In the early days Israel Foster settled at the present location of Foster and got control of a large amount of land. Since many river boats landed at this place it became known as Foster’s Landing.

 For a time tobacco was manufactured into cigars in a small way and two shoemaker shops made shoes and boots.

 Dan McMath, Markley Bros. And George B. Holmes conducted stores in which general merchandise was sold.

 Foster continued as an important river port until the construction of the railroad in 1888 after which it gradually decreased. Since the laying of the double track the railroad has acquired most of the shipping and the river trade has decreased to nothing.

 Three saloons operated in Foster until 1874. In 1873 Hon. A.J. Markley was sent to the Legislature and he has a special act passed which prohibited the sale of liquor within one-half mile of the corporate limits of the town.

 The first pike in the lower end of Bracken County was built and opened for traffic in December 1869. In honor of the event A.J. Markley gave a large oyster supper on the second floor of his store on the River Front.

 In 1879 the Odd Fellows building was erected which is the largest building in Foster.

 It was during the last Indian raid into Kentucky that Indians crossed over from Ohio, sunk their canoes at the mouth of Holt’s Creek, the location of which is now Foster, and continued to Bourbon County where they stole a large number of horses. The whites tracked the Indians, ambushed them, and succeeded in killing many of the Indians and recovering their horses. 

Foster now has two general stores operated by V.W. Shanks and Iler and Kremplen.