The 2nd Annual Book Fair: Here from Ireland 2013-06-01 - 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. From the Ireland Community or Burdick, in Taylor County. Carolyn Beard Gupton and her daughter Laura. Carolyn is a member of the Adair County Genealogical Society. "We could have joined Taylor, Green, or even Casey with our family backgrounds," Carolyn Gupton said, "But we chose Adair County because of our Beards." They had fun tracing family trees. On one branch, they go back to William the Conqueror. In another, to a distant maternal ancestor who came to America as an indenture servant, and they've become very involved in researching her story. Laura said that many people don't realize it today, but "identured servant" was a euphenism for "slave." They often lived in cruel, horrible conditions," she said. The two are helping out with the an information booth at today's Book Fair. - EW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Downtown Columbia, KY: Adair Regional Jail Flower Garden 2013-06-01 - 200 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Flower gardens surround the Farmer's Market on the Square, a striking on is at the entryway of the Adair Regional Jail. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

2nd Annual Book Fair: Mike and Renea Watson 2013-06-01 - 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Early arrivals at the Book Fair this morning were Renea and Mike Watson. Mike Watson, the Adair County Historian, may be the best known figure in Adair County. His wife is from Augusta, KY - and yes, they know the Clooney's. Renea remembers when her baby sitter was a Clooney, and the time when she was a little girl, sitting on the knee of the sitter's brother, George Clooney.The Watsons have a number of books - many basic, must have Adair County histories - but equally important, the fair is a great time to share Adair County stories with a real authority on the history of the area. The book fair is still just getting underway, at the Historic Adair County Courthouse, 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY.Second Annual History & Genealogy Book Fair & Sale on Saturday, June 1, 2013, from 10am-3pmCT/11am-4pmET, in the Historic Adair County Courthouse, 500 Public Square, Columbia, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Julia Miller Horton Rose Garden at Trabue House in Columbia 2013-06-01 - Photo by Linda Waggener. Real roses have a lovely scent to match the beauty of the blossom and that's what you'll find at the Julia Miller Horton Rose Garden on Jamestown Street in Columbia at the historic Trabue Russell House. It's really work a stop, a stroll and an inhale. -- LW Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Big Yard Sale at Robin Smith's still on unless it rates 2013-06-01 - 3617 Greensburg Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Robin Smith. BIG YARD SALE - Adair County, KY - at 3617 Greensburg Road (Google Map/Direction), Columbia KY. on Saturday, June 1, 2013, from 8amCT to ???. Name brand clothing, household items, furniture, computers, laptops and more!!! 270-384-9252 A mile past Dixie Cash and Carry. - Robin Smith The sale above is one of over 30 listings in CM Yard Sales today, Saturday, June 1, 2013. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Scenic Adair County, KY: Horse & Happy Hay Harvest 2013-06-01 - Johnson Schoolhouse Road, Adair Co., KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. Maybe this beautiful blaze faced horse thought I was my mother, who converses so easily with its kind. Maybe it was just guarding the harvest, thinking all that hay was its own. Sometimes it's hard to read a horse. Whatever, the horse and hay made one of the most beautiful scenes on picturesque Johnson School House Road, now quite gentrified with elegant houses but country scenes are as pretty as ever. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Sundial at Julia Miller Horton Rose Garden 2013-06-01 - 201 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener. The new fangled timepieces in the newfangled Historic Adair County Courthouse clocktower are temporarily out of order, but the reliable sundial at the Julia Rose Horton Rose Garden always on uncloudy days. It's another among the endless historic attractions there. -LINDA WAGGENER Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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