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Mounds, etc .- There are some Indian mounds in Daviess County, especially along the Ohio River from Yelvington down to the vicinity of Bon Harbor. At Iceland Landiug are a number of mounds containing specimens of aboriginal handwork, such as knives, axes, hammers, polishers, small mortars and pestles, pipes, ete. Also, the bones of a race of men are sometimes found, which must have averaged eight to ten feet iu height. The jaw-bones found easily fit over the jaw of the largest man now living.
Two or three aboriginal burying grounds have also been discov- ered in this county; but the graves are generally only four feet long, two to two and a half feet wide, and about as deep as wide. The dead (and some of the living also, according to one authority) were buried in these graves in a sitting posture. Near the head of each skeleton is generally found a pipe, and in the hands a tomahawk or other implement. Every grave is lined with slate or flat sand- rock, without mortar.
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HISTORY OF DAVIESS COUNTY.
DAVIESS COUNTY HUNTERS' CLUB.
This association was organized about 1876, with R. II. Taylor, President; James M. Alsop, Vice- President; George A. Williams, Secretary, and Roy Hathaway, Treasurer. A constitution and by- laws were adopted, according to which the regular meetings were to be held monthly. The number of members at first was abont fifteen; there are now twenty, which is the constitutional limit. The same officers have generally been re-elected from year to year until the present time.
The principal object of the club is to have hunting excursions each spring and fall. As a sample of the good times they have, we instance their encampment on Green River, abont four miles above Livermore, commencing Oct. 20, 1881, when they had with them three fine cooks, two sleeping tents, a dressing tent, and a stable tent. They canght a fair quantity of game and fish, and drank mineral water, etc., sang, played and danced, having a violin and guitar with them, and several of them being good singers.
This club is one of the finest equipped in the State, and four of them on the occasion referred to had the reputation of being the best shots in the county; namely, Z. L. Taylor, J. M. Alsop, Barnett Kelly and Wallace Herr. They visit different grounds each year in this and adjoining counties. sometimes other States. Last year they went to Southwestern Missouri; had a good time, although, on account of the floods, they did not secure an abun- dance of game. One good hunting-ground, especially for fishing, which they visit. is in the northwest extremity of the county, opp >- site a point below Enterprise. Ind., where there is a lake, supplied by overflow from the river. It is abont 200 yards in width and over a mile long.
Barnett Kelly, who has probably killed more deer than any other man in the country, is now living in Owensboro, on the Henderson Road. Other noted hunters in Daviess County have been: Jolin HI. McFarland, who has in his day been a fine deer- hunter, still a resident of Owensboro; Eilbeck Barron, now living in Ohio County; Gibson Taylor, father of R. H. Taylor, now aged seventy-two years, and a resident of Yelvington Precinct for the last fifty years. These men have all had their training and first experience in the primeval forest, when game was plentiful and the chase far more exciting than it is at the present day.
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HISTORY OF DAVIESS COUNTY.
THE FIRST MARRIAGE.
"Immediately after the organization of this county, namely, June 23, 1815, a license was issned for the marriage of Samuel MeCoy and Jane Helm. Two days afterward the following was recorded in the county elerk's office:
" A certificate of the marriage of the parties aforesaid was re- turned on the license as follows, to-wit: Agreeable to command of the within license, I joined together in the holy state of mar- riage the within named Samuel McCoy and Jane Helm, on the 25th day of June, 1815, according to the forms and ceremonies of the church to which they belong.
DANIEL T. PINKSTON, Min.
Attest: WILLIAM R. GRIFFITH, Clerk.
MARRIAGE RECORD.
The record of marriages in Daviess County is complete, and in convenient form for reference. Below we give a list of the mar- riages to the elose of 1820:
1815.
June 23 .- Samuel MeCoy and Jane Helmn.
July 27 .- Robt. Galloway and Catharine Souerheber.
Aug. 7 .- Caleb Hedges and Polly Davis.
Ang. 7 .- William Lock and Elizabeth Mothrell.
Ang. 9. - John D. Arbono and Harriet C. Lumpkins.
Sept. 11 .- John Tribble and Naney Barnett.
Nov. 27 .- John Field and Rachel McFarland.
Dec. 30 .- Jolin Neighbours and Caty Liggett (widow).
1816.
March 15 .- John Johnston and Lucy Huston.
May 13 .- Bannister Wall and Sally Thompson.
May 18 .- HIngh Barnett and Polly Cummins. June 10 .- John Gates and Lydia Edwards. Aug. 9 .- Thomas Metealf and Elizabeth Jones. Oct. 14 .- Jesse Spray and Mary Travis.
Oct. 18 .- John McFarland and Elizabeth Griffith.
Nov. 6 .- Azel Aterbury and Vina Lay.
Nov. 25. William Beall and Elizabeth Beall.
Nov. 28 .-- George Gilmore and Patsy Isbell.
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Dec. 6 .- Hillery Beall and Margaret Adams. Dec. 9 .- Philip Thompson and Sally Mosley. Dec. 9 .- John Roberts, Jr., and Mary Mosley. Dec. 21 .- John McDaniel and Jane Adams.
1817.
Jan. 9 .-- Abraham Shutt and Elizabeth Humphrey. Jan. 13 .- Winston Martin and Polly Pinkston. Jan. 24 .- William Terrell and Ann Caldwell. Feb. 4 .- Ephraim Thompson and Susan Grigsby. Feb. 4 .- Cyrus Pinkston and Delilah Pinkston. Feb. 26 .- James Jordan, Jr., and Jane Glenn.
March 15 .- Samuel Piles and Elizabeth Calhoon. March 21 .- John Briant and Milly Pinkston.
March 21 .- Benj. Stidham and Leanna Holmark. May 5 .- Ralph Calhoon and Lucy Glenn.
May 15 .- John B. Blackwell and Nancy Hellins. July 8 .- James Hellms and Rachel Taylor.
July 8 .- William McFarland and Frances Field. (No certificate marriage recorded.)
July 10 .- David Hamilton and Elizabeth Crabtree. July 21 .- James Bartlett and Una Lay.
Ang. 1 .- William Sisk and Ann Brown. Sept .- John Barnett and Leah Howard. Sept. 30 .- James C. Barnett and Delilah McFarland.
Oct. 30 .- John W Crow and Cynthia McCreery.
Nov. 26 .- James Roman and Elizabeth Brooks (widow).
Dec. 30 .- Gabriel Hart and Mary May.
1818.
Jan. 5 .-- Robert Wood and Millay Briant. Jan. 5 .- Abner Basset and Nancy Galloway.
Feb. 3 .- Joseph Davis and Sally Myers.
Feb. 3 .- William M. Jones and Ollie May. Feb. 24 .- John Totten and Editha Vandike.
Feb. 17 .- Robert Lamb and Polly Briant. March 4 .- Joseph Riggs and Lucy Dicken. Apr. 8 .- Renben Field and Agness Barnett (widow). Apr. 11 .- Harrison Adkins and Polly Smith. Apr. 15 .- George Tribble and Elizabeth Bingham.
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May 8 .- Jesse Lockett and Sally Bates. May 30 .- Nathan Arterberry and Lavise Arterberry. June 3 .- Willis Duncan and Frances Frazier. June 19 .- John Davis and Elizabeth Miller. June 25 .- James Newton and Fanny Field. Aug. 2 .- William R. Duncan and Kitty Roberts. Aug. 4 .- Groves Howard and Elizabeth Moore. Aug. 22 .- Daniel Brown and Jane Hale. Aug. 26 .- Joseph S. Webb and Ann Vandike.
Sept. 5 .- Thomas W. Palmer and Sarah Wells. Sept. 8 .- Nace Overall and Amelia H. Daveiss. Sept. 8-Benj. B. Lockett and Jane Cary. . Oct. 27 .- George Calhoon and Mary Gillmore.
Dec. 14 .- John Gabbert and Polly McKenny. Dec. 15 .- John Howard and Margaret Moore. Dec. 12 .- Joseph McDaniel, Jr., and Rhody Kirk.
Dec. 15 -Baptist Mattox and Leah McDaniel.
Dec. 26 .- Michael Coyle and Mary Black.
Dec. 29 .- Jeremiah Lucas and Susanna May.
Dec. 30 .- John Myers and Polly Bassett.
1819.
Jan 8 .- Aaron Taylor and Lydia Maxon. Jan. 13 .- Pleasant Cox and Charlotte Wyley. Jan 18 .- William Medcalf and Elizabeth Brown. March 21 .- William Tanner and Anna Brown. March 27 .- John H. Priest and Isabella Grigsby. March 28 .-- Morgan Hawkins and Sally Helms. Apr. 16 .- Elisha Barker and Polly Huff.
Apr. 24 .- William McFarland and Patsey Chambers.
May 8 .- John W. Patton and Nancy Anderson (widow). May 13 .- Moses Lang and Isbel McIntire.
May 10 .- Walker Glover and Sarah McFarland. Aug. 11 .- Lewis Riley and Cassandra Pedicord. Sept. 11 .- Jacob Phigley and Elizabeth Gibson. Sept. 10 .- Zachariah Galloway and Margaret Pearson. Sept. 25 .- Martin Richardson and Parmelia Lockett. Oct .- Hiram Jones and Sally Taylor.
Oct. 10. -- Thomas Martin and Sally Winkler. Oct. 10 .- Ezekiel Hedges and Polly Tanner.
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Oct. 23 .- Joseph Taylor and Elizabeth Grannay (alias Sally Martin).
Nov. 10 .- Henry Courtney and Harriet Lumpkins.
Nov. 11 .- Edward Shown and Fenita T. Pinkston.
Nov. 17 .- John Sanders and Hannah Stephenson.
Dec. 4 .- S. T. Hynes and Elizabeth H. Thompson (no return of marriage recorded).
Dec. 21 .- Leonard Jones and Polly May.
1820.
Jan. 3 .- Levi S. Scott and Sally Lawrence (no certificate of marriage recorded).
Jan. 6 .-- John Jeffords and Polly Rice.
Jan. 6 .-- James Egleheart and Ellen Humphrey.
Jan. 10 .- Harry Owen and Eliza Howard.
Jan. 10 .- Terry Thorp and Polly E. Howard.
Jan. 24 .- George Metealf and Elizabeth Winkler.
Jan. 24 .- Richard L. Maynard and Lucy Davis.
Feb. 2 .- Owen Howard and Polly Howard.
Feb. 18 .- Cecilius Hood and Mary McDaniel.
Feb. 15 .- James Nelson and Susannah Crews.
Feb. 21 .-- Zach. Field and Amelia Tanner.
March 2 .- William Brown and Anna E. Atherton.
Mareh 25 .- John McCracken and Peggy Hall (no ecrtificate re- corded).
March 25 .- Benj. Duncan and Nancy Beauchamp.
May 16 .- Samuel Carbot and Sally Timmons.
April 13 .- William R. Griffith and Area Mosely.
May 31 .- Henry W. Clark and Sally Clark.
June 9 .- David Barnett and Agnes Hodges (no certificate re corded).
June 15 .- John Gaither and Rebecca Bell.
June 23 .- Thomas Tanner and Nancy Davis.
July 6 .-- Nicholas G. Worthington and Eliza White.
Aug. 1 .- William May and Mrs. Catharine Cook.
Aug. 7 .- William Clark and Catharine Timmons.
Aug. 15 .-- Andrew O'Neal and Ann Higgins.
Aug. 24 .- Russell Isan and Mary Ann Perry.
Ang. 24 .- James M. Rogers and Jane Adams.
Sept. 13 .- John Glenn and Elizabeth Allen.
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Sept. 11 .-- Smith Akes and Martha Chamberlain.
Oct. 14 .- Jacob Crabtree and Elizabeth Travis.
Oct. 14. - William M. Kolms and Catharine Husk.
Oct. 31 .- Reuben Harris and Elitha Akes.
Nov. 1 .- James Archibald and Patience Taylor.
Nov. 3 .- Hezekiah L. Priest and Patsey Lumpkins.
Dec. 21 .- William Kirkham and Annis Rogers. (No certificate recorded.)
Dec. 27 .- William Howard and Polly Moore.
Dec. 27 .- John May and Patsey Davidson.
In compiling the foregoing list of names we found numerous contradictions in their orthography, and therefore some of them are doubtless spelled wrong here. In one instance there occurred what appeared to be a dating back by half a year; and in another the parties married were not the parties licensed to - married.
The annual number of marriages, for the last ele . . years, have been as follows :
1872. 177
1878. 201
1873.
194
1879. 148
1874
191
1880. 117
1875.
.196
1881
214
1876.
.170
1882 240
1877
220
THE FIRST STEAMBOAT DOWN THE OHIO.
In October, 1811 (or 1814, according to one authority), Fulton's steamboat, called the New Orleans, intended to run from that city to Natchez, left Pittsburg for its point of destination. Late at night on the fourth day after quitting Pittsburg it arrived in safety at Louisville, having been but seventy hours descending upward of 700 miles. The novel appearance of the vessel, and the fear- ful rapidity with which it made its passage over the broad reaches of the river, excited a mixture of terror and surprise among many of the settlers on the banks, whom the rumor of such an invention had never reached; and it is related that on the unexpected arrival of the boat before Louisville, in the course of a fine, still moon- light night, the extraordinary sound which filled the air, as. the pent-up steam escaped from the sonorous pipes, produced a general alarm, and many arose from their beds to ascertain the cause. Some even thought the c~ et, which had been in view some time previously, had fallen I: > the river. The escape of
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steam from the old style engine was much more sonorous than from the modern engine, through the condenser.
The water on the falls did not allow the New Orleans to pass down immediately, and she consequently economized her time by plying between Louisville and Cincinnati; but toward the last of November she was able to pass the rapids and "astonish the na- tives " along the shores of Daviess County.
ANECDOTAL.
" Charley Ross," Colored .- Sunday night of Nov. 4. 1877, it was Mr. Ross' turn to stay at home up town and " nuss " the baby while his wife attende l church. In his front room he rocked his little Charley to sleep, and, taking the slumbering infant in his arms, he sought the nursery and snugly tucked the little fellow in his bed. Imprinting a kiss upon his first-born, he returned to his family room, there to await his wife's return. He dozed off into a sleep, but was shortly awakened by a noise in the nursery. Alarmed at once lest some danger had befallen little Charley, he rushed frantically from his room into the nursery, up to the bed, and, in his excitement, he noticed no Charley there.
The father was wild with grief. " Kidnapped! kidnapped!" he said, and rushed madly into the street, down to the church in the extreme lower end of the city, where worshiped his wife, and in one last, long, lingering cry, yelled, "Little Charley has been stolen !" and sank down exhausted. The excitement was indescrib- able. His friends made all haste from the church, headed by the fond mother, straightway to the residence, and there found-little Charley, as snug as a bug in a rug and snoring away most lustily. " Who was it put him dar? 'Twere angels," said the father.
"And I think that saving a little child And bringin' it to its own, Is a darn sight better business Than a-loafin' about the throne."
Didn't know it was Sunday .- Nov. 4, 1877, an old lady of a Maud Muller cast of features and appearance came into Owens- boro, basket on arın, to " do some shopping," as she expressed it; and, stepping into Head's drug store, inquired why it was that the stores were all closed, and whether Mr. Smith's butcher-shop would be open soon. Mr. Head politely informed her that he sup- posed Mr. Smith's shop would remain closed all day; that he was a gentleman who always observed the Sabbath, and was doubtless then in at endance at Sunday-school
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"Sunday-school!" shrieked the old lady, letting her basket fall and throwing up her hands in holy horror; "Sunday-school! Why, Mister, you don't tell me this is Sunday?" " Sunday it is, madam, beyond the peradventure of a doubt," replied the suave druggist. " Well, law sakes alive! and there's my old man out in the field hard at work, and me in town shoppin' and its Sunday! But, Mister, don't you tell ou me, and I'll go right home, blow the horn for John, make him put on his Sunday elothes, and we'll both ride old Ball to church;" and she hastened away.
A slip between the cup and the lip .- In November, 1868, a little circumstance occurred that proved the truth of the adage that " truth is stranger than fietion."
A courtship, with all its sighs and wooings, had long existed between a gentleman and lady of this county, and at last the appointed day approached when the " two souls " which were sup- posed to contain but a " single thought," were about to be " linked into one," arrived. The license was obtained, the wedding supper prepared, and nothing but the affirmative answer to the questions propounded by the minister were necessary to make them " bone of one bone," etc., and entitled to walk down life's path together But the affair turned ont rather one sided. When the parties were upon the floor, "Will you take this woman to be your lawful and wedded wife?" was answered by the would-be groom in the affirma- tive with great promptness and alacrity; but when the minister proponnded the same question with a slight variation to the young lady, she archly, and with a malicious wink of her eye, replied " No." This turn of affairs of course produced a great sensation among the young people, while the elder ones lifted their specs and solemnly mused npon the frivolities of youth, and sought a solution to the strange proceedings, which was about this, and should teach a lesson of cantion to the rising generation :
A few days before the time for the consummation of the nuptials the young gent imprudently remarked to his aflianeed that he was "inclined to regret that their wedding day was so near at hand, but that the matter had gone so far now that in honor he could not relieve himself." This speech was harbored up by the young lady aforesaid, and she took the above method of "relieving " him of his " honor," and hence his woe and disappointment, which were justly merited.
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DISTANCES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER, FROM LOUISVILLE TO CAIRO.
Miles.
Miles.
Louisville. . 0
Enterprise.
15616
Silver Creek
212
Point Isabel. 159
New Albany, Ind. 412
French Island. 161
Middle Creek. 9
Pigeon Creek, Ind. 167
Hughes' Bar 10
Cypress Creek, Ind. 169
Knob Creek .. 13
Newburg .. 171
Christopher's Crossing. 18
Green River, Ky
17615
Dean's Wood Yard ..
20
Evansville, Ind.
1841%
Salt River ..
25
Henderson, Ky
196
New Bostou.
29
Henderson, Ind.
19716
Otter Creek
32
West Franklin.
209
Tobacco Landing.
36
Diamond Islar d, Foot.
213
Brandenburg, Ky
41
Mt. Vernon, Ind
220
Mauckport, Iud.
44
Slim Island, Head.
224
Amsterdam.
51
Slim Island, Foot.
22716
Upper Blue River Island, Head.
55
Leavenworth, Ind.
59
Fredonia.
62
Lower Highland Rocks 2351%
Schooner Point.
65
Hawkins' Landing
69
Wabash River .. 23912
Peckenpaw's Bar Head. 70
Wabash Island, Foot.
242
Wolf Creek
72
Raleigh ..
245
Little Blue River
Shawneetown, Ill.
249
Alton, Ind.
Reno, Ind.
78
Saline River, Ill. 258
Hatfield's House.
80
Shotwell's Coal Bank.
260
Concordia, Ky.
82
Caseyville, Ky. 262
Davis Landing, Ind.
83
Tradewater River. 264
Oil Creek ...
861/
Ford's Ferry. 268
Yellow Bank Creek.
91
Big Hurricane Island, Head 275
Stephensport.
96
Roseclair, Ill. 281
Bear Creek 98
Holt's Bar. 99
Golconda, Il] 291
Gregory's, Ky. 104
Prior Island
294
Cloverport, Ky. 106
Sister's Island, Head.
297
Fauccit's Creek. 107
Bay City, Ill.
300
Millstone Creek. 1111%
Stewart's Island, Head. 302
Rock Island. 114
Dog Island, Head. 307
Smithland, Ky 309
Tell City, Ind.
131
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Paducah, Ky.
31012 321
Lewisport 132
Brooklyn . .
324
Grand View 330
Honey Creek. 139
Hillerman's. 340
Caledonia. 352
Upper Yellow Bank Isl'd, Head. 14512
Mound City, Ill. 360
Cairo, Ill
368
Bon Harbor 153
84
Weston .. 26612
Derby.
8717 /2
Cave-in-Rock Town. 271
Chenault's Reach, Foot.
93
Elizabethtown 2781/2
Carrsville .. 283
HIawesville. 118
Pulltight, or West Liberty
Troy. 125
136%
Metropolis, Ill
Rockport, Ind 141
Owensboro
150
Louisiana Rocks. 23212
Uniontown, Ky. . 234
Wabash Island, Head 23712
7315 74
Coal Banks. 251
James Elsby, Pilot.
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The following table indicates the coldest and hottest days of each year from 1st1 to 1571, as observed at Louisville:
YEAR.
COLDEST DAY. .
TEMP.
HOTTEST DAY. ' TEMP.
181 :- 2
F'eb.
17
4º
Sept. 11
1842-3.
Feb. 16
3
July
1
95
1843-4.
Jan.
29
1
Aug.
20
98
1844-5.
Dec.
19
3
July
15
96
1845-6 ..
Dec.
2
-10
Aug.
6
100
1846-7
Jan.
11
9
July
1
95
1847-8.
Jan.
10
7
Aug.
22
89
1849-50
Feb.
4
1
July
6
91
1850-1.
Jan.
31
0
July
27
93
1851-2.
Jan.
19
11
July
23
94
1853-4.
Jan.
23
- 4
Sept.
3
102
1854 -5.
Feb.
26
3
July
17
97
1855-6.
Jan.
10
22 !5
1
July
17
99
1856-7
Jan.
19
24 .
July
17
96
1857-8.
Feb.
23
-1012
Aug.
98
1858-9
Jan.
CC
-- 1
July
14
101
1859-60
Dec.
23
-1212
Aug.
100
1860-1
Dec. 31
11
Aug.
9
93
1862-3.
Jan.
18
0
Aug.
1
93
1863-4.
Jan.
1
-20
July
29
86
1864-5.
Jan.
6
July
4
95
1865-6.
Feb.
15
July
15
93
1866-7
Feb.
10
-11
Aug.
18
95
1867-8.
Jan.
30
4
July
16
99
1-69-70
Feb. 21
2
July
27
96
: 470-1
Dec. 24
2
Aug.
14
102
DISTANCES ON GREEN RIVER.
Miles.
Miles.
Mouth of Green River ()
South Carrollton.
Spottsville ..
Lewisburg
Mason's Landing.
16
C'eralvo.
Bork's Mill.
Airdrie Works.
103
( "hoon's Ferry.
26
Paradise.
104
Cardsville ..
99
Rochester, or Skybville.
118
Hareideon's Landing.
Cromwell ...
135
Rutom's Landing.
40
Logansport. .
139
Steamport.
Clark's Ferry
151
Wrightshorg.
Whitesburg, or Payne's Landing
55
Wiolbury 158
(Park's Landing. .163
Firmey, or Call
1. red castle, or Warrenton. 174
Licimore
Bowing Green .. 189
l', i Plerant.
19 Graham's Landing.
193
-
June
27
93
1848-9
Feb.
19
1852-3.
Fel).
9
July
9
98
99
1861-2.
Feb. 15
July
Aug.
24
99
Dec.
1
-
1
Vorgantown. 153
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DISTANCES BY THE O. & N. RAILROAD.
Miles.
Miles.
Owensboro
0
Livermore
21
Sutherland's
7
Island.
24
Crow's.
9
Stroud's.
.27
Lewis
13
South Carrollton. .32
Riley's.
15
E. & P. R. R. Junction. .35
POSTOFFICES.
Birk City, twelve miles west of Owensboro, in Oakford Precinct and on Green River.
Craig, seven miles east of Owensboro, in Knottsville Precinct.
Curdsville, fourteen miles southwest of Owensboro.
Delaware, twenty-one miles southwest of Owensboro, in Curds. ville Precinct, on Green River.
Grissom's Landing, ten miles northwest of Owensboro, on the Ohio River, and in Oakford Precinct.
Knottsville, thirteen miles east of Owensboro, on the Hardins- burg road.
Masonville, nine miles southeast of Owensboro, on the Hartford road.
Owensboro, the county seat.
Panther, twelve miles southwest of Owensboro, near Panther Creek.
Philpot Station, eight miles southeast of Owensboro on the Litchfield road, near North Panther Creek, and in Upper Town Pre- cinct.
Pleasant Ridge, fifteen miles southeast of Owensboro, on the Hartford road, in Murray Precinct, near the county line.
Sorghotown, eight miles southwest of Owensboro, in Sorgho- town Precinct, and two miles east of Green River, on the Hender- son road.
Utica, at Lewis's Station, twelve miles south of Owensboro, on the railroad, in Murray Precinct.
West Louisville, fourteen miles southwest of Owensboro, in Curdsville Precinct.
Whitesville, fifteen miles southeast of Owensboro, on the Litch- field road, in Boston Precinct.
Yelvington, ten miles northeast of Owensboro, on the Hawesville road.
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COUNTY ATLAS.
A very correct and faithful "Ilistorieal Atlas" of this county was published by Leo McDonough & Co. during the centennial year. It is so well known to the citizens of Daviess County that a description is scarcely needed. It contains "eighty-one pages," counting twelve blank pages; size, 13 x 16 inches. The publishers made the serions mistake of drawing most of the maps on a scale about twenty per cent. larger than the book could "comfortably " contain. Hence it is inclined to "gag," with tongues sticking out around the edges!
Its contents are: A page of statistics and reference symbols, well spread out, two and a half pages of county history, one page of pre- cinct history, maps of the precincts, State of Kentucky, United States, and of the whole world-the latter, of course, on a small scale; also thirty full-page illustrations of buildings and their premises, fifty five biographical sketches of prominent citizens, and a list of patrons which purports to be only a " portion " of them.
In the delivery of this work the publishers met with considerable opposition, on the ground that the maps were too large for the bock, and were jucorrect; that some names were spelled wrong; that the paper was poor, etc. ; but they ultimately proved in court that they had fulfilled their part of the contract, and the protesting patrons were accordingly compelled to fulfill theirs.
OWENSBORO DIRECTORY AND COUNTY GAZETTEER.
This work is so faithful that we quote the title page entire: "Emerson and Williams's Owensboro Directory, 1882-'3; being a complete index to the residents of the city ; also a classified business directory; to which is added an appendix containing useful informa- tion of eity, county State, and miscellaneous matters; together with a street directory, a gazetteer of Daviess County, and a post- office directory of Kentucky. Price, three dollars. Louisville: printed at the Courier Journal Job Office. 1882."
This, being their first directory of this city or county, is very carefully compiled; and the publishers announce their intention to issue a new one in 1885. This issne contains 277 octavo pages.
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CHAPTER XV.
OWENSBORO.
This growing city is located on the south bank of the Ohio River, at what was known to the early boatmen as the " Lower" or " Big Yellow Banks." As a name of this place, however, this was gener- ally abbreviated to the simpler form, "Yellow Banks," and the town was scarcely known by any other name until about 1839 or '40. The postoffice bore this name from the time of its establish- ment in 1818 or '19, until 1837 or '8. The name is derived from the deep yellow color of the river bank, as it conspicuously exhibited itself to river travelers coming from either direction. This bank of yellow clay extends abont six miles along the river, from ten to twenty feet above high-water mark. The foot of Frederica street is 37° 48' north latitude, and 10° 9' west longitude from Wash- ington, D.C.
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