Title

A Bumpy Ride: The Story of Opening Owensboro’s Carnegie Library

Publication Date

June 2006

Comments

Published with permission. First appeared as original content in column "Looking Back," Kentucky Libraries, v.70, no.3 (Summer 2006): 21-27.

Abstract

A history of library services in Owensboro, Kentucky, the county seat of Daviess County. Article traces the history of the early library development in Owensboro and the eventual establishment of a Carnegie library in 1911, but not before a lengthy altercation between library supporters and the city’s vitriolic mayor.