Brooksville, 1921
Image Courtesy of the Bracken County Historical Society
left, St. James Catholic Church,
Brooksville
right, Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooksville
Woodland Avenue, Brooksville
Miami Street, Brooksville
In 1911, The Farmers Equity Bank of
Brooksville published a book
of Kentucky Farm Laws. These are the ads from the book
Did you know National Banks used to print their own money?
Here's a $5 from the First National Bank of Brooksville.
Aerial view of Brooksville
Scenes from Brooksville
right, corner of Main and Locust
Charming King, in Brooksville
Brooksville Lumber, late 1800's
A partial list of who's in the picture, is here.
Image Courtesy of the Bracken County Historical Society
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Brooksville was originally named Woodward's Crossing |
Brooksville Graded School
This building was dedicated on Sept 8, 1924
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The Brooksville Railroad began operating in June of 1897. It went bankrupt in 1918 and was purchased by a group of Brooksville businessmen, who re-organized it as the Brooksville and Ohio River Railroad. It ran along Locust Creek, north, to Wellsburg. It was abandoned on 4-11-1931. |
Street View, Brooksville
Miami Street, looking East, circa 1910
Main Street in Brooksville
A Night Rider incident in Brooksville, here.
The day they auctioned off a prisoner for vagrancy in Brooksville. Here.
Aerial View of Brooksville, c 1955
