Bud Bush remembered for his relentless pursuit of local history Bud Bush seen in this 2010 file photo was a relentless pursuer of Henry County history. C-T File photo By DARREL RADFORD Historically Speaking Henry County history lost one of its best friends this week. Bud Bush, a U.S. Army veteran who continued to…
This week’s “Historically Speaking” column by museum director Darrel Radford will pay tribute to Bud Bush, the well-known local genealogist and cemetery volunteer who died earlier this week. Look for it in Saturday’s edition of The Courier-Times.
On Thursday, Oct. 18, Charlotte Battin will be here to present her nationally acclaimed one-woman drama about the Underground Railroad entitled “Freedom Is My Home.” This is a 45-minute drama about slavery and friendship, cruelty and kindness, prejudice and courage. The event will begin at 7 p.m. This drama is suitable both for children as…
No place on this earth I’d rather be Neither in country, city nor town, On river, lake or the boundless sea, When mid-summer sun’s bilin’ down, Than in some nice cool water mill Free from all care there is to feel. On grain bags lay quiet and still…
Old Settlers’ Society This was Henry County’s first attempt at passing on the history of the first settlers who came into this area in the 1820s. Their method was what we would now label as an “oral tradition”- using the art of storytelling to keep alive the history of an area and its people. There was…
