Books for Sale

By Samuel Haycraft , 1869,  reprint 2006.  This hardback describes Elizabethtown's history in detail from 1779 to 1869 by tradition and the recollections of the author regarding Elizabethtown's prominent residents, structures, businesses and occurrences.

By Samuel Haycraft , 1869,  reprint 2006.  This hardback describes Elizabethtown's history in detail from 1779 to 1869 by tradition and the recollections of the author regarding Elizabethtown's prominent residents, structures, businesses and occurrences. 

The story of Commodore Joshua Barney and his Connection with Elizabethtown, Kentucky by George K. Holbert , 1943: Reprint 1998.  This pamphlet tells of the exploits of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 naval hero Joshua Barney and his connection with Elizabethtown, Kentucky.   

Compiled by Mrs. Thomas Durham (Guy) Winstead , 1974/Second Printing in September 2011 , 88 pages/Softcover.

This is a pictorial history in the Images of America series. It looks at various areas of the city, its people, and educational opportunities, stressing the development of these areas of the town from the late 1800's to about 1925. 

By H.A. Sommers , 2001 , 199 pp, pb
This book is the complement to Haycraft's and takes up where he left off describing the history of Elizabethtown from 1869 to 1921 in great detail.   

See who is living in Elizabethtown according to the telephone directory.

 

This is a pictorial history in the Images of America series. This is a work which discusses the various towns in Hardin County, their development and their people, primarily in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the photographs come from the hitherto unpublished collection of the Brown-Pusey Library in Elizabethtown.

Compiled by Leroy Martin , 1923: reprint 1987.  This paperback tells little odds-and-ends facts about Elizabethtown during the 1920 time period.

This pamphlet details the 15th President of the United States James Buchanan's short stay when he lived in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

This book provides the history of the Bethlehem Academy, a Catholic girls' boarding school. The book reflects on the Academy's operation, closing and subsequent restoration of the building. 

This publication celebrates the new millennium in Hardin County with pictures, advertisements and articles from September 1900.

 

This is a pictorial history in the Images of America series. The work covers the beginning of Fort Knox and World War I and its aftermath in the period, 1903-1931; the history of the development of and armor build-up period, 1932-1940; World War II, 1941-1945, and post World War II, 1946-1958.

Byy Daniel E. McClure, Jr. , 1979; reprint 1999 , hb.  This book presents the History of Elizabethtown and Hardin County through a series of short stories from the Native Americans and Pioneers to World War II and Elizabethtown Community College.

Reprint 2000. This pamphlet describes in detail where the different members of the Lincoln family lived in Elizabethtown, how long they lived here, and what they did during the time they were here..

Reprint 2005 , 177 pages.  Compiled in 1946 by various members of the Hardin County Historical Society.  Reprint 2005, with corrections. This book contains sketches of 177 early residents of Elizabethtown and Hardin County, ranging from the pioneer settlers of 1780 to prominent residents of the early 20th century.

This pamphlet describes Custer's two years of residence in Elizabethtown..