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Man O' War is widely considered one of the greatest race horses of all time and turns 100 today. Man O' War won an incredible 20 of 21 races in 1919 and…
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As we reflect on Pearl Harbor on the 75th anniversary today, much of what we know about that event and World War II is in part due to the work of an…
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NASA's Apollo 15 mission launched on this day 45 years ago. One of the goals of the mission was to conduct scientific experiments on the moon using the…
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Paducah area native J. Polk Brooks found a unique business opportunity in western Kentucky during a time when most of the country was in financial…
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Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah is celebrating 70 years of service this year. Vice President, and western Kentucky native, Alben Barkley was…
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Decades before the construction of Murray State in Calloway County, there existed a college farther west in Hickman County, called Marvin College, and…
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Folktales and legends, natural remedies and "old wives tales" have a remarkable way of traveling with settlers, taking on a life of its own wherever…
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Far too often, the everyday stories of our communities get lost in history: stories of an old opera house, recollections of childhood memories from the…
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Our Women's History Month Series continues with a look at the incredible collection of Alney Alba, a woman who was born and died in Calloway County, but…
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Pogue Library at Murray State University is home to numerous special collections and oral history projects. Tucked among these documents is the Pulitzer…