History Archives

Brick and Mortar Underground: Hopkinsville’s sanitation history, from cesspit to sewer system

by Grace Abernethy
April 30, 2025

Grace Abernethy didn't realize that some heavy lawn work at the Dalton house would led to a lesson in the history of public sanitation in Hopkinsville.

Former US Capitol architect topic for History on Tap

by Hoptown Chronicle
April 7, 2025

Chamber of Commerce president Taylor Hayes will give the program about Hopkinsville native Eugene Poole Jr.

A beaten path to the Dalton kitchen

by Grace Abernethy
March 30, 2025

Grace and Brendan Abernethy are taking their kitchen back to its origin, which will include space for the venerable beaten biscuit machine.

Hopkinsville nonprofit looks to renovate century-old school building into community center

by Zacharie Lamb
March 24, 2025

Men 2 Be acquired the shuttered structure from the Crispus Attucks Community Association last year.

Historical marker, mural honor Kappa Alpha Psi co-founder Elder Watson Diggs

by Jennifer P. Brown
March 17, 2025

The establishment of the fraternity was a major step for Black men at the Indiana University, where segregation rules prevented them from participating in many of the school’s organizations.

Women in education topic for History on Tap

by Hoptown Chronicle
March 14, 2025

The program is slated at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27.

Kentucky’s historical marker program one of oldest, largest in the United States

by Steve Flairty
March 12, 2025

Among the 2,400 historical markers throughout Kentucky, 22 tell the history of Christian County.

Snapshots in Time: The story of a Hopkinsville glove factory and its employees

by Alissa Keller
March 4, 2025

A photo take in the 1930s or '40s shows that all of the production workers for Baus Manufacturing Co. were African American women. They made work gloves.

Domestic work and family ties on East Seventh Street

by Grace Abernethy
February 24, 2025

Sarah Dalton Todd's memoir provided clues Grace Abernethy sought to learn about Black families who did laundry and other domestic work on East Seventh Street around the turn of the 20th century.

Legends of the ‘Greatest Cave Explorer Ever Known’ live on a century later at Mammoth Cave

by Michael J. Collins
February 16, 2025

The legend of Cave City native Floyd Collins continues today.

Hopkinsville museum commemorating Black History Month with two programs

by Hoptown Chronicle
February 11, 2025

One is an temporary audio addition to the Pennyroyal Area Museum’s permanent exhibit, and the other is a topic for the next History on Tap program.

The little-known history and disappearing architecture of Rosenwald schools

by Kim Kobersmith
February 7, 2025

Out of nearly 5,000 “Rosenwald” schools built to educate African American students in the south, approximately 500 remain. Photographers, advocates, and academics are working to preserve their history.