Index to My Memoirs, by Tom W. Gallagher, published 1967
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Academy, St. Camillus, 98.
Adams, Senator, Northern Kentucky, whose vote allowed the state to condemn the area around Cumberland Falls, 132.
Allen, Frank, 151, 176.
Allen, Kermit, man from Corbin killed in World War II, 188.
Allen, Oscar, Mr. and Mrs., Corbin couple who had five sons serving in World War II, 188.
Alsup, Will "Uncle," foreman on jury that found TWG not guilty of bad check charges, 84; 133.
Ambrose, Father, priest who wanted to build a new Catholic school, bought the Hatfield Farm for the Sisters of Providence, 98; trip to Cincinnati to raise money for the academy, 106-107; 176.
American Legion, rented dance hall from TWG, 95.
Anders, Frank, 110, 133.
Anders, Henry, 110, 133.
Angel, Arvis, 133.
Angel, Will, 133
Alvarado Hotel, Albuquerque, NM, where TWG first stayed in trip west 1903, 36.
Mary, Aunt, in a convent in Mary, Indiana, 90.
Ayers, Clarence "Abie", Corbin High School athlete, 155; married Isabelle, 186; enters the Army, 187; in Paris, 195; 223-225.
Ayers, Gallagher Isabelle, born in Louisville, named after TWG's wife's mother, Isabelle Hall, 71; interest in antiques, 95; first trip to Florida, 103-104; christened the Falls bridge, 116; misses high school game in which husband played, and Corbin team won 6-0, 156; has two children, returns home when husband went into service, 187; chides about husband being in 'Gay Paree,' 195; living in Indiana, 203; 221; 224-225;
Ayers, Sharon Ann, born, 187.
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Babb, John, Anderson Motor Company, 232.
Bacon, Coach, early Corbin High School coach, later at Union College, 156, 157.
Bacon J. & Sons, Louisville, early job as assistant receiving clerk, 32.
Barkley, Alben, 123.
Barr, John, president, First National Bank of Louisville, 208, spoke with TWG about scholarship for the twins at the University of Louisville (210).
Beckham, Governor, 137.
Beecher, Henry Ward, 158.
Billie Burke in The Impetuous Mrs. Ott, 102.
Bingham, Barry, Louisville Courier-Journal, sent check to cover expenses of Kiwanis' going to Washington, D. C., 127.
Bird, Jan, railroader, incident involving running off hobos, 49.
Bishop, Jess, drove dry cleaning delivery truck, 95; presser, 125.
Black, John Bill, 199.
Black, Governor, of Barbourville, 137.
Black, Mr. refinery dealer, 155.
Blackman, Mr., railroad executive, 169.
Blair, Robert, one of the committee of four from the Kiwanis Club, 110, 114; sign on car, "We want a good road to Cumberland Falls," 115; 126; support of underpass project, 167; underpass named for him, 173-174; master of ceremonies at VJ Day ceremonies, 188; 232; 234
Blanton, Mr., boss on the underpass project, 171.
Bolton, Lila, city treasurer, 207.
Boone, Daniel, spoken of in the Wilderness Road dedication speech by TWG, 200-202;
Bradshaw, W. D., president of Chamber of Commerce, 235.
Breathitt, Edward T., 231
Brock, Hiram, 130-131, 137.
Brown, John Young, 130, 197-198.
Brown-Ross Shoe Company, prosecuted TWG for a check related crime, then was sued by TWG for malicious prosecution. TWG's case thrown out when a plaintiff's attorney failed to appear, 81-84, 93.
Brown, Roy, salesman from Brown-Ross who testified against TWG in check trial, 84.
Brunson, Alice 112.
Brunson Inn at Cumberland Falls, 107-108.
Buck, Governor of Delaware, son in law of Coleman DuPont, 117.
Buck, John W., supplier for tailoring business, TWG bought "Big Six" Buick from him, 96-97.
Burton, Emmett, former postmaster of Somerset, 141.
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Calvert, D. B., banker, 176, 178, 183.
Campbell, Anderson, 183, 207.
Campbell, Dave, of Lily, Ky., 84.
Campbell Hotel, on the McCreary County side of the Cumberland River, 108.
Campbell, Professor, from the Wolf Creek precinct in Whitley County, 138.
Candler, Wade, first meeting, he was selling men's socks, 80 (died in 1966 in a Louisville nursing home at age 85); first Ford dealer in Corbin, 95; last anniversary meeting of the Cumberland Falls group, 101; running a lunch stand, 105. Ford dealer who was chairman of the Cumberland Falls committee and former Corbin mayor, 110; on Vogel, 119; 126, 128, 129, 134-135, 138, 145, 146; as city treasurer, 178; 198-199;
Carter, Kenneth M. (born July 25, 1917, died Aug. 17, 1998). Marries Margaret, 187; 224.
Carter Gallagher, Margaret, daughter, born in 1918 on Main Street in Corbin, 102; marries Kenneth in Texas, 187; 220; 224.
Car pecks, workers who cleaned train cars, 124.
Carter, Minnie Steele (born 1885, died 1957), 136; to Texas for son's wedding, 187.
Carter, Robert (grandson of TWG), 224.
Centers, Judge, 182.
Cerf Joe, 195.
Campbell, Anderson, 208.
Campbell, Hotel, Cumberland Falls area, 108.
Chandler, A. B. "Happy," sings Sonny Boy, 133, 140, 185, 231; defeated by Breathitt, 232,
Chandler, Mr., publisher of newspaper in Barbourville, 197
Chappelle, Mrs. R. Y., TWG lost bet to her, but was ill the night he was to make good the bet, so TWG's wife went in his stead, 163.
Cherricow Club, Douglas, NM, 53.
Chesney, Ray, met en route to falls, "at first we thought she was a man with her bobbed hair and riding britches," 112-113.
Chitwood, I.O. "Sonny," photographer, and one of the committee of four from the Kiwanis Club, 110, 154; on utility commission with TWG, 204; 215.
Clairmont, Florida, staying there in 1913, 102.
Cline, Henry, a senator and opponent of the Cumberland Falls park development, 117, 140.
Coca-Cola highball during prohibition, 139.
Cohen, Mr., secretary to Alben Barkley, 124.
Cole, Mrs. Wiley, stenographer for the Cumberland Falls Preservation Association, 125.
Coleman, Clell, candidate for commissioner of agriculture, 141.
Computer, first appearance of the word in TWG memoirs, 42.
Cooper, John Sherman, 227.
Corbin Amusement Company, organized by TWG and others, 100.
Corum, Dr., 134.
Cosmopolitan Carnival Company, with whom Dr. Hunt worked, 45; the act performed by the Igorotties, spear throwing, dog killing and eating, 46.
Cottongim, J. C., 204.
Cox, Asa, 223.
Cox, Danny, 223.
Cox, Susan, 223.
Cox, Mrs., of Florida, 223
Cox, William Dr., 217.
Craft, H. C., superintendent of Corbin Water and Light Plant, 149, 151, 206.
Craig, Ernest Sir, Britisher who owned the New Mexico mine, 60.
Crawford, J. L., newspaperman, editor of Hazard Herald, later buys Corbin newspaper, 118; 122, 127, 204, 232.
Cumberland Falls, saga 107-134; image in fireworks on V-J Day, 189.
Curtis, Glenn, piloted first airplane TWG saw, at Churchill Downs , 43.
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"Damn sight" quote, 102.
Davis, Dwight F, secretary of war, 127.
Davis, Park, rural postmaster, 110, 133.
Denes, Nick, Corbin High School coach, 154, 156.
Dewey, Thomas, 195.
Dishmon Springs, summer resort, 199.
Doody, Joe, conductor, 199.
Dooley, Marvin, city commissioner, 227.
Donahue, Bess, acquaintance in El Paso, 51.
Doutaz, Maurice (husband of TWG sister Margaret), accompanied TWG to Churchill Downs to see the first demonstration of an airplane, 43; marries Margaret, 69.
Downing, Edward, Armed Forces captain, 188.
Downing, James, cashier, 176; Ford dealer, 198-199.
Dozier, Mr. and Mrs. L.G., in Texas, 190.
Dry cleaning business, purchased 1917, 85.
Duane, Jim, 215.
Duncan, Max, city commissoner, 204, 215.
Dunn, Alex, deputy clerk of Whitley County, 134.
DuPont, Coleman T, benefactor, former Kentuckian, 117, 132.
DuPont, Frank, son of Coleman DuPont, 117.
Dunn, Mitchell, 210.
Dyche, John, in the drug business in London, 147.
Dyche, Russell, London Sentinel Echo, 127, 177-179.
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Eagle, Jim, city commissioner, 183.
Eagle, Matt, city commissioner, 227.
Ed Richardson, dentist and Kiwanis Club member, 108, 116.
Edwards, B.J., civic minded citizen, banker, 155, 175.
Edwards, Mrs. B. J., inspired TWG to write memoirs, 1.
Edwards, E. O., pastor, 188.
Elephant Butte Saloon, open gambling in the territory of New Mexico, 36.
Elliott, Nat, Corbin postmaster, 198.
Evans, Herndon, Pineville Sun, 127.
Eversole, Albert, early resident of Corbin who drove a carriage pulled by a goat, 16.
Eversole, Morgan, 231.
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Fangman, Father Sylvester, Sacred Heart Church, 188.
Farley, James A, Postmaster General, was in Corbin when the new post office was dedicated, 175.
Farris, Mrs. Roy, 195.
Father of TWG dies in Nashville train yard accident, 86-87
Feather, Tige 122-123.
Fields, Governor, early Cumberland Falls debate, 109; drove golden spike, 116; benefactor had offered to purchase falls land and donate it to state as a gift, 117; 128, 138.
Fisher, Warren, Carlisle Mercury, 127.
Fitzpatrick, John, cousin from Kansas City, 6; daughter had been killed in accident, were spending proceeds from court judgment, 85.
Flippin, Walter, Somerset, former commonwealth attorney, Pulaski County, 140.
Flood of 1957, 91,218, the damage prompted a citizen petition to get a flood control project started, 226.
Flood control project put in place, 227.
Florida, first trip, TWG takes wife for her health during the flu epidemic, 103.
Florence, C. N., 121.
Foresight, if, good as hindsight, 102.
Fowler, "Shorty," fire chief in Corbin, 139.
Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Grover, had five sons serving in World War II, 188.
Franklin, Dr., president of Union College, first treasurer of Cumberland Falls Preservation Association, 159.
Fuqua, Nancy Sue Ayers Cox, 187, 223.
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Gallagher, Bridgett Anna Higgins (mother of TWG), born 9/29/1853, died 10-31-1889. Emigrated with her sisters Mary and Nora from County Clare in Ireland, after the Civil War, 4.
Gallagher, Berneda Yeary, marries, 'keeps the home fires burning,' 187; chided husband about gallivanting around 'Gay Paree,' 195; 220-221.
Gallagher, Bonnie Catherine. Born 7/7/1913 in Louisville, 75; death (11-21-1915) from meningitis at age 28 months, 83.
Gallagher, Ella Spotts (wife of TWG) Born 9/2/1887, died 1/8/69. TWG meets, "this dream girl of mine," then marries in Louisville, 4/25/1911, 71; trip to Florida for her health, stove blows up in her face, 103; sick with TB, 220; in sanitarium at London, 221.
Gallagher, Etholeen Woody, marries Patrick Sr., 203; 222-223.
Gallagher, Francis Heathcoat, marries George, 187.
Gallagher Cleaners, purchased by TWG with his father just before his father's death, 85-86; instituted a pick up and delivery service with horse and wagon, 94; business closed, 222.
Gallagher, George Weedon, Born 7/15/1920. Named, 98; born on Laurel Avenue, 1920, 125; 156; takes job with Gulf Oil, 186; 193; came into the dry cleaning business with TWG, 202; 218; wife, family leave for California, 219.
Gallagher, Margaret (sister of TWG), 163.
Gallagher, Patrick Hippolite (father of TWG), date of birth, 1/2/1849, died 7/16/1917, account of his wife's death in train accident, 1-2; killed through the negligence of a flagman, 89; meets his wife, marries, 4; letters to TWG from 1906-1908 are at end of this book, but are not numbered.
Gallagher, Patrick Jr., only grandchild that will carry on the family name, poem, "To My Successor," 235.
Gallagher, Patrick Sr., born Oct. 1, 1915, 83; picture taken in Florida with beach backdrop, 104; at Corbin High School on both the basketball and football teams, 155; job with Colliers, 186; gets his wings, service in Europe, 189-194; working in Louisville, married, 203; 221, 222-223; 225-226.
Gallagher, Samuel T., born Oct. 1, 1915, 83; on being in Cincinnati at age four, 102-103; picture taken with Florida backdrop, 104; at Corbin High School on both the basketball and football teams, 155; appointment to the post office, 186; in the military, marries, 187; in France, 195; 198; 221, 231.
Gallagher, Tom W., born Sept. 6, 1883, in Richmond, KY, 1; (died 11-?-1975), early life in Louisville, 1-24; leaving home as a tenth grader, taking a trip West, "my first and only hobo trip", by train, 24-31; leaves in fall of 1903 for New Mexico with sister Mayme, 35; timekeeper in railroad shops in Albuquerque, 36; girl with sweet voice, but "ugliest I ever saw," 38; father, sister Margaret come to visit in Albuquerque 1904, 38; father in casino where men brought unholstered guns to the table, 39; ends trip West, returns to Louisville, 41; job at wholesale dry goods firm in Louisville, 42; salesman in the china department of a store, 43; trip to San Antonio to stay with sister Sallie, 44; in New Orleans, 45; traveling with Dr. Hunt's Igorotties, who were headhunter Indians native to the Phillipines, in the Cosmopolitan Carnival Company with stops along the Mississippi River, "and I had all the carnival life I needed," 45-46; working for the railroad in Louisville, occasionally with his father, 47; hit by mail bag while riding on train car, 48; back out west to visit Mayme, railroad job in Globe, Arizona, 50-51; railroad job in El Paso, 51; girl "with a beard who shaved every day," 51; drinking absinthe, 52.watching the bullfights and cockfights in Mexico, 56-57; working in a commissary in the Mogollon Mountains of New Mexico, 58; riding a mare to dances, 61; dressed up as woman, danced with men, 63; shooting at coyotes from a stage coach, 64; return to Louisville, 1909, 65; dullest evening ever spent with a girl, 70; living with Ella in a house that overlooked Churchill Downs, 72; after Kate and TWG father decide to open a store in Corbin following Kate's husband's death, TWG begins managing the store; met at the Corbin station and taken to the Wilbur Hotel by horse and surrey, 77; on opening day of Heinig's store, "ashamed to say I didn't sell anything but a pair of shoe strings," 79; store forced into bankruptcy, 81; Brown-Ross company has TWG indicted in 1915 under the "Carroll' check law for "the postdated check I had given them earlier in the year," 83; Bonnie dies on same day that authorities came to arrest TWG, 83; TWG said to be "one of the slickest crooks to ever come to Whitley County," 83; TWG found not guilty of check charge, 84 ; buys, with father, Corbin dry cleaning shop being sold for indebtedness, 85; father killed in accident due to negligence of a flagman, in Nashville railroad yards, 86-89; "don't suppose I would have made a very good Earl anyway," 90; railroad company sued over father's death, judgment of $8,000, TWG share of estate, $6.48, 91; organized Corbin Amusement Company, but project stopped by the start of World War I, 100; regret at having spent too much time in civic affairs and not enough with family, 102; "a Catholic in a Protestant community," 119; took public speaking course twice, 120; quoted Longfellow's Psalm of Life at 50th anniversary of Sacred Heart Church, 121; meeting Al Smith, losing track of wife on train, 122; greatest opposition to the Falls preservation was from our own district, 126; met Harland Sanders, who owned a filling station in Nicholasville, 128; Kiwanis quartet referred to as the "Four Horsemen," 134; learned that Wade Candler had been baptized when he brought TWG his wet pants to clean, 135; candidate for legislature, 138; drinking Coca-Cola highballs during Prohibition while in Lexington for a political meeting, 139; Harland Sanders helped him campaign in his Whippet car, 142; rode in inaugural parade dressed as Daniel Boone, Harland Sanders also on the float, 144; approached in 1933 to run for Corbin city commissioner, 144; speech before athletes at Union College, 157-159; speech in 1929 honoring that year's Corbin football squad, 'like adding fragrance to the breath of morn,' 160-161; was told he made a bet, and 'white-eyed' on the result, and had forced my wife to bear my shame, 163; witness to a killing by police, 172; speech at the dedication of the underpass, 174-175; how insurance sellers and other bill collectors would be at the banks on payday to 'ambush' those being paid, 177; fellow so cheap he would 'skin a flea for its hide,' 179; indicted for lie swearing, 182; told 'had more sense than Roosevelt,' 184; speech at V-J Day observance 'was his masterpiece' 189; when was USO chairman for the tri-counties, 195; speech made at the dedication of the Wilderness Road, 200-202; had opportunity to enroll his twin sons in University of Louisville, but only one scholarship was offered, 210; closes dry cleaning shop, 222; after bout with Bell's Palsy can no longer whistle, 226; newspaper article praising Ed Peace's record as mayor, 228-230; supporting A. B. Chandler to get Samuel appointed postmaster in Corbin, 231; "my feathers dropped like a nickle in a slot," 232; "when I first reached the falls and saw this scene, I was ashamed that I had ever advocated the power project," TWG quoted in How Corbin Discovered Cumberland Falls, reprinted on the last pages of the memoirs.
Gallagher, Tom (TWG's grandfather), emigrates from County Gallway, Ireland, in 1848, early life and jobs, 3.
Gallagher, Tom Jr. (Uncle Tommie), brother of TWG's grandfather, 4.
Gardner, district manager for Standard Oil, 167; calling on him in Louisville, 168.
Gatliff, Ed, coal operator, and highway commissioner from Williamsburg, 137, 143, 166, 170, 184.
Gibson Hotel, Cincinnati, 102.
Gilbert, James, candidate for attorney general, 139, 140.
Gilliam, John, former Corbin mayor, 184.
Gilliam, Roy, 217.
Gillespie, Bert, 218, 235.
Gillispie, R. B (Bert)., president, Chamber of Commerce, 188.
Gillis, Henry, 169.
Gloster, A. B., superintendent of Cumberland Valley Division of the L&N Railroad, 234-235.
Goose, Luther, 43.
Goose, Roscoe, 43, jockey who won the Kentucky Derby on Donerail, 43.
Gray, Mr., of Oak Ridge, TN, 222.
Gray, Matt, lawyer, 83, 134.
Greavor, Bill, Knights of Pythias, 149, 175.
Green, Jim, Corbin merchant, 93.
Gregorich, Dr., 218.
Gregory, Irene, a lieutenant in the Woman's Auxillaries, 188.
Gregory, Leoma, repair lady in the shop, nursed TWG wife when son George was born, 125; 162. 220,
Griffy, John B., Corbin band director, 188.
Griffin, Carl, delivery boy at dry cleaning shop, 95.
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Hacker, Bill, Clay County, 147.
Hackneys of London, 137.
Hamel, Cook, husband of TWG sister, Mayme, 189.
Hamel, Margaret, TWG sister Mayme's daughter, 192.
Hamilton, Finley, 198.
Hancock, Taylor and Murrell, Louisville, TWG early real estate job, 32.
Hanley, John, , flagman, 88-89.
Harkleroad, Bob, 232.
Harp, Green, 110, 133.
Harris, Hugh, president of First National Bank, 147.
Harvey Restaurant, 36.
Hausman, Gus, 151.
Heath, "Pop," in the lumber business and one time candidate for Corbin mayor, 144. 146.
Hegenauer, Joe, originally, a non-English speaking friend who rode horse from East Bernstadt to Corbin, horse used in dry cleaner shop delivery, 94; used to plow fields with that horse 'to take the spirit out of him', 95; with his brother, Charley, came to Corbin to work the land for the Sisters of Providence farm,98.
Heinig, Gene (husband of TWG sister Kate), 41; dies in 1912 in accident, wife and six children go to Louisville to live with TWG father, 75; friends of Kate suggested after the death that she go into business in Corbin, 76.
Heinig, Gallagher Kate (sister of TWG), railroad settlement after father's death, 92; staying at TWG house while in Florida, 105.
Heinig's Quality Store, clothing store owned by TWG sister Kate and TWG father opened in Corbin with TWG as clerk, 1914, 78.
Helburn, Major, 199.
Herren, Wyleen, secretary, 208, 217.
Higgins, Malcolm, utilities commissioner, 215.
Hill, Glen, 232.
Hill, Mr., president of L&N Railroad, 173.
Hill, Roy, Chevrolet dealer, 231-232.
Hippodrome Theater in Corbin, recalling when Senator Barkley, introduced by TWG, spoke there, 124.
Hobbs, Dr., Lexington, 220.
Hodge, Lorraine, Chamber of Commerce, 234-235.
Hood, Alex, 189.
Hoover, Herbert, 160.
Hounchell, Carlo, city clerk, 151.
Howard, Jack, Ashland, lieutenant governor candidate, 140.
"How Corbin Discovered Cumberland Falls," by Harlean James, reprinted at the end of the memoirs.
Hunt, Dr. Truman Knight., (husband of Sallie), was a governor of one of the Phillippine Islands inhabited by Igorotes, a tribe of headhunters. First reference, "when he got off the train, he looked like a tramp," 45. Indians taken away from him by the government, 46.
Hunt, Gallagher Sallie (TWG sister) spent winter in west with TWG and Mayme, 39; dies, 87.
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Igorotties, Indians being shepherded by Dr. Hunt, husband of Sallie, 41; Sallie met him at the 1904 Worlds Fair in St. Louis, 38.
Iconoclat, Brahan, quoting, truth is eternal ... 89.
Itkoff, Ben, bought stock of Heinig store, 95; 196.
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Jardine, Wiliam M., secretary of agriculture, 127.
Jellico Grocery Company, 114.
Jenkins, George, Corbin police chief, killed a man in a shooting that TWG witnessed, 172.
John Barr Jr., Louisville, 117.
Johnson, "Uncle" Ben, 132-133, 139, 142.
Jones, Dr., of Grays, 220.
Jones, John, incident at the polls, 197.
Jones, Wheeler, 216.
Jouett, Colonel, railroad executive, 168.
July 10, anniversary of Falls preservation marked on this date for several years, 134.
Justice, Zack, Pikeville, 132.
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Kelly, Austin, 210,216,217.
Kerr, Eli, 110, 133.
Killinger, Mr., of the Maccabees, 106.
Kincaid, Robert, Middleboro Daily News, 127.
Kinser.Arthur, merchant who rented TWG building for a pool room, 96.
King, Cap, railroader, 49.
Kirwin, Dan, early baseball player in Louisville, 21.
Knox, Alma Dyche, sings America the Beautiful, 188.
Kolb, Al, saloon owner, Louisville, 168.
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LaFoon, Ruby Gov., 139; of his name, explained he "was such a pretty baby that I was given a girl's name," 141, 143, 164.
Lakeland, Florida. Staying there in a boarding house, 104.
Lanham, Grover, Democrat and wholesale grocer, former Corbin city collector, 124, 139, 140, 144. 150, 162; bid to be postmaster, 196.
Lanham, Lloyd, farmer whose land group passed over en route to the falls, 111, 133.
Lansdowne, Earl of, his valet could have been a relative, 90.
Latonia Race Track, 128.
Laurel Avenue home, a five room cottage built at 205 South Laurel Avenue before 1920, 125.
Lawson, Curt, 224.
Lawson, Rushie, 224.
Lay, J. C., owned property on Depot Street where Heinig store in Corbin opened, 77, 95; Corbin Amusement Company, 100.
Lee, Ernie, 208.
LeFever, Mr., 209, 213-214.
Letters included in these memoirs. Letters from TWG father written 1906-08. Letters from aunt, Sister Dosithy, written 1912-13. 239.
Lewis, Judge, of London, 137.
Liddell Brother, Presbyterian minister, TWG instructor in public speaking, 119; 120, 121.
"Like a sheep killing dog," felt like, 124.
Lodge of Redmen, dance hall in New Mexico, 59.
Lodge of Ki Tis, sketch performed, curtain painted, 62.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, quoting, 121.
Longley Hat Company, Louisville, 78.
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Louisville, TWG early job as machinist helper, 32.
Loudon, Howard, 204, 208.
Lower, I. B., 234.
Lowrey, Mr., secretary of the Corbin YMCA, 195. 234.
Louisville Courier-Journal, early coverage of Falls development, 115.
Lumpkins, George, with his wife, shot in the street by police chief George Jenkins, 172.
Lynch, Al, 210,218.
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Marcum, Dan, 210, 218.
Marcum, Steve, Corbin mayoral candidate, 146.
Marcum, who was mayor during the two years TWG served on the commission, 102, 153, 162, 173.
Martin, J.O., banker, 155, 175.
Martin, Mack, in a story for the Corbin Times, "that is no parade, that is Tom Gallagher and his family," 233.
Martin, Pete, boyhood friend in Louisville, 23.
Mayne, Minor, 133.
Maxwell, Charles, 190.
Maxwell, Bonnie Burgan, 190.
McCann, Al, Irishman and trainman in Louisville, 33.
McDonald, Jeanette, 156.
McHargue, Tom, Corbin American Legion, 114-115.
McKeehan, Mrs., Theodore Roosevelt spoke on her porch across from the Wilbur Hotel, 105.
McKeehan, Billy, 110, 133, 134.
McKenzie, Willis, Mt. Vernon, 142.
McVey, Frank, president of the University of Kentucky, 127.
Memberships, in fraternal and civic affairs, list, 101.
Meredith, J. H., 204.
Meredith, J. H., mayor of Corbin, 207. 215, 231.
Merrill, O.C., secretary of Federal Power Commission, 127.
Middlesboro Chamber of Commerce, early petition promoting the falls project, 109.
Miles, John "Long John", deputy sheriff in Knox County, killed a man, then was pardoned by Gov. LaFoon, 164.
Miles, Orb, of Williamsburg, 100; 198.
Military service by Tom W. Gallagher, his father, and his sons, 107.
Mills, Buford, 121.
Miller, Billy, engineer, 88.
Miller, Roscoe, 231.
Moore, Sam, 210,218.
Moore, W. L. "Luke", property owner, and president of the bank in Williamsburg, 96; 152, 177, 182-183;
Morgan, Frank, 141.
Morgan, Green, 110,133.
Morton, Thruston, 227.
Mountain Laurel Festival, 185.
Mullaney, Pat, tended TWG's cow while TWG away on Florida trip, 105.
Mulloy, Bishop, at 50th anniversary of Sacred Heart Church, 121.
Murrell, Mr., representative of the Federal Power Commission, 108.
Murtaugh, Sarah, maiden cousin and housekeeper for a period to TWG's father, 3; 34.
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Nedder, buyer of rags, old iron, copper and brass in Louisville in TWG's youth, 12.
Nicholson, Walter, co-owned building rented to TWG as Heinig store, 95.
Niles, John, deputy sheriff, 164.
Nipper, childhood nickname of TWG, 13.
Noe, Willard, 162.
Norfleet, Bill, former Somerset mayor, 141.
Norfleet, Herb, former police chief of Somerset, 141.
Notre Dame University, the football stadium was "the best TWG had ever seen," 203.
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Oakley, Mrs., property owner involved in underpass project, 170.
Oaks, Bryant, 151.
Oaks, Harvey, briefly city clerk, 151.
O'Brien, Tommy, cousin in Kansas City, wife was Minnie O'Keef, 29.
Ochs, Andrew, owner of the New York Times, in Corbin for a road dedication, 200.
"Oil of Joy" reference, 122.
"Old Ironsides," pennies solicited from schoolchildren to rebuild it, 118.
Olinger, Ashley, 209.
Olinger, Guy, 136.
O'Neil, Will, administrator of John Sexton estate, 92.
Ott, Walter, city commissioner, 227.
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Palmer, Earl, presser, 95, 125.
Parakeet, only companion of George W. Gallagher on his first drive west, 220.
Parker, Dr., owned land on Laurel Avenue where the Catholic school was first located, 98.
Parman, Dick, 189.
Parrot, Sam, father of the man who owned the building that TWG rented for dry cleaners, 94.
Pat Mullaney, 105.
Patterson, Mildred, 217.
Payne, Walter, 195, 215.
Peace, Ed, 204, 206-207, 213, 215. 217; elected mayor, 227; 234.
Pennington Dr., of London, 202.
Perry, Raymond, 189.
Peruna, a tonic taken by TWG sister Sallie that was mostly whiskey, 39.
Peterson, Jack, 84.
Pistol Pete, 99-100.
Prewitt, Nanny, city treasurer, 154, 179.
Philpot, Tim, sheriff's deputy who came to arrest TWG on night Bonnie died, 83; served papers to president of Brown Ross Shoe Company when TWG sued for malicious prosecution, case eventually thrown out for "lack of counsel," 93; Corbin man who was Rough Rider with Teddy Roosevelt, 105.
Phoenix Hotel in Lexington, TWG staying there as a delegate to the state convention, 106.
Plaza de Toris, Juarez, Mexico, where six bulls were killed each day, 55.
Popham, Mr., lawyer, represented TWG in suit against Brown Ross Shoe Company for malicious prosecution, 93.
Poynter, Mr., city assessor, 151.
Prather, Vance, state parks commissioner, 109.
Prewitt, Dr., 220-221.
Prewitt, Nanny, city treasurer, 151.
Price, Jim, editor and publisher of the Corbin Times, helped TWG form Corbin Amusement Company, 100.
Purvis, Brother, TWG Protestant tennis playing friend, 119.
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Racial "uprising" when the black people were run out of Corbin, 99-100.
Rainey, Tom, Lexington Leader, supporter of Falls preservation, 127.
Rhea, Tom, opposed A. B. Chandler for governor, 171, 185.
Richardson, Ed Dr., dentist, Kiwanis Club member, approached TWG about Cumberland Falls hearing, 108.
Righthouse, Mrs., worked in Heinig's store, 79; husband died in train wreck, 79; babysat Gallagher children, 86; did alterations and repairing at "the shop," 125.
Roark Christine, bookkeeper and markup girl, 125.
Roark, Roscoe, 179.
Robsion John M, Republican congressman running for re-election, 137.
Robinson, Olie, 179.
Robotyper Corp., subsidiary of Royal Typewriter, employer of Patrick Gallagher in Hendersonville, N.C., (also where these memoirs were produced) 203.
Roosevelt, Theodore, campaigned in Corbin, 105.
Root, Bill, 151.
Rowland, O. B. "Bert", Corbin mayor, 188.
Rutledge, Charles, jailer, 151.
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Sacred Heart Church, 50th anniversary recalled, 121.
Sampson, Judge Flem D., from Williamsburg, who presided at TWG trial on check charges, 83-84; later the Republican Governor of Kentucky: 126, 128, 130, 132.
Sammons, J. Q. , city commissioner candidate, 148, 182.
Sanders, Harland, when first met, 128; helped TWG campaign, 142; rode in LaFoon inaugural parade, 144; lobbied against TWG when he sought the governor's clemancy for a Corbin man, 165; had his own water system, 212.
Schoble Hat Company, 80.
Seeley, O. C., postmaster, 151, 163, 188; had retired, 231.
Seevey, Hal, railroad engineer who had the first car TWG saw in Corbin, 198.
Seitz, Arthur, with TWG was the first in Corbin to join Knights of Columbus, 106.
Seitz, Mrs, traveling companion for TWG wife to Martinsville, IN, where they took the baths, 97.
Sexton, John (husband of TWG sister Lizzie), saloon keeper in Richmond, 41; negotiates for sale of Heinig store, 82; named administrator of TWG father's estate, 90; had one adopted daughter, 92; Mayme inherits Sexton estate in Richmond (--).
Mayme (TWG sister), marries, 41; daughter, Margaret, born, 50; dies, 1909, 69.
Sharpe, Dewey, marries, serves in the Pacific during World War II, 187, 222.
Sharpe, Helen Gallagher, youngest daughter of TWG, born 12/21/1923 on Laurel Avenue, 125; marries, 187; 220-222.
Shearer, Brother, TWG Protestant fishing friend, 119.
Shotwell, Ed, 215.
Sigmon, Grant, 149, 176.
Sister Dosithy, name taken by TWG's aunt, Mary Higgins, when she became a nun in the Sisters of Providence Order, 6.
Sisters of Providence, 6, 98.
Skillion, Jimmy, "a wizard at figures," 73.
Slone, Ben J., 188.
Smith, Al, Democratic candidate for the presidency, meeting him in Louisville in 1928, 122-123; 149.
Smith Hotel, Depot Street, 108.
Smith, John, policeman, 172.
Smith, Keith Dr., 202, 216.
Smith, Milton A., president of the L&N Railroad, 73.
Smith, R. D., master of trains; early concern for the Cumberland River Power Company. 107; Kiwanis club president who quit the club rather than support the falls project, later helped found Rotary Club, 114.
Smith, W. E., L & N Railroad official, 168.
Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. H. H., parents of first Corbin man killed in World War II, 188.
Snyder, Russell, first man from Corbin killed in World War II, 188.
Sobien, Mr., developed a Corbin council to do with insurance, 106.
Sparrow, Lee, auditor of city books, 151.
Sproles, John, former Corbin mayor, 184.
Sproles, John Mrs., 162.
St. Petersburg, Florida, staying there in 1913, 104. Fountain of Youth and old fort, 105.
Steele, Dr., 134.
Stephenson, Mrs. F. D., 189.
Stiller, Flora, dated during San Antonio stay, 44; lost track of, 50.
Strachan, Shelby, 234.
Swan, Oliver, city commissioner candidate, 148.
Sweeney, Harvey, Railway Express agent in Corbin, 122. 150, Chamber of Commerce president, 163; 203.
Sweeney, John, 151, 203.
Sweeney, Mrs., 124.
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Taylor, J. L., tailoring wholesaler, 96.
Tailoring business, sold, 96. Finds site for it, 93. To do pickup and delivery by horse and wagon, 94-95.
Terrell, Leland L. Dr., 140, 143. 197.
Terpsichorean Club, El Paso, 52.
Terrell, Steeley, mayor of Corbin, 226.
Thayer, Louis E., his poem, To My Successor, quoted, 235.
Thompson, Carolyn, assistant to the city clerk, 151.
Thompson, Mary and Homer, 147.
Tim Philpot, deputy sheriff, 105.
Tipton, Tom, deputy county clerk, 213.
Tip Top Bat, a type of baseball played by youths, 155.
To My Successor, poem by Louis E. Thayer, reproduced at the end of the book, 235.
Tolbert, Dan, state auditor, 165.
Tucker, Dr., of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, 218.
Two Jacks, pub in the Portland area of Louisville when TWG was a child, 6.
Tye, Speed, road contractor who defeated TWG in second attempt at running for the Kentucky legislature, 138.
Tye, Siler and Gillis, Williamsburg law firm, 184.
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Underpass on Center Street, building of, 168.
Underwood, Tom, Lexington Herald, 127.
Upton, Elizabeth, 178.
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Vanbeber. Bob. Corbin mayor, 234.
Veech, Eddy, husband of TWG's wife's sister, Emily, later known in the family as "Auntie." 71; 74.
Vermillion, Dr., Corbin veterinarian, 98.
Vincent, Beverly, senator from Western Kentucky who changed his vote on the Falls project, 131.
Vogel, Carl, Methodist minister from Corbin, supporter of falls project; on the board of Union College, 117; good speaker, 118; praying joke, 119, 136.
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Walden, Baron, 190.
Ward, Frazier, 110, 133.
Ward, Henry, 110, 133.
Warick, mine operator from Harlan, who defeated TWG in a primary for Congress, 137.
Wagner, Hans, shortstop for the original Louisville Colonels, 155.
Walker, Toby, former McCreary County judge, 141.
Walker, John, Corbin city commissioner, 227.
Wall Dr., Somerset, 141.
Wall, Jack, lawyer who represented TWG in trial on check charges, 83.
Wallace, Tom, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, 122; 125, 126, 134.
Wallis, Fred, Paris, Ky., former police commissioner of the city of New York, supporter of Falls preservation, 127-128, 140, 186.
Watkins, George, rented grocery on Laurel Avenue at Barbourville Street where TWG dry cleaning shoe eventually located, 94.
Weaver, John, met guests of the Wilbur Hotel at the train station with a horse and surrey, 77.
Wedding anniversary of TWG and wife, April 25, 1911, 71.
Weed, Mr., laundry owner, 177.
Weedon, Mr., partner in tailoring company, 97; visits, with sons, in Cincinnati, 102.
White, Jack, sings America, 188.
Wilbur Hotel, in Corbin, mentioned on night of racial incident, 99; last anniversary meeting of the Cumberland Falls group, 101; next door to where Teddy Roosevelt spoke, 105; using their shop for pressing chores, 125.
Wilderness Road, title of speech TWG gave at dedication of paved road in Corbin, "No longer will they point to Kentucky as 'The Detour State,' 200.
Wilkerson, Chester, policeman, 173.
Willard Hotel, 126.
Williams, Ernest, Corbin mayor, 188; 204.
Williams, Ralph, early employe of dry cleaning shop, 94.
Wooten, Bailey, Hazard, 139; state attorney general, 165, 167.
Work, Hubert, secretary of the interior, 127.
Worley, Everett, 133.
Wyrick, Thurmond, 184.
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Yates, Frank, 110, 133.
Yates, M. C., pastor of First Methodist Church, 189.
Young, Cornelius, 110, 133
Young, Lee , 110, 133.
Young, Tom, city attorney; frog gigging on Laurel Creek, 111, 135, 151.
