Bird's eye view of Petersburg, circa
1910
notice the distillery in the back, on the left
Petersburg, 1946
The Black Cat Restaurant
"only 19 miles south of Ludlow"
Map of Petersburg, 1883
from An Atlas of Boone, Kenton and Campbell
Counties, Kentucky, published by D. J. Lake & Co.
Map showing historical sites in
Petersburg
A key to the numbers on the map is here.
Did you know that Petersburg, in 1791, was considered
as a site for location the new Kentucky State Capitol?
Read this.
Petersburg Street Scene, circa 1910
A glimpse of Petersburg, August 14, 1903, here.
Granville Bonderant, Petersburg
One of Northern Kentucky's very few Medal of Honor recipients was Petersburg's Charles Fleek. The citation is here.
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E. Y. Chapin's Sketches of Old Time Petersburg Residents is here. (pdf) |
John Brady Walton's Early |
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The Petersburg Cemetery, here. |
Read about William Snyder's pet bear, here. |
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A little about Rev. John Tanner, Boone County's first resident, is here. |
Mary Rector's Bits of Petersburg History is here. (pdf) |
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Don't miss the saga of the end of the Petersburg Racing Association. Drinking and brawling were involved. Read it here. |
For substantial portions of the Northern Kentucky Views
Petersburg images,
we are indebted to the E. Y. Chapin
Library in Petersburg, and to Ms. Bridget
Stiker, at the Hebron Branch of the Boone
County Library.
