Businesses, Augusta, Bracken County, Kentucky


John S. Bradley's	C & O Railroad Depot, Augusta	Parkview Hotel, Augusta	Buckle Factory in Augusta


Ad for F. A. Neider's Peerless Foot Rest, 1913	Ad for F. A. Neider's various Fasteners, 1913	Ad for F. A. Neider's Double Headed Form Nail, 1910	Ad for F. A. Neider's Peerless Curtain Fastener, 1907


c. 1910	1897	1947
The F. A. Neider Company, Automobile and Carriage Trimming Factory, Augusta
More about the company, in 1897, is here. The 1909 Sanborn Fire Map locating Neider is here. Info on accessing the entire series of Augusta Fire maps is here.

The Bradford Hotel on Riverview
A flood scene, I'm guessing the flood of 1907 or 1913


Baker Wine Cellar, near Augusta, 1911	W. J. Rankin's Store, Augusta	The Bracken Chronicle. Office and City Building, Augusta. A little background on the Chronicle, 1897, is here.

Farmers State Bank and Liberty Bank - both of Augusta - merge in 1958. Details here.	An ad from the hotel in Augusta. From 1833. Here.
"The wire mattress factory or Ritter & Hook is now in full blast in Augusta." from Covington's Daily Commonwealth, March 27, 1883	The State's 1916-1917 Labor reports listed these businesses in Augusta.


Business District, 1947	Pompelly's, Augusta list of folks in the picture, here.	Jones Livery Stable, Augusta Image Courtesy of the Bracken County Historical Society


This picture is from the Bracken County Historical Society, and is believed to be a business concern from Augusta. If you know for sure, please email me, here.	This scene, too, is from the Bracken County Historical Society, and is with numerous other Augusta scenes, but is not further identified. If you know, please share the knowledge.

Messrs Armstrong and Taylor were Augusta gun makers.
Read about their breech-loading rifles here. (pdf)

"The Augusta ferryboat, Whisper, sank in about ten feet of water while tied to the bank at that place Saturday morning about 4 o'clock. The craft had sprung a leak during the night and sank so suddenly that the engineer, who was sleeping on the boat, barely escaped."
from the Maysville Bulletin, Feb. 28, 1908.

"Augusta, Ky., Dec. 12. - The boiler in the molding department of the Augusta stove and range works exploded and injured six men. James Brothers and Harry Insley were seriously hurt, while Samuel and Kirk Wood, James Gates and Gus Shaffenberger were cut and bruised. The boiler was blown through the side of the building and across the C. & O. tracks, a distance of 300 feet. The building was badly damaged and the loss will amount to several thousand dollars. The foundry is owned and operated by E. H. Heuenfeld & Co. of Cincinnati."
from the Maysville Evening Bulletin, December 12, 1903

Augusta, the commercial center of this famous tobacco growing country is beautifully situated on the south bank of the Ohio river 42 miles above Cincinnati; it has eight tobacco warehouses, including the famous “Mason Warehouse” whose receipts alone, since June 1^st, have amounted to 655 hhds [hogsheads]; it has four cigar factories, as follows: The Great Western, G. W. Winter, proprietor, manufactures the popular Ætna, Reform, Challenger, Diamond, and other brands, has a capacity of 15,000 cigars per month; the Grand King, W. J. Mingna & Co., proprietors, manufactures the Grand King, Racket, Gold Basis, Little Queen and numerous other popular brands, has a capacity of 15,000 cigars per month; M. Hartman, the popular manufacturer of the famous Acme and Pearl; J. W. Roden & Co., manufacturers of the popular Bonanza and Little Giant.” From a Covington newspaper, The Ticket, August 22, 1876