1880 Graves County Atlas
Few detailed maps exist at the county level from the 19th Century. Graves County, Kentucky is lucky to have a highly detailed atlas from 1880 showing the entire county.Featured in…
A drone view of Camp Beauregard cemetery, located near Water Valley, Ky.
Camp Beauregard of Kentucky – A Confederate Dystopia of Disease & Depression
Looking at the featured photo of this article, you might think it’s just another cemetery. However, today’s Camp Beauregard cemetery has dystopian Civil War roots of disease and depression. Up…
An aerial view of Feliciana, Kentucky.
Feliciana, Kentucky
A large landowner with several slaves ran a store in southwestern Graves County in the 1820s. Two of his slave girls both wanted the same man and grew jealous of…
Wooldridge Monuments – “The Strange Procession Which Never Moves”
Maplewood Cemetery in Mayfield, Ky. has many unusually large and ornate burial tombs. The most prominent memorial display in the cemetery is the Wooldridge Monuments. The curious set of 18 statues are known as “the strange procession which never moves.”