Christmas gift traces military journey of a beloved uncle
2021-01-02 - Glasgow, KY - Photo by Melissa Katherine Walton-Shirley
As a Christmas gift, Melissa Katherine Walton-Shirley put together this shadow box with mementos from the military career of her uncle Gorden Roberts, who served in Japan during World War II. She says, "It's interesting that I could learn so much from a wooden box about a man that I thought I knew nearly everything about. I am so grateful that I opened it and was able to put this memory board together" Comments | Permalink
2021-01-02 - Glasgow, KY - Photo by Melissa Katherine Walton-Shirley
As a Christmas gift, Melissa Katherine Walton-Shirley put together this shadow box with mementos from the military career of her uncle Gorden Roberts, who served in Japan during World War II. She says, "It's interesting that I could learn so much from a wooden box about a man that I thought I knew nearly everything about. I am so grateful that I opened it and was able to put this memory board together" Comments | Permalink
Scenic Adair County: Pleasant View Baptist Church
2021-01-02 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Shelbie Landis
Shelbie and Coty Landis purchased the beautiful historic Pleasant View Baptist Church in March of 2020, and are working on restoration. Comments | Permalink
2021-01-02 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Shelbie Landis
Shelbie and Coty Landis purchased the beautiful historic Pleasant View Baptist Church in March of 2020, and are working on restoration. Comments | Permalink
Fourteen Mile Creek
2021-01-02 - Charlestown, IN - Photo by Graham Waggener
Fourteen Mile Creek, as seen from the Portersville Bridge that connects Charlestown State Park with the old Rose Island Amusement Park, just across the Ohio River from Louisville, KY.
According to the Wikipedia entry on Rose Island, "In 1923 David Rose purchased the property, added an amusement park, hotel, and swimming pool, spending $250,000 in the process, and renamed it Rose Island. It included a wooden coaster, termed a racing derby and named the Devil's Backbone in honor of the rock formation, and a Ferris wheel. There were wolves in a pen, monkeys in a cage, and a black bear named Teddy Roosevelt." Comments | Permalink
2021-01-02 - Charlestown, IN - Photo by Graham Waggener
Fourteen Mile Creek, as seen from the Portersville Bridge that connects Charlestown State Park with the old Rose Island Amusement Park, just across the Ohio River from Louisville, KY.
According to the Wikipedia entry on Rose Island, "In 1923 David Rose purchased the property, added an amusement park, hotel, and swimming pool, spending $250,000 in the process, and renamed it Rose Island. It included a wooden coaster, termed a racing derby and named the Devil's Backbone in honor of the rock formation, and a Ferris wheel. There were wolves in a pen, monkeys in a cage, and a black bear named Teddy Roosevelt." Comments | Permalink
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