tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998509848120209824.post8401706082508705083..comments2024-02-05T18:14:35.019-06:00Comments on Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog: A Look at Hopkins CountyBrenda Joyce Jeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07878338519744358017noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998509848120209824.post-1048053520396723632013-07-13T22:33:31.547-05:002013-07-13T22:33:31.547-05:00Thank you for this information.Thank you for this information.Brenda Joyce Jeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07878338519744358017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998509848120209824.post-91063034765738158372013-07-13T22:19:17.356-05:002013-07-13T22:19:17.356-05:00Very interesting. Hopkins Co's historian Carl ...Very interesting. Hopkins Co's historian Carl Veazey has shown us old Stagecoach routes through the town. I live near Stagecoach Road where an 1800's home still resides with a historical marker nearby. Nebo was famous for tobacco warehouses. Many of the old coal towns had coal company stores including the one in Earlington that was near my office. It was called, "the company store". Miners could get things at the store as part of their paycheck directly without using cash tender. The famous song documents this from Muhlenberg County, " I owe my soul to the company store."L. Peyton Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07977898279965581142noreply@blogger.com