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On this day in 1945, KenRad’s acquisition by GE is became effective. The Bowling Green, Tell City, Rockport, and Huntingburg plants were included in the sale. In 1918, Roy Burlew was working as a sales manager for an electric lamp plant in Pennsylvania and heard the Kentucky Electrical Company in Owensboro was thinking about selling it’s small incandescent lamp-making department. …
On Dec 20, 1918, a raging fire at the Rapier Grain & Seed Company at 1st & Center Streets resulted in over $250,000 in losses. It started suddenly in an elevator containing over 150,000 bushels of grain. Firemen from all three Fire Stations arrived but initially had a hard time finding the fire itself due to the dense smoke in …
Here’s a partial list of some of the “first things” that took place in Owensboro.▸First HomeA log cabin built by Bill Smothers somewhere between 1797-1798.▸First Organ Used in ChurchThe first organ used in church was at St. Stephen’s Catholic Church on May 22, 1849.▸First LocomotiveThe “Joe Daviess” came through Owensboro on December 8, 1870.▸First Tobacco FactoryThe first tobacco factory in …
114 years ago today at 2pm, the last person passed through any tollgate in Daviess County Prior to 1881, county roads were just mud and dust. The city started to gravel downtown roads around 1880. The county residents wanted to be included for the main roads leading to the city. Orders were made and work began in 1882. The Daviess …