Our Edison Composition Cover is named for Thomas Edison who came to Louisville in 1866, at the age of 19, to work as a telegrapher for Western Union. He worked the Associated Press bureau news wire on the night shift which gave him time to spend on his two favorite pastimes—reading and experimenting.
Fashioned after a cabinet maker’s tool bag, we name our first handbag after Porter Clay. Born in 1779 in Hanover County, Virginia, also the birthplace of his famous brother. He was the youngest son of the Reverend John Clay and his wife, Elizabeth Hudson Clay. Of the couple’s nine children, only three lived to adulthood, their sons John, Henry, and Porter.
Our Sunday style golf bag is named for the city of Middlesboro, home to the oldest continuously played golf course in the US, the Country Club of Middlesboro.
You asked for a smaller leather tote ... so we downsized the Monroe!
Our Marshall Tote is named for Marshall County which was created by the Kentucky legislature in 1842 and was the 92ndcounty in formation. The County was named in honor of Chief Justice John Marshall, who died in 1835.*
The Big Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 29 miles long, in western West Virginia and northeastern Kentucky in the United States. Nestled in the lush rolling hills of Appalachia, the river forms part of the boundary between the two states along its entire course.
Livingston County was established in 1799 from land taken from Christian County, is the 29th in order of formation and is named for Robert R. Livingston. He was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, along with Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Roger Sherman. Livingston administered the Oath of Office to George Washington when he assumed the presidency in 1789.
Much to Kentucky’s dismay, we cannot officially lay claim to the origin of the Mint Julep, but we probably can claim the most consumed! With appearance in journals as early as the mid 1700’s the Mint Julep has been touted as a medicinal wonder, made with Brandy and Gin and heavily debated as to its vessel and how to hold it.
The most luxurious koozie you will ever own is named for our ancestor, Jacob Steurer, who came to America in 1855 from Kork bei Kehl in Baden, Germany.
