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Ashby, Rickie Zayne, B. 1949 (Mss 699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ashby, Rickie Zayne, B. 1949 (Mss 699), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 699. Rickie Z. Ashby, a native of Ohio County, amassed this material as he worked on various historical and genealogical research projects. The chief focus of the collection is the vigilante group known as the Possum Hunters, which operated in the first quarter of the twentieth century in various western Kentucky counties, chiefly Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio, and Daviess counties. Secondary emphasis is on other vigilante groups in southcentral Kentucky, including the Night Riders.