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Potter’s Field

Owensboro’s Potter’s Field Cemetery  By Jerry Long  ……….  Owensboro Potter’s Field Cemetery is adjacent to Owensboro’s Elmwood Cemetery and  lies in behind the Carmel Home on the Old Hartford Road. The cemetery has been known by  several names. It has also been referred to as the Pauper Cemetery, City Cemetery and Owensboro  Cemetery. For a potter’s field burial ground the city of Owensboro purchased 3 & 7/8 acres on 27 …

OMSH collaboration with Railroad Club

Building the Yellow Banks Railroad By Carl Davis Kathy Olson contacted my in late summer of 2012 asking if the Owensboro and Elsewhere Railroad Club would be interested in building a layout in the front window of the Museum. The first person I called was Darryl Morris. Darryl had built several layouts in his homes, helped numerous people build layouts in the homes and constructed layouts for shows at the…