This picture of an oil and natural gas drilling rig was provided by Western Kentucky University Museum and Special Collections Library.

The Daily News reported on Aug. 19, 1930, that “natural gas will be turned into the Bowling Green distribution mains” on Aug. 20, 1930.

The source of the natural gas would be coming entirely from Metcalfe County until the lines could be built to connect Bowling Green to natural gas fields in Oklahoma, Texas, Indiana and other parts of Kentucky.

“Natural gas will be turned in gradually from the old artificial gas house at the Delafield plant … where a second connection with the pipelines has been established,” it was reported.

— “Way Back When in Warren County” is compiled by researchers at the Warren County Public Library and appears twice weekly in the Bowling Green Daily News. For more information about the library, visit warrenpl.org.