On August 5, 1977, Robert Rennick interviewed historian Lon Carter Barton at his home in Mayfield for over four hours discussing the history of community names in Graves County and the Jackson Purchase. On this final recording, Barton continues to discuss his weekly radio program “Remember When,” the public library in Mayfield, former Assistant Attorney General M. B. Holifield, and the story of Columbus, Kentucky being once considered as the capital of the United States. Rennick was touring Kentucky researching the place names of villages, towns, and cities throughout the Commonwealth for a forthcoming publication. Below is the transcription of…

On August 5, 1977, Robert Rennick interviewed historian Lon Carter Barton at his home in Mayfield for over four hours discussing the history of community names in Graves County and the Jackson Purchase. On this recording, Barton reflects upon his years teaching local history at Mayfield High School, the creative process behind the “Sesquicentennial History of the Jackson Purchase” published in the Mayfield Messenger in 1969, and his weekly radio program “Remember When.” Rennick was touring Kentucky researching the place names of villages, towns, and cities throughout the Commonwealth for a forthcoming publication. Below is the transcription of the fifth…