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Cornbread Mafia. The " Cornbread mafia " was the name for a group of Kentucky men who created the largest domestic marijuana production operation in United States history. [1] It was based in Marion, Nelson and Washington counties in central Kentucky. The term "Cornbread Mafia" was first used in public by federal prosecutors in a June 1989 ...
Boone was born in Washington County, Kentucky on September 22, 1943. [1] He was raised by his grandfather who was a farmer and bootlegger during the Prohibition era. [2] Boone won state 4-H titles in high school for both sheep breeding and tobacco growing. He was a three-time football letterman and graduated in 1961.
Harry "Pete" Pierpont (October 13, 1902 – October 17, 1934) was a Prohibition era gangster, convicted murderer and bank robber. He was a friend and mentor to John Dillinger. Described as handsome and soft-spoken, Pierpont was a bright, natural-born leader. Fiercely loyal, he had a reputation for taking care of those around him and not ...
The Lebanon Historic Commercial District in Lebanon, Kentucky is a 7 acres (2.8 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It included 32 contributing buildings. [1] It includes: surrounding the courthouse and forming an indentation in the south side of Main Street."
Along Kentucky Route 243, E. Railroad Ave., and Aliceton Rd. 37°34′43″N 85°03′06″W / 37.578498°N 85.051803°W / 37.578498; -85.051803 (Gravel Switch Historic District) Gravel Switch. 4. Lebanon Historic Commercial District.
75000801 [1] Added to NRHP. June 05, 1975. Lebanon National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located just outside the city of Lebanon in Marion County, Kentucky. [citation needed] Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 14.8 acres (6.0 ha) and as of the end of 2005 it had 4,699 interments.
Marion County, Kentucky. Marion County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the total population was 19,581. [1] Its county seat is Lebanon. [2] The county was founded in 1834 and named for Francis Marion, the American Revolutionary War hero known as the "Swamp Fox". [3][4][5]
Imprisoned at. Pontiac Correctional Center. Larry William Eyler (December 21, 1952 – March 6, 1994) was an American serial killer who is believed to have murdered a minimum of twenty-one teenage boys and young men in a series of killings committed in the Midwest between 1982 and 1984. [6] Convicted and sentenced to death by lethal injection ...