Project collects tobacco stories

GLASGOW, Ky. (AP) — An online oral history project has finished a project to collect stories about tobacco from south-central Kentucky.

The Glasgow Daily Times (http://bit.ly/1CpUFqU) reports those who grew the crop and those who worked in warehouses that sold it were interviewed for the project, which began in 2013. Officials in Horse Cave’s cultural district invited the Kentucky Folklife Program at Western Kentucky University to collect the stories.

Ken Russell, treasurer of the cultural district, said tobacco is an important part of the city’s history, so officials wanted to make sure the stories were recorded so they could be shared with tourists and future generations.

The recordings were added to the Horse Cave Stories website, http://horsecavestories.com .