Local Legends: The reluctant president
“Hughes was regarded by former associates as an administrator combining the scientist’s emphasis on method and detail with shrewd judgment of persons and warm regard for their welfare.”
Brad Spurlock
Local Legends: The calm and the chaos
In 2025, the Oxford Fire Department responded to 3,442 calls, many of which were EMS runs, the legacy of Shoemaker’s creation of the first life squad and the 271 calls it was responding to by the time of his retirement.
Local Legends: The international architect
Even into his last years, Furth continued drawing, sketching actors on TV and objects from daily life, oftentimes giving away his sketches.
Local Legends: A voice for the aged
The Oxford Press once captured Thrasher’s views on her life of service, "It's a joy when you like people and really want to work with people, it gives you a full life.”
Local Legends: Domestic service
Her over 31 year tenure ensured that she was known to generations of Western students.
Local Legends: Always remembered
As Oxford remembers Prince on Memorial Day, the comrades he served with remembered him every day.
Local Legends: The patriots of Indian Creek
In the year 1809, Reily Township was sparsely populated. That year, Reverend Tyner of Brookville, Indiana arrived in the region to preach, bringing with him his Baptist faith. He and a series of other pioneer preachers that followed rapidly developed what would become the Indian Creek Baptist Church with a