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| Corinth, 1910 | Corinth, 1909 |
| William Gaines Dorman's family ran the general store on the far left. Going up the street is the Farmers Bank. The three story building, a lodge building, had, at different times, a bank, a post office, and residences on the first floor. |
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| Public School and Dormitory, 1910 | Corinth Christian Church | Corinth, 1910 The tracks have since been moved several hundred feet away from US 25. |
“Corinth, Ky., Baptist Church will be dedicated next Sunday.”
Courier-Journal, June 6, 1904
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| Corinth Wins State Basketball Title, 1930, here. |
The 1929 team was pretty good, too. |
Everything you ever wanted to know about the 1930 Corinth Braves is in
Hazel Ogden's 50th Anniversary Booklet about the team. It's a large
pdf,
that you can read by clicking here.
| “A post-office by the name of Corinth has been established in Grant county - D. W. Williams, postmaster. This office is on the Covington Pike, between Stonewall and Gouge's.” Covington Journal, November 7, 1868 |
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Alice Longworth Roosevelt [Wikipedia] comes thru Corinth on her honeymoon?
(That's her wedding picture on the right, but they took a train for their honeymoon. Maybe a different date?)
Lancaster's Livery Stable, Corinth, 1901
J. B. Minor, Shipping Wool, from in front of
Corinth Lumber Company; later O. V. Jones' store
From a Facebook post by Jerry Martin
Wainscott's
From a Facebook post by Bennie Brown
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| Dr. W. H. Daugherty President, Corinth Deposit Bank. |
from the Farmers Bank of Corinth, 1911. Frank B. Craig, Cashier 3% on Savings |
| The Kentucky Secretary of State's records show that the Corinth Deposit Bank was established on August 28, 1934. They list the original officers, and the incorporation papers (pdf), which has a list of all the original stockholders. On the other hand, these notes indicate the the bank has a prior history. We suspect, but do not know, that the many bank failures of the Great Depression explains the discrepancy. | |
1905 Corinth Bank robbers take everything but the pennies. Story is here, and, here.
There was also a bank robbery in 1931.
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Camp Stevenson, Corinth
We can't tell you anything more about the Stevenson Camp Grounds than what we find in the papers. We found three short articles, and they're here. They were incorporated by an Act of the Kentucky Legislature in 1883-84, and declared dry in 1884. And held a camp meeting in 1883. |
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 Courier-Journal, December 2, 1919 |
The Fairview Hotel and Stockyards, 1917
Corey Alexander ran the hotel, H. R. Simmons owned the house on the left, and
that's Earl True's place on the right.
| “Corinth, Ky., Feb. 6. - The wife of Joe Perkins gave birth to quadruplets last night, all being boys and well developed, strong and healthy, and giving promise of living and thriving.” from the Paducah Sun, February 6, 1897 | According to the Lexington Herald-Leader (June 30, 1990) Corinth is the only town in Kentucky that covers parts of three counties - Grant, Scott and Harrison. Since then, you can add Corbin to the list, so there are now two. |
| “Corinth, Ky., - Organ or no organ is the question that is agitating the Christian church people, with very strong prospects of organ, and several of the old members declare they will leave the church if they put in an organ.”from the Williamstown Courier, August 6, 1896 |  Idaho Avalanche, August 6, 1897 |
| Murder in Corinth, here. | A few words on the Corinth Church of Christ are here. |
| “A murdered Hungarian was buried near Corinth, Ky., recently. When dying a candle was placed in his hand and held there by his brother until the last moment. In the coffin is placed a towel, soap, comb, needle, and thread. He was dressed in a new suit of clothes and a white hat placed on his head. A piece of money was thrown into the grave to buy the ground from the evil one.” Indianapolis News, February, 9 1891 | |
| Grant County News editor visits Corinth in 1911, here. | The power of prayer. |
| Capt. Garrett fired as editor of Corinth paper. | William K. Dorman remembers the Corinth of his past. |
| The 1890 Corinth fire. | The 1914 Corinth fire and here. |
| Report of the 1898 Fire in Corinth is here. | Report of the 1904 Fire in Corinth is here, and here. |
| Fox Hunt in Corinth, read about it here. | |
| Night Riders invite Corinth tobacco farmers to pool tobacco, or take the consequences, here. | Philandering Corinth husband clubbed. |
| Toll gate vigilantes take out Corinth tollgate. | Corinth formally created, 1878 |
J. H. Hall was in the chicken business in Corinth
from ad in the Warsaw Independent
 Chicago Packer, June 24, 1916 |
 Chicago Packer, October 6, 1917 |
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 Paducah Daily Sun, February 6, 1897 |
 The Hazel Green Herald, September 5, 1895 |
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 Indianapolis Journal, March 4, 1899 |
 Courier-Journal, October 27, 1879 |
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 Daily Public Ledger, (Maysville), August 3, 1896 |
 Courier-Journal, Augusts 12, 1900 |
The Hickman Courier, January 3, 1902
Courier-Journal, July 28, 1891
What's this mad stone they're talking about?
The explanation is at this site. Don't miss it.
Corinth High School
from the 1937 Pow Wow
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| Seniors | Administration | Basketball Braves | Cheerleaders |
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| Glee Club | Pow Wow Staff | Whoopla Chorus | Butterfly chorus |
| The cast of the class play, Oh Professor | |||
| Photographs from the 1939 Pow Wow, the Annual of the Corinth High School | |||
| “Our City of Corinth, Ky., is still on the improve. The long distance telephone has been completed through our county. We are to have an office here that we communicate with neighboring cities, New Orleans, and New York. Poles and six lines have been put up. The line is not yet complete to the south of us. The next thing in the way of improvement is with our Rail road Company. Electric signals are now being placed along the line, so we are to have no more collisions. Our school will open September 2nd under the leadership of Prof. A. A. Hibner with a corps of able assistants.” Greensburg [Indiana] Review, September 4, 1895 |
| “Corinth is a thriving little town on the Southern Railroad. There is more shipping from here than any other point north of Georgetown. There are four dry goods stores, one grocery, one drug store, on planning-mill, one saw and grist mill, one furniture manufactory, three churches, a chartered seminary where ten years' of instruction is given in ten years, two hotels, the Marion and Westhover.” From Covington's Daily Commonwealth, July 23, 1879 |
| “Berry's Station Press: The people of portions of Harrison, Scott, Owen and Grant counties, with a common center at Corinth, Grant county, are taking initiatory steps toward having a new county formed in the sections mentioned. From what we can learn, the people are enthusiastic and determined.” Courier-Journal, undated clipping, c. 1875 |
| In 1953, there was published a directory of everyone who had ever graduated from the Corinth High School from
1918 - 1953. It's here.
(pdf) We note that while alumni range from Ypsilanti, Michigan, to Florida, to Long Island, to San Francisco, as well as Covington, Newport,
Cynthiana, and lots of other places, there is only one - 1 - graduate they didn't know the whereabouts of.
Imagine that: hundreds and hundreds of grads, dispersed to the far corners of the country, and the community was tight enough that they knew how to contact, regardless of time or distance, over 99‰ of them. What the hell ever happened to America? |
