A Bit of History
Stephen Collins Foster
Composer of Our State Song, My Old
Kentucky Home
Words to State Song of Kentucky
http://www.50states.com/songs/kentucky.htm
Learn about SCF at
Center for American Music
http://www.pitt.edu/~amerimus/foster.htm
Upton students have researched the history of their
school,
town,
and exciting news events from the past 100 years.
After
they posted their findings on the web page, the Upton
Family
of Alabama and Georgia found our web site and
traveled
to Upton, Kentucky. When they arrived, the students
had
a surprise reunion prepared for them. If you would like
to
know more about our history or the reunion, click below.
To
learn more about what our town looks like
today,
play the matching game Mrs. Seymour's Class
constructed
by clicking on Upton Today.
Sandy School
Did
you know Upton once had a college for teachers?
Find
out more about it here.
Upton Depot
View
Primary students Power Point
Research
about the history of their hometown.
March
8, 1862
William
Crane, Captain in The Fourth Ohio Cavalry, relates
a Civil War chase of John Hunt Morgan’s men with rifles
secured
while the company was on special duty
at
Upton, Kentucky.
Read
exciting excerpts from Darrell Bird’s 130th anniversary
series in the Dec.-Jan. 1992-93 News-
Enterprise about
Morgan’s Christmas
Raid Through Upton & Hardin County.
Upton Hotel
Learn
about the two hundred men, women, and children
who
constituted a bucket brigade dashing water
on
the flames of a turn of the century conflagration
that
damaged or destroyed five stores,
the
bank, hotel, telephone & telegraph property.
View
advertisements from the 1906-07 Upton
Institute
brochure. Which businesses are still
necessary
today? Which are not needed today?
Can
you tell why?
|
The Upton Cousins at
The Upton Homestead |
Read
how Alabama and Kentucky Uptons
were
reunited by Upton Students web pages.
Another
G.W. Upton Gr-Gr-grandchild shares information
about Upton
Cemetery.
Play
a game matching models of Upton businesses
Mrs.
Seymour's Class constructed with
digital
pictures of the real buildings.
