[Old School Hound]

1955 undefeated, untied, State Champion(unofficial) Corbin Redhounds.


#66 on the front row is probably the best player to ever play football at Corbin--- Calvin Bird.  He went on to become one of the best players in UK history, earning many SEC honors.


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[Old School Hound]

UK great, and Corbin Redhound legend, Calvin Bird wearing his #21 jersey for the Wildcats.  Calvin played for UK from 1958-60. He once said his proudest achievement was beating Tennessee all three years he played for UK.  In 1958 and 1959 , Calvin scored every single point that UK scored in those games, both wins.  I mean, EVERY. SINGLE. POINT, including the two-point conversions.  In the 1959 game, UK upset highly-favored Tennessee 20-0 . Calvin scored every point in the game, running for two TDs, returning a 63-yard punt for another, and scoring a two-point conversion. My grandfather said there was a sign hung from the underpass in Corbin to greet the Tennessee bus as it returned to Knoxville from Lexington(in 1959, there was no I-75, so travelers heading south had to travel 25 through Corbin).  The sign said:

" BIRD  20  ,   Tennessee  0  " 

Ouch! That's a BURN !


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Calvin was an All-American at UK and was the MVP of the All American All-Star Game his senior season. He was a charter member of the UK Athletics Hall of Fame.

[Old School Hound]

Gone but not forgotten:



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[Old School Hound]

Kentucky River at Boonesboro Beach in Madison County. Probably late 60's/early 70's.   What happened to our local beaches, filled with people enjoying summer fun in KY???   Shitter's full, nowadays !!!!  I wanna go back!!!


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[Old School Hound]

My high school math teacher, back in her cheerleading days at Corbin High School in the 1950's .  My, how those cheerleading outfits have changed!!!


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[Old School Hound]

The remains of a Shell Station and vehicles, across from White Hall , in Madison County.  They met the enemy, and the enemy won on  that terrible  day and evening of April 3, 1974. F-4 tornado cut a 20+ mile swath of destruction across Madison County. 


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[Old School Hound]

Ferry at Boonesboro.  1931.


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[Old School Hound]

Captain Hook.   I miss when my Reds were good.


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J.B.





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[Old School Hound]

This little VW bug in Madison County was orange with Chrome Crager wheels.  But the April 3, 1974 tornado didn't give a damn what kind of wheels it had.


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[Old School Hound]

1927, Madison County.  Ah,  such simpler times...  I think the guy here was a Perkins, probably a relation of my stepdad's mother.  She was a Perkins.


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[Old School Hound]

The old Maverick Club in Richmond. Had a bit of a rough reputation. Knifings, shootings, lots of titties...   It was established in the 1960's and was known to host a number of country music artists, especially the outlaw guys, like David Allen Cole(see the billboard in the pic),  Johnny Paycheck , Keith Whitley, George Jones, and more.   Jones was scheduled to play there one night , and as he was apt to do in those days , he showed up late and was dog drunk. He was so drunk that they couldn't get George out of the car.  From what I know, they took George to a local Richmond motel and dried him out. He came back, sometime between 11 and midnight and took the stage, still buzzed,  but at least able to stand up.  

The original name of the bar was The Bull's Horn. Brock Monroe bought the building and renamed it the  Maverick Club, after the TV show, "The Maverick." Brock was assassinated in 1987, when a sniper, supposedly perched in a tree near Monroe's residence, shot him through his bedroom window. Some say Monroe had ties to the mafia. Like I said, the Maverick Club had a rough reputation, but hosted some of the big name outlaws in country music. I was always kinda scared of the place when I was a kid.


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[Old School Hound]

Rainbows and Root Beer in Corbin:

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 Six years ago. Hall of Fame coach drops in for a burger and a dog  and root beer float.   Back when I was a kid, the food there was good and the girls were cute.  Now... bad food and butt uglies...


Last time I ate there(years ago), I ordered a hamburger. When I finally got it delivered to my car and opened it, big surprise, a big bite had been taken out of it. My last time there!!!




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[Old School Hound]

Great old picture of Main Street in Corbin.  1947   Lots of businesses you can make out in the picture.  Florsheim Shoes, Greyhound Bus Station, VIV Theatre(my dad's hangout on Saturday's), Dyche Drugs(became Walgreens), Roger Meats(Not sure who Roger was or how his meat tasted).


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[Old School Hound]

Old Black Joe Jr. , former slave at Federal Hill in Bardstown.   This picture is from 1931. Oh, btw, we know Federal Hill today by another name---My Old Kentucky Home.

Look closely, and you will see OBJ holding a harmonica in his left hand.

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[Old School Hound]

One of my favorite old historical photos is the hanging of Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold & George Azerodt on July 7, 1865 at Fort McNair(then called The Arsenal Penitentiary), in Washington D.C. Who were Surratt, Powell, Herold & Azerodt, you ask?     They were four of the co-conspirators who were convicted  of conspiring to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. With the help of  a disgruntled stage actor by the name of J.W. Booth, they succeeded.


Mary Surratt was the first woman to be executed by the federal government.  Btw, Mary is hanging on the far left in the picture, in case you are morbidly curious like me.


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[Old School Hound]

Three-sport star at Corbin High School in the late '40s.  Yep, it's the legendary coach, Roy Kidd, from his days as a Corbin Redhound.


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[Old School Hound]

Myrtle Beach, late 1970's .  We mostly went to Daytona Beach when I was young. In later years, more to Myrtle Beach.




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[Old School Hound]

Country store and post office, Lily, KY.  Around 1960 .


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The Last Hurrah for the Hounds.    1982


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[Strikeout King]

I wish we could go back to the 80's and 90's.

Man. Nostalgia.

[Old School Hound]

I wish we could go back to the 80's and 90's.

Man. Nostalgia.

You and me both.  I wonder if we knew how good we had it back then.


Short shorts and halter tops ,  Ft. Lauderdale, 1980's.



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[Old School Hound]

12/11/80 :


Vigil outside Lennon's apartment:

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[Old School Hound]

Anyone ?????   Hint:  1986.


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[Old School Hound]

Anyone???   Hint: 1980.


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[Jarons]

Anyone ?????   Hint:  1986.


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Challenger explosion. 
For me personally, that day was my brother's 21st birthday and the day he left for basic training.

[Jarons]

Anyone???   Hint: 1980.


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Mt. St. Helens.  May 18, 1980. My mom's 35th birthday.

[Old School Hound]

Jesse James in coffin .   April, 1882. 



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Jesse James' mother standing next her son's grave on the family farm:



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4/3/1882 : A crowd gathered at the house of Jesse James  on the day that  Robert Ford shot Jesse in the back to collect a $10,000 bounty offered up by Missouri Governor, Thomas Crittenden.  Btw, Gov. Thomas Crittenden was the nephew of John J,. Crittenden, former Gov. of KY and the man whose name was given to Crittenden County.  


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Jesse James was so infamous that after being shot by Robert  Ford, his body was put on public display, allowing people to view the deceased outlaw. This included being preserved on ice.  He was transported from St. Joseph, Missouri, to his birthplace in Kearney, Missouri, for burial, a distance of about 54 miles. Crowds reportedly gathered at stations along the road, eager to catch a glimpse of the body, family, or officers.  For those not familiar with the circumstances of his death, Jesse was in his living room talking with outlaw Robert(Bob) Ford on April 3, 1882, and when Jesse turned to adjust a picture on the wall, Ford shot him in the back, killing him.

[Old School Hound]

Anyone???   Hint: 1980.


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Mt. St. Helens.  May 18, 1980. My mom's 35th birthday.

Let's see... who's birthday's left to pictorialize?   lol

[Old School Hound]

Anyone ???  Hint:  Jarons, this took place on your 5th birthday:


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[Jarons]

Anyone ???  Hint:  Jarons, this took place on your 5th birthday:


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Actually, the birthday on my profile is not correct, I don't know where that date came from. I am a little older than what is on my profile.  However,  I don't remember this day, it was one of the coldest days I have gone through.  That wind coming off the river was Bone chilling. 
 A major disaster did happen on my 11th birthday in 1986 that has lasting environmental impact. There is a series about it by the same name.