The Board of Trustees of The Governor William Owsley Foundation Inc. deeply appreciates all of those who have contributed funds, objects and more importantly their time in rescuing this historic homestead.

Please inform us if we have overlooked any one; any omissions are purely unintentional

A partial list of Saviors of the historic homestead:

1.     Mrs. Pat Ballard:
   

2.     Ms. Rose Holtzclaw
   

3.     Ms. Margaret Simpson
   

4.     Hon. John Wilson, The County Judge/ Executive, 
   

5.     Hon. Ray Hammonds, Fr. County Judge/ Executive,
   

6.     State Representative, Lonnie Napier
   

7.     Ms. Judy Clark Adams, The Executive Assistant to the President of Farmers National Bank in Danville
   

8.     Skip Gladfelter, Garrard Tourism Chair
   

9.     Garrard County Tourism Committee
   

10.     Nathan Mick, Garrard County Economic Development Director
    

11.     David Feldman and Dr. Keith Grubbs, log experts
    

12.     Sandy Gladfelter
    

13.     Susan Ledford
    

14.     Donna Metcalf
    

15.     Marticia Moore Madory
    

16.     Cecil Sanders Esq (1914-2007)
    

17.     Edward Sherman (1952-2004)
    

18.     Kitty Barsotti
    

19.     Bob Noe
    

20.     Terri Bourne
    

21.     Donna Powell
    

22.     Phyllis Swaffer
    

23.     Samuel C. Durham (gardens)
    

24.     Howard Parks Durham
    

25.     Jerome Layton(arboretum)
    

26.     Joe D. Haselden (for updating us on the Farra/Haselden families)
    

Pleasant Retreat’s Corporate, Governmental and Non-For Profit Angels:

1.     Brown-Forman Corporation
   

2.     The Kentucky Heritage Council,
   

3.     Kentucky Historical Society,
   

4.     Kentucky Humanities Council,
   

5.     Lancaster City Council
   

6.     Garrard County Chamber Of Commerce
   

7.     Garrard County Historical Society
   

8.     Garrard County Arts Council
   

9.     Garrard County Fiscal Court
   

10.     Friends of The Owsley House
    

11.     Pleasant Retreat Season Newsletter
    

12.     Owsley Family Historical Society
    

13.     Ace Printing, Danville, KY
    

14.     Sonitrol Security
    

15.     Lancaster Police & Garrard County Sheriff Dept
    

       http://www.garrardcounty.ky.gov/tourism/

Special Thank You to:

1.   Mary Todd Glaser, formerly of Northeast Document Center now of M. T. Glaser Conservation
   

2.   Walter Newman, Director of Paper Conservation at  the Northeast Document Conservation Center
   

3.   Edward Polk Douglas, architectural historian
   

4.   Historical wallpaper experts, Larry Church & Mark Kunzman of New Albany, Indiana
   

5.   Bob Smith
   

6.   Bethany Mito, for the kind use of her beautiful photographs
   

7.   Ben Kleppinger for the kind use of his 2010 “Come Sit A Spell” photographs
   

8.   Nancy Little, Maggie Morris & Kristen Long coordinators of the 2010 “Come Sit A Spell” event
   

The Board of Trustees of The Governor William Owsley Foundation Inc.:

1.     Caywood Metcalf, Lancaster, KY
   

2.     Bob Owsley * Cecilia, KY
   

3.     Matt Barsotti, Lancaster, KY
   

4.     Leighton H. Coleman III *, St. James, NY
   

5.     McKinley Dailey, Lancaster KY
   

6.     Roger Miller, Lancaster, KY
   

7.     Roy Noe, Lancaster, KY
   

8.     Donna Powell, Lancaster, KY
   

9.     Julie Rodes *, Danville, KY
   

10.     Rex Speake, Lancaster, KY
    

11.     James Sanders Esq., Lancaster, KY
    

12.     Shelly Bigelow *, Danville, KY
    

* Denotes Owsley Descendant

Nancy Little       James Sanders

Pleasant Retreat’s Heroes