE
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"Olive Hill News Items" 6 April 1904 Knott Historical Society
"State News Happenings" 21 May 1903 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Localities & Isms" 21 May 1903 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
KENTUCKY DEMOCRAT
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Transcribed Articles 1880's ...
LAWRENCE COUNTY INDEX
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Transcribed Articles 1880's ...
OLIVE HILL TIMES
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A. J. Fultz Reunion 14 December 1907 Sheri Pettit
News briefs relating to Hall's and others 1905-1950 JC Porter
Deaths and violence in Olive Hill August 27, 1907 Glen Haney
PROGRESS
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Happenings around Jacobs and Grahn (mentions Mannin, James, Counts, Everman and many more). 22 January 1914 Sheri K. Pettit
SANDY VALLEY ENQUIRER
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"A History of the Iron Hill School" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Community News" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Daniel Boone and Kilgore-Star Furnace" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Kings Chapel History" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Rupert's Department Store Deals in Finest Merchandise" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"My Native Carter County" - a poem by Madge Prather Tabor 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Stovall Hospital Founded 15 Years Ago Is Valuable Asset to County"
- with link to a picture
10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"First Tobacco Grown in County 1883" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Steadily For Eighty-Five Years an Old Fashioned Clock Run" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Dr. Robert Stewart Holds Prominent State Dept. Job" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Pactolus Was The Site Of Eastern Kentucky's First Iron Furnace" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Bagby Lumber Co Recognized As One Of Finest In State" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"Soldier Today Is Thriving Community With Brick Plant, Mines" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
"East Ky. Railroad Co. In 1865 Tapped The Rich Mineral Resources of Carter County" 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
Cribbs Hill 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
Cox Funeral Home 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
Rush Was Settled By The Geigers 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
Methodist Church Was Yankee Stable 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
Pleasant Valley Church Built 1870 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
Horton Bros. & Brown Is Oldest Pharmacy In County 10 December 1942 Garrett and Sherry Lowe
How Gregoryville got its name 24 February 1938 Jolinda Belcher
News from Wolf and Gregoryville 1 May 1941 Jolinda Belcher
Circuit Court records 1 May 1941 Jolinda Belcher
Plummer, Ramey, Kiser, Fultz, Keys, Carper, etc. 1 June 1939 Jolinda Belcher
Select page images from 1937. 1937 John Grace & The Grayson Journal
Mentions many local people 24 May 1938 Jolinda Belcher
Mary S. (Stoval) Chaffin, Election Commission members, etc. 5 August 1937
MISC CLIPPINGS
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Excerpts from "A Century Ago This Week" 1904 Knott County Historical Society
John and Nancy Hogsten 51st anniversary 17 Oct. 1917 Nancy Brinly
Miscellaneous World War II Clippings Various Velsie Bays Hewlett
Boggs Hardware Burglary April 1967 Melinda Biven
Plane Crash circa 1945 Renee Hall
Big Sandy News (Kitchens family) 1885 - 1919 Becky Fox
East Kentucky News (Kitchens family) 18 September 1884 Becky Fox
Brothers-in-law Killed Each Other 15 October 1914 John Cooper
Fascinating articles transcribed by Glen Haney 1870 - 1930 Glen Haney
Fascinating articles transcribed by Glen Haney (part 2) 1870 - 1930 Glen Haney
Fascinating articles transcribed by Glen Haney (part 3) 1880's - 1950's Glen Haney
Fascinating articles transcribed by Glen Haney (part 4) 1880's - 1950's Glen Haney
Athens Ohio, Editor Messenger "One Man Chamber of Commerce, 1879 June 2, 1879 Glen Haney
News from Enterprise, Ky. by Francis M. Griffith. 1890's Glen Haney
From the Oakland, Ca. Tribune "Olive Hill Flood". March 22. 2002 John W. Grace
The slaying of Oval F. Scout Messer. June 5, 1957 Randy Jackson
H. W. Meenach and wife celebrate 60th anniversary. January 5, 1941, Portsmouth Times Randy Jackson
McCormick Reunion August 17,1930 Glen Haney
The Perils of Automobile Ownership. Portsmoth Times February 22, 1924 Glen Haney
"Win Friends and Influence People" November 1942 Glen Haney
"Hignite-Crawford-Burchett-Plummer-Rice Reunion" December 9, 1938 Glen Haney
Frank Wells retires from the old DT&I. September 8, 1940, Portsmouth Times Glen Haney
Crackers Neck and the Regulators. July 13, 1882, Detroit Free Press Glen Haney
"Dead Boy Returns" May 9, 1938, Clearfield, Pa. Progress John W. Grace
"Olive Hill is Struck By Fire" Feb. 1, 1936, Middlesboro, Ky. Daily News John W. Grace
"Dancing in Governor's Mansion Barred", Gov. William Jason Fields Nov. 26, 1923, Lima (Ohio) News John W. Grace
Tom T. Hall Nov. 21, 1979, Frederick (Md.) Post John W. Grace
The Carver Brothers April 5, 1914, Portsmouth, Ohio Glen Haney
Benjamin Evans 100th Birthday March, 1962 Randy Jackson
Debbie Ann Greenhill, lost and recovered August 11-14, 1958
Maude Vickers cabin ordeal November 17, 1965, Beckley Raleigh Register John Grace
The Underwood War August 9, 1982, Chillicothe Constitution Tribune John Grace
Morgan Attacks Olive Hill, Ky. October 6, 1862, Zanesville (Ohio) Courier Linda Cheeks Pittano
"Nations Oldest Twins" December 3, 1966, Holland (Michigan) Evening Sentinel David Tucker
Jordan Family Reunion October 7, 1931, Portsmouth Times Glen Haney
"Experience with a Thug" June 23, 1953, Portsmouth Times Glen Haney
"Skirmish at Grayson" October 8, 1861, The New York Times Joel L. Carter
"Denton is a new and lively little village..." January 5, 1882 Dreama Calvo
Page from an index of eary Carter County news aticles . .
"Transcribed Carter County news articles, 1902 - 1930's" 1980's Leroy C. Hinton
"David Brown, a soldier in Vietnam" February 20, 1967 Glen Haney
Vinsons Mill in Pactolus February 2, 1942, Pittsburg Post Gazett Glen Haney
X Cave Accident at Carter Caves Park June 1, 1948 Glen Haney
Warnock-Boggs-Martin Bus Trip to Carter Caves August 20, 1941, Portsmouth Times Glen Haney
Tony Fargo Receives PHD November 2000 John Grace
W. D. Haywood shooting of Martha Yahraus 1925 Portsmouth Times Glen Haney
Horace L. Cartee, dentist to the Duke of Windsor December 10, 1940 Glen Haney
The Jones twins of Emporia, Kansas: Sarah (Jones) Mayville and Gemima (Jones) Evans January 11, 1905 Glen Haney
Articles concerning Emmett Kinnamon May 8, 1936 John W. Grace
Accidents, obits and news 1901 - 1930's Glen Haney
"The Wonderful Caves of Oligo-Nunk" August 17, 1894 Glen Haney
The Kentucky Regulators May, 1880 JC Porter
Religious revivals, marriage notices and railroad news Central Methodist (Ashland, Ky.), 1872-1873 JC Porter
Mansfield (Ohio) News-Journal The Mansfield-Olive Hill connection Mike Barker
A survey of Carter County Mike Barker
"Carter Caves State Resort Park - From the Beginning" March 13, 2012 Olive Hill Journal-Times John W. Grace
"The Scott family and Marshall Field" Octber 1, 1908 Marion Kentucky Crittendon Record Press Ronald Brown
"Roland Campbell and Judge Carpenter" June 7, 1910 Anadarko (Oklahoma) Daily Democrat Ronald Brown
"World' Largest Firebrick Plant" December, 1912 Kentucky Courior-Journal Glen Haney
"Riding from Rush to Mt. Savage at night" 1888 Glen Haney
The Horton Brothers Pharmacy 1921 Glen Haney
"Counterfelters Cave" June 1895 Glen Haney


ARTICLES ON OTHER SITES


Newspaper Abstracts - search for old newspaper articles
Olive Hill news

NEWSPAPERS SERVING THE CARTER COUNTY AREA


The Ashland Daily Independent (Boyd County, but it has searchable archives with Carter Co. obits)
The Grayson Journal-Enquirer
The Olive Hill Times
The Greenup News
The Carlisle Mercury (Greenup County)
The Elliott County News
The Fleming Gazette
The Big Sandy News (Lawrence County)
The Morehead News (Rowan County)

Newspapers on Microfilm from the University of Kentucky <= Choose "Search Database" then select "Carter"
Great Newspaper site Recommended by Glen Haney