Sunrise on Birch Road, Friday, February 9, 2018 2018-02-09 - Birch Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Tommy Bailey. Tommy Birch captured this stunning "red skies in the morning" photo from East Adair County, KY. The "sailor take warning" weather predictor of ancient times coincides with National Weather Service warnings for this evening and Saturday morning, when flooding is predicted. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Columbia Motor Co. David Heskamp insert, 1928 2018-02-09 - 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from the collection of Ann Heskamp Curtis. This insert was mailed December, 1928...by David Heskamp, from Columbia Motor Co., successor to Chelf Motor Company. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Ruby Ann Miller - Happy 10th Birthday, 09 Feb 2018 2018-02-09 - Columbia, Adair County, KY - Photo by Kathryn Miller. Ruby Ann Miller is 10 years old today and stands 5 feet tall. Her mother, Kathryn Miller, recalls the difficult first three months of life, when Ruby Ann was born prematurely at the old Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia, which wasn't equipped for normal births, much less a premature one. Click Readmore for Kathryn Miller's inspiring story posted on Ruby Ann's 10th birthday, today, Friday, February 10, 2018. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Columbia Motor Co. Christmas Card - 1931 2018-02-09 - Columbia Motor Co., 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from the collection of Ann Heskamp Curtis. Ann Heskamp Curtis writes, "This Christmas card was dated 1931...mailed to Mr. Ben Heskamp, Coburg, Ky." She sent the card after reading Jim's History of the Columbia Motor Company. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

David Heskamp/Columbia Motor Co. Business Card - 1928 2018-02-09 - Columbia Motor Co., 210 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from the collection of Ann Heskamp Curtis. After reading Jim's history of the Columbia Motor Company, I was reminded of a few items that my father kept from his days at Columbia Motor Co. He would have been around 21 years old when he started working there with his Coburg cousins, Paul and Martin Johnson. - Ann Heskamp Curtis Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Chelf Motor Company direct mail in 1927 2018-02-08 - Columbia, KY - Photo from family collection . This card from Mitzi McKinley Bault's family collection would have come down the line from her Grandmother Audrey Chelf Waggener. It reads, "Merry Christmas -- Two hundred years of usage have not out-worn our greetings, for our hearts are back of it when we say we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. CHELF MOTOR CO." The postmark looks to be December 23, 1927 and it required a 2-cent stamp to mail. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Hanging in there - cedar tree in distinctive stage 2018-02-08 - Near Russell Creek between Ozark and Beautiful Joppa, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com. This Cedar tree is still contributing even in its end stage of life. The branches reaching out wide can provide strategic locations for birds to light and watch the river go by on the opposite side of the lane. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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