Bonnie Strassell - Owen County Historical Society

“They always call our boys the Rebels
They fight, fight to the end
They can dribble fast or slow
Give them the ball and just look at them go
Hip Hip Hooray for Owen County Rebels
They’re gonna win it tonight
So give a great big cheer
For the heroes of the year
For Owen County High”

For 60 years the Rebel Fight Song has reverberated from the walls of gymnasiums. For a few years less, it has echoed across baseball diamonds and football fields.

Rosemary was back in church on Sunday. She was invited to by a friend of hers to go to Cancun for a week vacation in her time-share down there.
Rosemary had knee surgery at the end of the year and her friend kept her walking on the beach every day to exercise her knee.
Rosemary said she really didn’t appreciate it at the time but by the time she got home, her knee was much stronger and the 85-degree weather didn’t hurt either. I think she had a wonderful time even with the therapy.

Even though Owen County has yet to see a major snowfall, to the delight of adults and dismay of the younger crowd, the Owen County Historical Society Board spent several hours last week making plans for spring and summer.
The backyard of the museum will display several new surprises, including a riverboat mural gracing the concrete building in the back yard of McDonald and New Funeral Home.
Our resident sign painter Jarl Lee Harris will begin the project sometime in April as weather permits.   

“The battle is over, and although we did not succeed in pushing the enemy out of their strong position, I am sure they have not any thing to boast about.”

With these words, Private Louis Leon, CSA, described the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg. 
Over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the small market town of Gettysburg, Penn., the battle raged between the Union and Confederate Armies.