{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Elm Bend, Ky","home_page_url":"https://elmbendky.com","description":"Elm Bend, Ky","author":{"name":"Elm Bend, Ky"},"items":[{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/kentucky-foundation-for-women-awards-2026-art-meets-activism-gran","html_content":"

Our preservationists Lynn Pruett and Kayla Bush have been awarded a $3,800 Art Meets Activism (AMA) grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW). The grant funding will support a collaborative film project highligh...

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Thanks to Seiarra Stewart and her mother, Recie Maxberry, we recently received a photograph of Hallie Maxberry. Holding that image brings an entire line of local history into sharp focus, offering a tangible connection t...

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/hallie-maxberry-grandson-of-usct-veteran-samuel-logan-maxberry","title":"Hallie Maxberry: Grandson of USCT Veteran Samuel Logan Maxberry","summary":"Thanks to Seiarra Stewart and her mother, Recie Maxberry, we recently received a photograph of Hallie Maxberry. Holding that image brings an entire line of local history into sharp focus, offering a tangible connection t...","date_modified":"2026-07-13T15:32:55Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/simeon-katie-creth-thomas-headed-lexington-colored-orphan-home","html_content":"

From 1906 - 1911, Simeon Thomas and his wife Katie Creth Thomas of Elm Bend took on the important work of running the Colored Orphan Industrial Home in Lexington. The Home provided education, trade training, religion, an...

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/simeon-katie-creth-thomas-headed-lexington-colored-orphan-home","title":"Simeon & Katie Creth Thomas Headed Lexington Colored Orphan Home","summary":"From 1906 - 1911, Simeon Thomas and his wife Katie Creth Thomas of Elm Bend took on the important work of running the Colored Orphan Industrial Home in Lexington. The Home provided education, trade training, religion, an...","date_modified":"2026-07-12T21:26:32Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/rooted-in-elm-bend-a-call-for-intercultural-preservation","html_content":"

By: Kayla Bush

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By: Lynn Pruett

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By Kayla Bush

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By Kayla Bush

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/the-family-of-john-hamilton-creth-sr-and-mary-emma-caise-creth","title":"John Hamilton Creth Sr. and Mary Emma Caise Creth Legacy","summary":"By Kayla Bush","date_modified":"2026-03-01T15:42:40Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/woodford-sun-022026","html_content":"

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/woodford-sun-022026","title":"Woodford Sun 02.2026","date_modified":"2026-02-27T13:49:57Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/the-legacy-of-james-and-mattie-caise","html_content":"

A Century of Resilience from Elm Bend to Frog Town

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/the-legacy-of-james-and-mattie-caise","title":"The Legacy of James and Mattie Caise ","summary":"A Century of Resilience from Elm Bend to Frog Town","date_modified":"2026-02-27T13:45:15Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/story-of-successful-exoduster-martha-caise-chinn-c-1845%E2%80%931954","html_content":"

By Kayla Bush

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/story-of-successful-exoduster-martha-caise-chinn-c-1845%E2%80%931954","title":"Life of Successful Exoduster Martha Louis Caise Chinn","summary":"By Kayla Bush","date_modified":"2026-02-23T19:12:26Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/the-journey-of-mary-caise-diggs-daniels-an-exoduster-c-1845%E2%80%9319","html_content":"

By Kayla Bush

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/the-journey-of-mary-caise-diggs-daniels-an-exoduster-c-1845%E2%80%9319","title":"Legacy and Life of Mary Caise Diggs Daniels","summary":"By Kayla Bush","date_modified":"2026-02-23T17:18:35Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/mattie-c-johnson-gray-1897-1993","html_content":"

By Lynn Pruett

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/mattie-c-johnson-gray-1897-1993","title":"The Teacher Who Built the Elm Bend Rosenwald School","summary":"By Lynn Pruett","date_modified":"2026-02-23T16:58:17Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/the-cartography-of-erasure-a-historiographical-reclamation","html_content":"

Kayla Bush

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More of the unexpected here in Elm Bend. Today, we took a walk along Clear Creek with the University of Kentucky's Monuments Workshop Crew and The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation. We’re excited to begin the wo...

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/preserving-unregistered-cemeteries-in-elm-bend-begins","title":"Preserving Unregistered Cemeteries in Elm Bend Begins","summary":"More of the unexpected here in Elm Bend. Today, we took a walk along Clear Creek with the University of Kentucky's Monuments Workshop Crew and The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation. We’re excited to begin the wo...","date_modified":"2026-02-14T15:54:33Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/the-elm-bend-journey-begins","html_content":"

Written by Lynn Pruett, Video by Truman Miller

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By Kayla Bush

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/john-elmer-caise-sr-a-tobacco-farmers-devotion-to-family","title":"John Elmer Caise Sr.: A Tobacco Farmer's Devotion to Family ","summary":"By Kayla Bush","date_modified":"2025-12-08T18:29:21Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/harry-caise-and-the-silent-witness-of-1955","html_content":"

By Kayla Bush

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/harry-caise-and-the-silent-witness-of-1955","title":"Harry Caise and the Silent Witness of 1955 with Mamie Till","summary":"By Kayla Bush","date_modified":"2025-12-08T18:24:57Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/from-elm-bend-to-the-capitol-ora-jane-caise","html_content":"

By Kayla Bush

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By Kayla Bush

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By Kayla Bush

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/the-quiet-journey-of-lizzie-caise-tucker","title":"The Quiet Journey of Lizzie Caise Tucker","summary":"By Kayla Bush","date_modified":"2025-12-03T16:33:06Z"},{"id":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/nannie-case-williams-1863-1939","html_content":"

By Kayla Bush

","url":"https://elmbendky.com/unexpected-stories/f/nannie-case-williams-1863-1939","title":"The Life of Nannie Case Williams (1863-1939)","summary":"By Kayla Bush","date_modified":"2025-12-03T16:12:47Z"}]}