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Kentucky's fourth largest city, Owensboro, has a population of 57,265 and Daviess County's population is 96,656. Owensboro is located on the southern banks of the Ohio River, one of the nation's major waterways.

Voices of Elmwood

Elmwood 2008-1

2008-A sheriff who was killed while protecting a prisoner from a lynch mob and his wife who finished his term in office.

Elmwood 2008-2

2008-A dirgible pilot tells his story of how he came to be in Elmwood.

Elmwood 2008-3

2008-A local woman who risked exposure to a deadly illness to help others.

Elmwood 2008-4

2008-Local politician Charles Stuart Todd is portrayed.

Elmwood 2008-5

2008-John Harding McHenry tells his story.

Elmwood 2008-6

2008-A teacher of the blind in Elmwood Cemetery.

Elmwood 2008-7

2008-A lion tamer who died while the circus was in town got a royal funeral.

Elmwood 2008-9

2008-Attorney George W. Triplett relates his tale.

Elmwood 2008-9

2008-A Rebel soldier whose body was left at the Owensboro pier was given a burial plot by a family who later buried one of their slaves next to him.

Elmwood 2008-10

2008-Phillip Thompson was killed in a duel and is still looking for a rematch.

 

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