Owensboro, Kentucky
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Owensboro is a city in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is also the county seat. It is the fourth-most populous city in the state. Owensboro is located on U.S. Route 60 and Interst
Corner of West 3rd and St. Ann Streets in Owensboro
Dudley Morton Memorial at the American Legion Hall
Military memorial on the riverfront
Owensboro BBQ Festival, 2008
Rainey Bethea
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Rainey Bethea, was the last person publicly executed in Kentucky. Bethea, who confessed to the rape and killing of a 70-year-old woman named Lishia Edwards, was convicted of her rape and publicly hang
Owensboro, Kentucky
…operation today. On August 14, 1936, downtown Owensboro was the site of the last public hanging in the United States. A 26 year old African American man, Rainey Bethea, was convicted and sentenced for the rape and murder of 70-year-old Lischa Edwards. The public execution, attended by a large crowd including children…
Jefferson County Jail
Sheriff Florence Thompson