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From the Louisville Daily Courier, April 17, 1849 Mr. Macready’s great reputation drew a crowded house to the Theatre last night. We have...

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, August 9, 1867 The Louisville Cricket Club, having accepted the challenge of the Louisville...

Edward Howard Dunn was born July 25, 1836 in Louisville, the son of John Oswald Dunn and Augusta Stansbury. He was promoted from...

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, May 27, 1867 Public Schools and Base-Ball Clubs. We are requested to suggest to the Public Schools...

Richard Francis Logan was born in Shelby County, Kentucky in 1840. He was the son of John Allen Logan, a longtime friend and army...

From the Louisville Daily Courier, December 4, 1866 A meeting of the Louisville Base Ball Club will be held at the office of the Franklin...

Woodford Hall was born in Shelby County, Kentucky on December 12, 1839, the son of John Hall and Macy J. Morrow. A farmer, he was 5’5...

John Clarke, a stationer who was one of the organizers of the Union Club of Louisville, was appointed the first quartermaster of the...

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, May 25, 1884 Part 1 “We two will serve them both in aiding her – will clear away the parasitic forms...

David “Newt” Sharp Jr. was born in Shelby County, Kentucky on June 1, 1842, the son of David Newton Sharp and Paulina Glass. A farmer,...

A Duty for American Women From the Louisville Courier-Journal, May 25, 1884 In the Manhattan for June is an article written to show that...

Major James S. Allen was a twenty-one-year-old hatter when the war began. He was born in Fayette County, Kentucky. Allen was six feet...

From the Louisville Daily Courier, February 4, 1858 Prof. Holyoke’s Last Reading – This accomplished and gifted gentleman and scholar...

From the Louisville Courier-Journal, April 30, 1864 Wood’s Theatre, Corner Fourth and Jefferson. Duffield & Flynn . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Major Ahimaaz Hymes Chambers – Ahimaaz Chambers was born on September 7, 1836 near New Haven, Kentucky, the son of John Chambers and...

From the Paducah News-Democrat, July 29, 1907 The Negro Team. Paducah’s crack negro baseball team, the “Paducah Nationals,” will play the...

Lieutenant Colonel William George Halpin – William George Halpin was born on May 30, 1825 in Westmeath, Ireland (the same county my...

From the Paducah Sun, October 30, 1905 To Play With Chicago. Today’s Cairo Bulletin says: A pair of negro baseball players of Cairo will...

Surgeon Luther Paris Wetherby – Dr. Luther Paris Wetherby, the son of Charles Silas Wetherby and La Moille Shaw, was born March 20, 1834,...

Paducah Sweeps Three Game Series WON THREE STRAIGHTS. From the Paducah Sun, Jun 27, 1904 Ben Boyd’s negro baseball team defeated the...