Kim Fortner and Paul Fourshee received rather positive news Monday afternoon, when officials from the Kentucky Historical Society notified them that their most recent book — “On This Date: Historical Facts of Cadiz-Trigg County” — has been selected for a 2023 Kentucky History Award, under the “Special Projects” category.
The book, weighing five pounds, six ounces, went on sale last summer. It’s made up of more than 450 color gloss pages, and was a three-year labor of love between Fortner and Fourshee and their appreciation for Trigg County history.
A celebration of Trigg County’s 200-year footprint in west Kentucky, the duo compiled more than 400 stories that, all told, covered every single day of the calendar.
While some of the true tales scan back before Trigg County’s 1820 birth, many others are more modern.
The book project cost nearly $34,000 to complete, and it received $5,000 grant from the Trigg County Bicentennial 2020 committee in its early production.
With this honor, they’ve been invited to an awards ceremony set for Saturday, June 3, at the Thomas D. Clark Center for “Kentucky History Day in Frankfort.” Doors open at 9 AM, with the History Awards ceremony taking place from 9:30-11 AM.
Fourshee and Fortner will be recognized alongside other annual honorees, including “Teacher of the Year,” the “Award of Distinction,” the “Award of Excellence,” a “Lifetime Dedication to Kentucky History” nod, as well as some other special projects and other in-house publication awards.
“Kentucky History Day” was formerly known as “Boone Day.”
