Proposed Railroad, 1866
You'll want the key to what all those red lines are.  It's here.

 

Howard Beeson's Rocking Chair Lodge
3 miles south of Florence, Kentucky on US 25

 

 

Lawrence and Maude Daugherty's store in Devon
Thanks to Les Daugherty for these.  More info from Les is here.
 

 

Loading Tobacco, Hamilton

Hamilton was originally named Landing in 1835, but was
changed to Hamilton after Joel Hamilton, one of the original
 proprietors, on Feb. 17, 1846.

 

Harvesting Wheat in the North Bend Bottoms, 1937

An 1890 correspondent describes North Bend, here.

The site of the Village of North Bend, Ohio is here.
(site of America's first train robbery!)

left, Point Pleasant Christian Church
at  the top of the hill from Constance, near where
Airport congestion begins these days.
History of the church is here.

right, Point Pleasant Christian Dedication Scene

 

 

left, Southfork Church, Berkshire, Kentucky
(Do we all remember "Berkshire, KY"? Click here for map)
right, The old General Store is behind the cow on the left!

 

  

Southfork Church
These two are one building prior to the one above.

 

Promotional Postcard for the Midwestern Jamboree, 1940

 

Florence Overnite Park
actually in Devon

 

Devon Depot, September, 1911
(a Kentuckiana Virtual Library image)

 

     

left, US 42, looking southwest, Duckhead, 1940
 right,
The Duckhead Inn, also around 1940

 

Taylorsport Baseball Team, 1920
Players names are here.

 

Taylorsport, 1883
 

Six pictures of the Hempfling House, near Taylorsport, are at the
Library of Congress' site, here.

An account of a fox hunt in Duckhead, 1897, here.

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