The Clinton County Courthouse was built in 1882. It has seen many dark days since then. Here is a list of 50 of those dark days since 1882. Perhaps you can think of more.
This list also reminds us of the really great news…
”THIS TOO SHALL PASS”
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1882 |
Clinton County Court House Built |
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1893 |
Panic of 1893 |
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1896 |
Panic of 1896 |
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1898 |
Spanish American War |
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1901 |
President McKinley Assassinated |
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1907 |
Panic of 1907 |
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1910 |
Panic of 1910 |
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1914-1918 |
WW1 |
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1918 |
Spanish Flu Epidemic |
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1920 |
First Large US Terrorist Attack (Wall Street Explosion) |
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1924-25 |
Peak of KKK terror attacks |
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1929-1933 |
Great Depression |
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1930-1938 |
Dust Bowl, Droughts and Heat Waves |
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1933 |
Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany |
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1939-1945 |
World War 2 |
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1946 |
Recession of 1946 |
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1950-1953 |
Korean War |
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1952 |
Worst outbreak of Polio in U.S. |
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1957-58 |
Asian Flu Epidemic |
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1961 |
Recession of 1961 |
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1962 |
Cuban Missile Crisis/Cold War Period |
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1963 |
John F. Kennedy Assassinated |
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1965 |
Palm Sunday Tornado |
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1965-1975 |
Vietnam War |
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1968 |
Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy Assassinated |
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1968 |
Riots in Washington, Baltimore, Chicago |
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1968 |
Recession of 1968 |
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1973-74 |
Oil Embargo Crisis |
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1973 |
Watergate Era Begins and Recession of 1973 |
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1977 |
Great Blizzard of 77 |
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1978-79 |
Great Blizzard of 78 |
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1979 |
Iran Hostage Crisis Lasting 444 Days |
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1980 |
Deep Recession of 1980 |
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1981-present |
AIDS Epidemic |
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1987 |
Market Crash and Recession |
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1989 |
Hurricane Hugo |
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1989 |
Downtown Fire (Bon Merritt Drug Store) |
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1990-91 |
Desert Storm/Desert Shield |
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1991 |
Ice Storm of ‘91 |
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2000 |
Great Clinton County Hail Storm: Baseball size hail caused over $20,000,000 damage in Clinton County) |
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2001 |
9/11 Attack |
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2002-2003 |
42 Week Drought in Clinton County |
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2004 |
Indian Ocean Tsunami (225,000 died) |
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2005 |
Downtown Frankfort Fire (NE corner) |
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2005 |
Hurricane Katrina |
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2008 |
Market Crash “Great Recession” |
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2009-2010 |
H1N1 Swine Flu (284,000 global deaths) |
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2012 |
Drought of 2012 in Indiana |
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2019 |
Fire Downtown Frankfort (Northwest side) |