Susan Arthur Historical Preservation Award

Note: Bert Scent, left, received the Susan Arthur Preservation Award during the 2019 Daniel Boone Festival. The Barbourville Junior Woman’s Study Club

Note: Jakalyn Jackson, left, received the Susan Arthur Preservation Award during the 2018 Daniel Boone Festival. The Barbourville Junior Woman’s Study

Douglas Bargo, a key volunteer at the Knox Historical Museum, has received the annual Susan Arthur Historical Preservation Award. The award was presen

Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the 69th Annual Daniel Boone Festival catalog. Dora Sue Oxendine Farmer was announced as the winner of the 2015 Susan Arthur Historical Preservation Award during the 68th Daniel Boone Festival. The award was presented “to an outstanding citizen of our county” by members…

Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the 70th Annual Daniel Boone Festival catalog. Educator, musician and children’s champion, Linda Oxendine-Douglas was announced as the winner of the eleventh Susan Arthur Historical Preservation Award during last year’s 69th Daniel Boone Festival, 2016. A twenty-seven year veteran teacher at G. R.…

Compiled by Rita Wood The recipients of the 2014 Susan Arthur Historical Preservation Award worked very hard over their lifetimes to preserve and promote Knox County’s heritage and history. On October 6, 2014, Peggy Kemner and Irma Gall from the Lend-A-Hand Center were named as the ninth annual winners of…