Editor’s note: Following is the third part of a series by Pike County historian, journalist and public relations professional Brent Engel on the 1870 murder of Abbie Summers in Ashley.
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End of school year brings uncertainties but finishes strong
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A moment that should have been triumphant instead turned tragic.
Champ Clark rebelled against only one piece of advice from his beloved father.
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As a common man with extraordinary abilities, Champ Clark was living proof of American exceptionalism.
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LOUISIANA – Theodore Roosevelt’s 1903 swing through Louisiana on his way to preside over the St. Louis World’s Fair prompted a flurry of excitement in the town — an occasion worth looking back on this President’s Day.
Senator John Brooks Henderson endured scorn and accusations of corruption in exonerating Democrat President Andrew Johnson of impeachment charges in 1868.
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Just as with today’s impeachment of President Donald Trump, efforts to sway opinion were strong as Pike County legislator John Brooks Henderson witnessed the 1868 campaign to oust President Andrew Johnson.
LOUISIANA – Brent Engel believes there’s no end to Pike County stories.
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LOUISIANA – John Brooks Henderson stands out among Louisiana’s famous sons. A Missouri Senator during the Civil War, he played a key role in the writing and passage of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery. He dashed the attempt to remove President Andrew Johnson and was hired by Ulys…
Harry Truman once observed that there’s nothing new except the history with which we’re not familiar.
BOWLING GREEN – Champ Clark Honey Shuck Restoration Inc. held their annual banquet and meeting — styled a “Salute to Veterans” — in honor of Bennett Clark and the American Legion Thursday, Oct. 24 at the historic Honey Shuck house.
The Louisiana Area Historical Museum will feature an outstanding speaker for its annual fall dinner to be held on Thursday, Nov. 14 at American Legion Post 370 at 420 Kelly Lane.
LOUISIANA – Guests participated in home tours on Sept. 22 and 29 to benefit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Louisiana.
The internationally-known band Cornet Chop Suey performed a wide-ranging selection of jazz and other tunes during its annual performance Sept. 28 at the Apple Shed in Clarksville. More than 150 people were treated to tunes such as “Dipper Mouth Blues,” “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Blueberry Hill,” “…
The hatred was so fierce that they carried weapons just about everywhere.
The Louisiana Area Historical Museum held a “Tear Up the Loan” party Monday, Aug. 26 at the home of board President Judy Schmidt.
LOUISIANA – Members of Pike County chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will assist in digitizing information for Riverview Cemetery in Louisiana. Cindy Blaylock, chair of the Cemetery Improvement project, presented the work done by Charity Lesley in l…
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