Part 1

Home & Business of C. T. Renaker, Verona

 

I'm not positive, but believe this to have been next to the old bank
 in Verona. (south side of the road toward the interstate; see below)

 

Verona, looking West

 

On Stephenson Mill Road
Walter Bowling was an owner in the 1960's
Know anything about this one? I'd appreciate
 it you'd drop me an email if you do. 

 

Verona General Store, 1919
The man is Perry Mann

 

 

 

Maps of Verona, from 1883
from An Atlas of Boone, Kenton and Campbell
Counties, Kentucky, published by D. J. Lake & Co.

 

Democrats meet at Quill's Store in Verona, 1920
Thanks! to Robbie Ratliff for this one.

J. B. Lyons letters from 1849 about his life in Verona are here.

Verona Lake Ranch, was begun in the 1950's by Bill and Edna Scroggins, later owned by Thurston and Georgiana Moore.  Performers who have appeared there include Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce, Faron Young, Eddie Arnold, Homer and Jethro, Jimmy Dickens, Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff, and Porter Wagoner.

Wm. Marshall Whitson of Verona, a short biography, here.

An unnamed Verona correspondent reports to The Ticket, an 1877
Covington Newspaper, here.

The Kentucky Secretary of State started registering automobiles in 1910.
For the Verona list, go here.

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