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There is an excellent book by (I believe) by this gentleman. This gentleman and David Brock's bravery to tell the truth is amazing. Considering the mob had killed a child over this and the corruption in Kentucky is rampant. I was 17 years old and working at a restaurant and watched this on the news. It is a disservice to the people killed in the fire and the citizens of Kentucky that a false narrative about this fire is allowed to continue. At least Stan Chesley got disbarred for being the type of person he is. Mr. Webster and David Brock are heroes.
too bad they dont have it set up like it was in old days as an Inn, like they do with the preserved taverns,inns, homes around the Revolutionary War period historic districts up in Massachusetts, Delaware,etc. There are some great mini documentaries from the historic societies up there on youtube that show a lot of those historic battle roads and many of the original buildings are still there and its all preserved for visitors like a living history museum. We have a semi historically famous person that settled over here in Indiana at Gentryville, a Col.Jones, he was a farmer and prominent merchant in the region and an influence on Abe Lincoln when a young man Abe's family lived in that area and worked for Jones. Anyway, Gentry was another prominent merchant and farmer and the town was named after him and Abe Lincoln had worked for him also on flatboats moving goods. Only Jones home has been preserved,it was a federalist style,fairly simple but they do have certain days of the month where they open it up for visitors as its set up like a museum preservation home. The Lincoln st. park and Lincoln Boyhood farmsite and Lincoln memorial are just to the east of there.
Thank you sister, you reminded us who we are as humans. We are only accountable for our own unique thoughts... [ given ] If we echo others thoughts we should not be punished unless we are not undone by question!
Good Interview with Mr Chase, a rare devout collector who obviously understood the importance of gleening values in both historical and pre historic context, the stories, studies, theories and preservation in mind. Knowing full well that the modern mindset of material wealth based on investment and return deemed as progress after development. Around 140 years ago and up to the 1930's collectors and archeologists were both literally treasure hunters and tomb looters, legal or otherwise, A good example is the Wetherwill brothers in the southwest, Cowboys who discovered ruins while seeking out their stray cattle, creating a natural interest in collecting, That soon led to the discovery, exploitation and destruction of so many sites, After realizing that these artifacts had some cash value inspired their efforts to seek out ever more ruins of sites, eventually selling their finds to the Smithsonian and other museums as well as selling to private collectors Eventually expeditions were funded by such institutions in those early days or archeological treasure hunting. That paid alot better than the life of a cowboy and a keen interest in indigenous people and their physical cultural remains vecame popular with academia and private collectors alike.Excavating a village site is one thing, but disturbing a burial site and removing the grave goods remains is quite another Removing human remains is an unforgivable selfish act. The idea that tens of thousands of skeletons have been removed boxed & stored away dor the past century in basements and warehouses for " future study" that will likely never be funded by academia on such a massive scale, Its like digging up a pioneer grandmothers grave somewhere & pulling her gold teeth and taking what ever else was interred with her, then leaving her bones scattered around the surface of the empty crater left by the looters at the site..Today their is more respect shown, but alot more left to be desired in the spiritual treatment, So many of our ancestors were disturbed & now still sitting in cardboard boxes or sold on the artifact market becoming a skull sitting on the bookshelf shelf of some collector, often not even knowing where it came from or who dug it up 50 or 100 years ago.
My Gramps told me that life on a farm was horrible and it was easy to get in a bomber, submarine, paratroopers, or a foxhole. It truly was a different time. These days, most of these kids would never go. Snowflakes. God bless these brave men. Thank you!!
In the late 1980's, I used to go to alt/punk rock shows at a place called the Jockey Club in Newport, KY. An old timer named Shorty Mincey ran it, and told stories about how the Jockey Club was a speakeasy during Prohibition and a gambling haven in the 1940's and 1950's. I also heard Shorty had run with the local gangsters and did time for Manslaughter. He did always have a giant flashlight in his back pants pocket. They closed the Jockey Club in 1990, I believe and leveled it. I always wondered about the history of that place.
I really enjoyed the old man. But I can't believe you wouldn't allow more time to let the man tell the story. Why even drag everybody there and film it if it's going to be short and audience can't even ask questions.?
My dad at 17 enlisted in the Navy. But he was state side and wanted in the war so they sent him with Marines to fight the Japanese in the south pacific. He also served in the army. I remember he had 3 different uniforms in the closet . Marines Army and Navy .
Wonderful. What warriors. You might want to read about the USS Biscayne. A sea plane tender that was made into a Flag Ship for amphibious assaults. She was right up front with the landings giving close in support.
I was very interested in this clip, however, the A/V presentation as well as the narration was terrible. I would love to watch this if someone could polish it up.
Advice is always the easiest to give and the hardest to take, and always the most applicable to the one offering it, and the least applicable to the one receiving it.
i'm not kin to ruddell, but my grandfatherx6, joseph hon, was taken captive by the shawnee as a result of the attack on ruddell's station, along with his mother and sister. his sister (my great aunt) was known to be "swift-footed" ran the gauntlet and was chased half mile before getting hit in the head. she lived somehow. later she was either ransomed by a soldier or one "found her", it's kind of murky, but she married him and they wound up in new york. my great grandmother was adopted into the family of chief blue jacket as the tribe's cook, she also took care of the cows and made butter. apparently she was a really good cook and learned their style of cooking. my great grandfather was given the name katch-e-ka-be by the tribe. even when his father came up with the money to buy them back, they refused to let them leave. he ended up paying the ransom a number of times lol
This is an unbelievable tragedy! No smoke alarms or sprinkler system, not enough doors, no emergency lights to come on in the dark building, people didn’t no where to go, in the dark. Lots more mistakes, when building this establishment, was lacking safety in case of a fire. Paneling and furniture, did not have fire retardant, but had combustible material on them.
