Lewis County Historical Society

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Lewis County Historical Society The Lewis County historical society houses many historical documents. We help people with their genealogical research,Hours Friday & Saturday 11 a.m-3 p.m.

Today on our 1905 tour we are moving away from downtown and showing the area where the main highway goes towards Clarksb...
10/13/2026

Today on our 1905 tour we are moving away from downtown and showing the area where the main highway goes towards Clarksburg.

Some local recipes from a 1976 local cookbook to try.
10/09/2026

Some local recipes from a 1976 local cookbook to try.

Today we are covering just one WW1 soldier Floyd Ruark. He entered into service around October 1917. He was a constant w...
10/06/2026

Today we are covering just one WW1 soldier Floyd Ruark. He entered into service around October 1917. He was a constant writer sending many letters back home to family. His time in the military brought both happiness and sadness as in April 1918 he was sent home on a furlough due to the terrible murder of his father Tom. Once home he snuck off with his sweetheart Anna Collins and got married. Soon he was back over seas where he was wounded on October 25th, 1918. He was finally mustered out of service in mid 1919 returning back to Lewis County.

Today, we are looking at the back end of Vanceburg by Salt Lick Creek covering the area between second and third street.
09/30/2026

Today, we are looking at the back end of Vanceburg by Salt Lick Creek covering the area between second and third street.

As fall rolls in here are a few down home recipes to try this week.
09/28/2026

As fall rolls in here are a few down home recipes to try this week.

Here is a list of the different books available to order at the historical society. We also have a new book listed on th...
09/25/2026

Here is a list of the different books available to order at the historical society. We also have a new book listed on the Parker family in Lewis county as well.

This week I want to share a few WW1 letters from August 1918 from Paris Corns, Dennie McCann, Elmer Sparks, and Chas. Fe...
09/24/2026

This week I want to share a few WW1 letters from August 1918 from Paris Corns, Dennie McCann, Elmer Sparks, and Chas. Fearis.

This week we are looking at 2nd street between Main and Market Street around 1905. This was the main business block at t...
09/22/2026

This week we are looking at 2nd street between Main and Market Street around 1905. This was the main business block at the time for the town of Vanceburg. Many of the buildings are still standing today.

This week I want to share four letters that run the gambit of emotions from the men from Lewis County in WW1. A funny le...
09/17/2026

This week I want to share four letters that run the gambit of emotions from the men from Lewis County in WW1. A funny letter from Homer Lightner, An emotional letter about religion from James Miller, Asa B Saunders talking about his life in Quincy, France, and one from George Blankenship talking about living conditions of soldiers.

This week we are going down past the livery stable and showing off more of front street and second street roughly around...
09/15/2026

This week we are going down past the livery stable and showing off more of front street and second street roughly around 1905 time period.

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39 Market Street
Vanceburg, KY
41179

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