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Thruston, located four miles northeast of Owensboro,was in
a section of the County called Beechwoods, known for its beech
trees and plantations that lined the old river road from Owensboro
to Hawesville. The town is named for Algernon Sidney Thruston,
a Kentucky native who owned land in Daviess County although
he did not live here until 1854. A veteran of the Texas War for
Independence in the 1830’s,who served on Governor Sam Houston’s
cabinet, he moved to a 700 acre tract bordering Ky 405 in
the 1850’s and lived there until his death in 1864.
Another landowner in the area was Thomas Clay who settled
there in 1806 or 1807, the uncle of the abolitionist Cassius Marcellus
Clay. Thomas Clay was a member of the convention that
drafted Kentucky’s second constitution in 1799. Two farms were
homes to men who later became U.S. Senators—Thomas Clay
McCreery and Wendell Hampton Ford. Ford lived in the Throckmorton
house built in 1840 by Major Aris Throckmorton, War of
1812 veteran and owner of the Galt House in Louisville. Another
farm in the neighborhood was the home of Justus Vairin, a former
member of the bodyguard of the Emperor Napoleon, a veteran
of the Battle of Waterloo, and a tobacco exporter. The site of the
Vairin house is now Spend-a-Buck Farm, named for the 1985
Kentucky Derby winner who was raised there.

By 2015 Thruston contained two churches, a convenience
store, and Yellow Creek Park—famous as the site of ROMP (the
River of Music Party), an annual bluegrass festival drawing thousands
of fans, and home to Pioneer Village.
Other nearby sites include Reid’s Orchard, more than 130
years old, now run by the 4th generation of Reids. Known for
apples, peaches, strawberries and more, Reid’s has been a part
of county life since Allan Reid settled here. Each year, thousands
enjoy the Apple Festival and the Big O Music Festival.

''Reference to an article by Glenn Hodges''
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