Germantown, Kentucky

Peeples Funeral Home, Germantown
The picture shows H. L. Pepper in the driver's seat on the hearse.
The footman is Mr. Walker Tucker. The building was used to
house the hearse and the stockroom was on the second floor.
The Peeples Funeral Home began in 1898.

left, Germantown Christian Church
right, Germantown Methodist Church

Germantown Fairgrounds

Aerial of Germantown, c. 1955

A Cemetery in Germantown

Stephen A. Douglas Rigdon, Germantown

The Germantown Fair was first held in 1854.

Germantown was laid out by Whitfield Craig in 1784, and at the time was named Buchanan Station. It was later settled by Pennsylvania Germans.

Jams Savage's will frees his slave, 1854, here.

The story of slave Juliet Miles, here.

Civil War Skirmish in Germantown, 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.