Lanterns and Tombstones tour - singing to his horse 2022-05-09 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. W. F. Staples was remembered as an Adair Countian known for training horses, especially with music. He is reported to have trained his military horses to back up by singing to them. He was of the Presbyterian faith and while the songs he used in training are not known, they would likely have been good Protestant ones. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lanterns and Tombstones under ancient Cedar tree 2022-05-09 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Lanterns and Tombstones Tour guides took the crowd to the plot of J. W. Jackman and wife and daughter, under the ancient cedar tree in the middle of the Columbia Cemetery. His relationship to the horse industry was that he was a leather worker in a saddlery. He often made show pieces for county fair and Jackman saddles we're prized. Mary Damron Neat, successful horse show participant who was known for her distinct attire, rode her horse, Jordan Peacock, with a brand new side saddle made by Jackman. She needed it adjusted before the event began and called for a groom to help. She found herself docked in points for that by the judges and lost the competition. Everyone steered clear of the tree trunk as it had what looked like a Poison Ivy vine growing up it. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

LCDHD: COVID-19 Community levels by county 2022-05-09 - Kentucky - Photo courtesy Lake Cumberland District Health Department. Kentucky COVID-19 Community levels by county, from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, updated on May 6, 2022. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

May Beef Month Proclamation signing 2022-05-09 - Columbia, KY - Photo courtesy Nick Roy. In front: Gale Cowan, Adair County Judge Executive, signing the Proclamation declaring May as Beef Month in Adair County. Standing, left to right: Allison Grimes- KY Department of Agriculture; Fred Thomas- President- Adair County Cattlemen's Association; Deanna Grider- Secretary- Adair County Cattlemen's Association; and and Kevin Odell- Director-Adair County Cattlemen's Association. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Clark St. Hot Dog 2022-05-09 - Louisville, KY - Photo by Pen. A Clark Street dog with fries from Lonnie's Best Taste of Chicago on St. Matthews Avenue in Louisville. It features a pure beef dog served on a steamed poppy seed bun with yellow mustard, piccalilli relish, fresh chopped onions, tomato wedges, cucumbers, sport peppers, and a dash of celery salt. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Birds of Kentucky: Watching American Robins hatch 2022-05-09 - Adair Co., KY - Photo by Mike Seale. Mike writes, "Our 3 robins left the nest today. It's been a joy watching them. This collage shows the progress from eggs, to mama keeping them warm and then watching over them after they hatched, and finally being big enough to fly away. The bottom right picture was taken the day before they left the nest." Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Lantern Tour - young historian observing 2022-05-09 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. Jack Bowman, at left, was the youngest in attendance at the Friday evening Lanterns & Tombstones Tour in the Columbia City Cemetery. Tour guide and genealogist, Mike Watson, at right, said the earliest marked grave in the oldest part of the cemetery is 1812. Jack and his Papaw Albert Gray were among those on the walk. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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