
Pepper Funeral Home, Germantown
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Germantown Christian |
left, Germantown Christian Church |
Germantown Methodist
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Germantown High School, 1937 |
Main Street in Germantown, c. 1906 |
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"The Castle" on the Walton-Frazee Pike |
The Patterson Home | The Cooke Home, on the Asbury Road | The Lloyd House | The Asbury Home |
Aerial of Germantown, c. 1955
This 1940 map was used to define
magisterial districts. I include it here
because it clearly defines exactly where the county line is (was?) thru
Germantown.
Stephen A. Douglas Rigdon, Germantown
Grand Opening of new quarters for the Bank of Germantown
October 29, 1953
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A 19th century post office was a different operation that what they are today. In the early and mid 1800's, it could be a shoe box in somebody's store. And the "official location" of that shoebox can and frequently did move with each passing election, because postmasters were political appointments. That's why the USPS lists the Germantown Post Office as sometimes in Bracken, and sometimes in Mason. Details here. |
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"Uninsured property
worth
$8,000 was destroyed by fire at Germantown, Ky." |
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Germantown was laid out by Whitfield Craig in 1784, and at the time was named Buchanan Station. It was later settled by Pennsylvania Germans. It was established on December 19, 1795, and incorporated March 15, 1869. |
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James Savage's will frees |
The story of slave Juliet Miles, here. |
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Then there was the escaped slave from Germantown, who was captured in Ohio, but local folks whipped the slave catcher instead. They arrested the preacher for watching. Story here. |
Night Riders strike Germantown in 1908. Read it here. If you're not up to speed on who the Night Riders were, start here. |
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Civil War Skirmish in Germantown, here. |
Two reminiscences about Germantown, from 1876, are here (pdf) and here. (pdf) |
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An historical sketch of the Germantown Baptist Church is here. (pdf) |
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The Germantown Normal Academy, 1880
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"Bell & Jones of the Germantown and Maysville
bus line have bought a large sixteen passenger automobile, the new
machine arriving this week. Germantown is taking steps to the
front. With one of the best County Fairs in the State, a new
bank, a large passenger automobile placed on the road between this
thriving town and Maysville this week, and the establishment of a
local newspaper next week, the good old town is certainly setting a
pace worthy of emulation." |
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