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| View of Front Street, 1939 Virtually all stone and brick buildings to replace those lost in the fire of March 11, 1919. |
Brooksville, 1921 |
Woodland Avenue, Brooksville |
Miami Street, Brooksville
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Aerial view of Brooksville |
Main Street in Brooksville |
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| Scene from Brooksville | Scene from Brooksville corner of Main and Locust |
Miami Street, looking East, circa 1910 |
Brooksville Scene, 1950's |
Charming King, in Brooksville
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Brooksville was originally named Woodward's Crossing. |
Veterans Memorial on Court House Square
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Brooksville Street Scene, 1960 |
Brooksville, January 1, 1955 |
Snow Scene |
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Brooksville, c. 1958 |
Scenes from Brooksville, 1967 |
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A Night Rider incident in Brooksville, here. |
The history of Brooksville is here. (pdf) |
| Noted author Ed McClanahan is from Brooksville. See his Wikipedia entry here; his own page here. |
1899 fire destroys Brooksville business district. Story here. |
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The lynching of William and Bradford Courts in 1882, here. |
Brooksville bridegroom buys his poison on the way to his wedding, story here. |
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Big scandal in Brooksville in 1882, here. |
The day they auctioned off a prisoner for vagrancy in Brooksville. Here. |
Robert Laughlin was hung, legally, in Brooksville on January 9, 1897.
You can read about his crime here, and
about his hanging, here.
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"Robt. Laughlin, the
wife-murderer, will be hanged Saturday at Brooksville, Ky.
Laughlin, who is now confined to jail with Alonzo Walling and Scott
Jackson, has agreed to come back in spirit form to
the hanging of Jackson and
Walling." |
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"Brooksville, Ky., Feb. 14. - Fire, which started in the Review printing office, destroyed the following buildings: Pope's hotel, Spark's grocery, Barrett's drug store, the Review printing office, Mrs. OBrien's boarding house, Bonfield's grocery and Mrs. Gibson's residences." from Lancaster, Ky.'s Central Record, February 16, 1899 |
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“Brooksville –
Whiskey and blood flow promiscuously here. Late Saturday night
during the excitement Vestry Hamilton and John Turner, both drunk,
go into a difficulty., when Hamilton was stabbed behind the left
shoulder, the point of the blade entering his ling. He bled
considerably, but Drs. Corlis and Bramsock dressed his wound, and he
is still able to drink and swear as of old. Give us a rest; we are
tired.” |
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Aerial View of Brooksville, c 1955
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City View Farm, |
Dr. & Mrs. B. F. Workman Frankfort Street |
Pan (the horse), Joe, and Hildreth (sp?). A scene near Brooksville, 1913 |
