Recently published is Forgotten Passages by Brenda Travis Underdown. The 289-page hardbound book contains articles about Crittenden County history and genealogy. Price is $30 (includes S&H) and can be ordered by sending a check to:
Brenda Underdown
139 Oak Hill Dr.
Marion, KY 42064

Contents of the book are included below. Click here for a PDF of the index.

• A Trip in Time Back to Early Marion
• A Who's Who of Marion in 1851
• Let's Take a Walking Trip through Marion in 1881
• Secret Societies
• Marion's First Three Story House
• A Look Back at 19th Century Court of Claims
• Take A Peek Inside a Late 19th Century Courtroom
• County Stampede
• Opera House
• Marion Early Cure All
• Marion's First Railroad
• Marion Finally Saw The Light
• An Incredible Sight In Its Day, Crystal Palace Drug Store
• Tracing The History of a Street Corner
• Recalling Christmas in Marion
• Marion's Tobacco Factory
• The Chautauqua Came to Town - 1913
• Crittenden Hotel Known for Its Food
• Marion's Main Street Wilsonia
• A Look Back at Newpaper Early Years
• Fire Truck Signaled Exciting Times in Marion
• Weather Has Played a Role in Crittenden's History
• Who Remembers the 1937 Flood?
• The Twister of 1946
• Great Natural Wonders Across Crittenden
• Attorney's Tobacco Stops Fight
• Col. Ephriam Washington Hill
• History Paints a Clear Picture of Aunt Rachel
• Mother Searches for Lost Children in 1912
• Uncle Bob Heath
• Englishmen Had Impact on Early Crittenden
• Joseph Newcom Family
• A.H. Cardin was one of Kentucky Top Farmers
• Night Riders Left Mark on Local History
• Rev. Henry B. Fox's Flight From the Whitecaps
• Charged With White Capping
• Berry Ritch Called from His House in the Night and Hung
• The Hanging of Thorn Wallingford
• Take A Ride on Early Crittenden County Roads
• Let's Go On A Tour of our 1879 Schools
• Some Fun in Our County SchoolsL Heath and Oak Hall
• Taking a Tour of Old Country Schoolhouses
• Some Memories of Odessa School
• Singing Schools
• Lily Dale School Memories
Hoops Was King at Shady Grove
• Old Crayne School Leaves Many Memories
• Pieces of The Past Come and Go, Bells Mines and Crayne Churches
• Bells Mines Church Marked For the Ages
• Hurricane Camp Grounds
• A Bit of History, Hurricane Meeting
• Hurricane Tabernacle Destroyed by Fire
• Hurricane Camp Grounds One of Most Historic
• Mount Zion, Mother of Methodism
• Memories of Blackford Camp Meeting
• Aunt Jane Legacy Lives on With Rural Road
• Tracing the Roots from Pleasant Hill Church
• History is All Around Us, Protect It: Haynes Cemetery
• Senator's Monument Towers Above Others at Mapleview
• Family Search Locates Unmarked Grave Site : Rigsby
• Little Cemetery on Mt. Zion Road Marks Pioneers: Hughes
• Gold Rush of 1849
• The Blackberry Cobbler
• Farmer Brothers Together During Civil War
• Eli Nunn's Civil War Letter
• Civil War Veteran: Stephen Fielding Crider
• Let's Meet Some of Our Civil War Soldiers
• Mystery of Mr. Bourland
• Early Pioneer John Nunn Has Large Family
• Granville Franklin Clement one of Area's Earliest Settlers
• A Look at Businessman T. S. Croft
• Abe Rankin and Days of The Flatboat
• Claud Wheeler Killed By Cowboys
• A Look Back At Marion's Greatest Politicians, James and DeBoe
• Dr. Frazer One of County's 31 Physician in 1900
• Mrs. Lottie Terry, Well Known Business Woman
• Remembering the Winter of 1917
• Mrs. Anna Hayes Sherer Always Gave Teaching 110 Percent
• Early Tribes Lived On the Ohio Near Tolu
• The Legend of Panther Hollow
• The Legend of the Bob Apple Story
• The Ford Band of Desperadoes
• The Legend of the Call of the Mocking Bird of Fords Ferry
• The Road Led Out From Fords Ferry
• The Legend of Old Flynn's Ferry Road
• Mattoon Crossroads Significant To History
• A Look Back at The Community of Bells Mines
• Crooked Creek, Cross Keys and More
• Crittenden Springs Was A Splendid Hotel
• Ohio River Brought First People To Crittenden
• Lock and Dam to be Built at Clementsburg
• A Money Mystery is Solved
• On Cold Nights, Olive Branch Band Warmed Hearts
• D.C. Tastes Crittenden Syrup
• A Look at 1890s County Reveals Familiar Towns
• How Places Like Seven Springs Got Their Names
• Weston Named For Ford's Wife
• A Look Back at Early Times at Caldwell Springs Area
• Dycusburg, A Glance at Her History and People
• How Railroad Town Crayneville Became Crayne
• Piney Fork Community
• Visiting the Communities of Levias, Union and Midway
• How Hardesty, Ky. Got its Name
• Plantation Homes Crumbling With Time
• Tour Around Old Fords Ferry in 1880
• Some History About the Ohio River Ferry
• Tolu Was a Prosperous, Vigorous Town in the Late 1800's
• How Mexico, Kentucky Got Its Name
• History of Frances Community
• Welcome to The Community Nunn Switch, Gladstone, and Hood
• From Pigeon Roost to Monument Ridge
• On Horseback to Old Shady Grove
• Tribune Once Had a Store and Blacksmith
• If Walls Could Talk, a History of a Home
• Paul Heady Keeps Sweet Family Tradition Cooking
• Burt Stout Sends Letter from 1899 Battleship
• Ellis B. Ordway First Local Native Son Killed in WW I
• Supreme Sacrifice of Harold E. Winn
• A Tribute of Respect
• Lest We Forget Those Who Served
• The Ultimate Sacrifice, James Ellis Ordway