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Couriers’ duties included fetching patients from cabins, weighing babies, delivering medicine, cleaning saddles and bridles, and escorting any guests who rode the routes between FNS outposts.

Why Debutantes Volunteered to Be Horse-Riding Couriers in Rural Kentucky

Between the 1920s and 1940s, wealthy young women signed up to run errands and carry messages for the Frontier Nursing Service.

by Eliza McGraw via Smithsonian on March 28, 2024

Men view stalagmites and stalactites in a cave.

How the Kentucky Cave Wars Reshaped the State's Tourism Industry

Rival entrepreneurs took drastic steps to draw visitors away from Mammoth Cave in the early 20th century.

by Eliza McGraw via Smithsonian on July 25, 2023

Women feeding horses next to Christmas tree decorated with apples and sign announcing "Free Christmas dinner for horses."

When Humane Societies Threw Christmas Parties for Horses

Held across the U.S. in the early 20th century, the events sought to raise awareness about workhorses' poor living conditions.

by Eliza McGraw via Smithsonian on December 17, 2021

Illustration of Howard Thurston, gazing into a skull while surrounded by supernatural creatures

Howard Thurston, the Magician Who Disappeared

Overshadowed by more famous contemporaries, the visionary behind “The Wonder Show of the Universe” left a far-reaching legacy.

by Eliza McGraw via Smithsonian on August 9, 2018

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