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    Interview with Tucker Brown on the Place Names of Calloway County – Part 1

    July 31, 2026

    An interview with Brown Tucker of Murray, Kentucky by Robert M. Rennick on August 4, 1977, on the origin and history of community names of Calloway County, Kentucky. Transcript of Part 1 of 6 Rennick: Next interview is with Mr. Brown Tucker of Rural Route 2, Murray, Kentucky and it’s Thursday, August 4th, 1977. I’m going to be asking him about the place names of Calloway County. Tucker: Now, let me get my written file here, all right? That sounds like an oral history deal. Rennick: I was looking at a copy of Mrs. Trevathan’s interview with you that appeared,…

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    “The Life and Times of Pudd Diggs” on June 13th at the Tilghman House

    June 8, 2026

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