C & O Railroad Depot, Augusta
Parkview Hotel, Augusta
Hotel Fire, Main and Riverside, Augusta
The F. A. Neider Company, Automobile
and Carriage Trimming Factory, Augusta
left,
c.1910;
center, 1897;
right,
c. 1947
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.
L.V. Marks and Company, Shoe
Factory, Augusta
left,
c.1910; right,
c. 1947
Baker Wine Cellar, near Augusta, 1911
Augusta Motor Co.
right, c. 1947
left, 1936, employee list here.
The Bracken Chronicle
Office and City Building, Augusta
A little background on the Chronicle, 1897, is
here.
W. J. Rankin's Store, 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)
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"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. |
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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 1st, 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 |
