Library opening to the public Monday, May 5

The library will reopen for regular operating hours on Monday, May 5. The doors will open at 10 am.

Access for mobility-challenged patrons will be limited. We are asking that these patrons use the ramp at the front of the building. The other entrances will be open, but limited to stairs-only, with no elevator service, until the elevators are repaired. We are still hoping to get one elevator in service early this week.

Most programs scheduled for the week will take place, but please check the library calendar for details. 

Parking will be available behind the library and in the parking garage when the elevator is in operation. Wapping Street will still be blocked, so street parking will continue to be very limited.

 

 

Gene Burch

Gene Burch has been photographing Frankfort and Central Kentucky for over 30 years. His photographs are displayed in homes, offices, and businesses all over Central Kentucky. His photography is prominent in six coffee table books: A Walking Tour of Historic Frankfort; A Photographic Journey; Frankfort Cemetery: The Westminster Abbey of Kentucky; Frankfort: Yesterday & Today; Frankfort in Pictures; and Frankfort and Beyond. Gene has re-published an out-of-print book, Kentucky Pioneers: History of the Hardin Family, about the journey many early Kentuckians made from Pittsburgh down the Ohio River in flatboats to settle in Central Kentucky.

 

Kentucky Pioneers cover

 

Kentucky Pioneers: History of the Hardin Family

In the Spring of 1780, the Hardin Family and their kin embarked on a perilous journey down the Ohio River to Kentucky. On March 1st, 1780, they arrived at the Limestone River near Maysville and were attacked by Indian groups from the upper Ohio territory. Many in the group were killed, and Jack Hardin Jr.’s mother, brother, and others were captured. Through oral histories, Mr. Hardin has crafted a remarkable narrative of survival and settlement in late 1700s Kentucky.