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Our wonderful partners over at the USDA and NRCS are currently hiring archaeologists and archaeology technicians in exci...
09/05/2026

Our wonderful partners over at the USDA and NRCS are currently hiring archaeologists and archaeology technicians in exciting locations across the country. If you're looking for an archaeology position, check out these listings!

https://www.usajobs.gov/

09/03/2026

Big News! Blair Hecker, Communications Manager of Frankfort, and Nicole Roth, Kentucky Heritage Council, visited to talk about how Frankfort has been selected to host the 2027 Kentucky Historic Preservation Conference, in May.

It’s Archaeology Month in Kentucky! 🏺A big thank you to Gov. Andy Beshear for proclaiming September as Kentucky Archaeol...
09/02/2026

It’s Archaeology Month in Kentucky! 🏺

A big thank you to Gov. Andy Beshear for proclaiming September as Kentucky Archaeology Month and helping us celebrate the people and places that archaeology helps us understand.

Stay tuned throughout the month - we’ll be sharing archaeology activities, stories and ways to get involved across Kentucky!

Join BGT deTours and the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology on September 2nd for an evening of archaeology.
09/01/2026

Join BGT deTours and the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology on September 2nd for an evening of archaeology.

Congratulations to Georgetown on the renovations to its historic City Hall! This project utilized the Historic Rehabilit...
08/26/2026

Congratulations to Georgetown on the renovations to its historic City Hall! This project utilized the Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit Program.

Originally built in 1899, it was designed by B.C. DeCamp and built by G.B. Glass. In addition to city offices, it also housed the fire department and had jail cells in the basement for prisoners who were arraigned in court.

It was added to the Main Street Commercial District National Register listing in 1980.

Welcome aboard the Belle of Louisville Riverboats - our August easement of the month! Launched in 1914 and originally n...
08/24/2026

Welcome aboard the Belle of Louisville Riverboats - our August easement of the month!

Launched in 1914 and originally named the Idlewild, this steamboat has likely carried more passengers than any other steamboat in Mississippi system river history.

According to the 1972 National Register nomination, "This steamboat holds a distinction carried by probably no other vessel in the history of inland river navigation. She has operated everywhere on the Mississippi River system that a boat of her size can go, and navigating conditions will permit. This territory includes the Ohio, Upper and Lower Mississippi, Missouri River as far upstream as Omaha, Nebraska; St. Croix River, the Tennessee, Cumberland, Clinch, Great Kanawha, Green River to Lock # 3, and Kentucky River to Lock 1. Also the Illinois River as far as Ottawa, Illinois."

In 1948, Idlewild was renamed Avalon. And she didn't become The Belle of Louisville until 1962.

Find out more about this magnificent ship and her crew at https://www.belleoflouisville.org/belle-of-louisville/

08/21/2026

Make plans to join us for Living Archaeology Weekend at Natural Bridge State Resort Park in September. Visit livingarchaeologyweekend.org for all the details!

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