Mostly Boone, but some Kenton in this 1866 Railroad Map
You'll want the key to what all those red lines are. It's
here.
Two from Ryland Heights
Three Views from Ryland Heights, 1943
Licking River Valley, c. 1955
Bracht Depot, September, 1911
(a Kentuckiana Virtual Library image)
| The Bracht Piner Road was opened on December 18, 1926 and was described as the first road to connect "the eastern and western portions" of the Dixie Highway. The Covington Auto Club even debated which side was shortest. The resolution is here. |
Odilo "Shorty" Siegrist advertising a Ft. Wright Festival at
5th and
Madison in Covington.
Fort Wright Fire Department
| Fort Wright has absorbed many smaller Kenton County communities over the years. South Hills was annexed in 1960, Lookout Heights in 1967, and Lakeview in 1977. |
Harpers Weekly Published this view
of Cincinnati,
with lots of detail of the Covington area, on June 24, 1876.
It was drawn by Schell and Hogan, from
a sketch by C. A. Vanderhoof.
A photo of Cincinnati and Covington, circa 1866
Actually Cincinnati, but a mate of
sorts to
the above image.
This one's from a daguerreotype from 1848, taken from Newport
That's the Public Landing on the far
left. This is two miles of riverfront.
This is half of an old stereoview
card. You're
standing in Covington, looking north up the
Licking River. That's Newport Barracks on the right.
Two images from the Library of
Congress, from
1939. The building on the left was on your left
as you came south off of the Suspension Bridge.
These two major leaguers were born
in Covington
left, Howie Camnitz, bio
here,
MLB stats
here.
right, Bill Sweeney, bio
here, MLB stats
here.
There's also Henry Gastright, bio
here,
MLB stats
here.
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| Tunnel Hill, near Covington A Union outlook to watch for Confederate troops threatening Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Oct 4, 1862. |
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Camp King & Battery Overlook the Covington & Lexington RR. from The Pictorial War Record, c. 1880. But I find no Camp King in the listing to the left. |
left, Northern Kentucky Health
Occupations
790 Thomas More Parkway
right, Northern Kentucky State Vocational
Technical School
1025 Amsterdam Road
Dixie Highway, somewhere in Kenton County, c. 1918
Kenton County Tavern Rates, 1883
|
Meals, each |
40 cts |
|
Lodging |
40 cts |
|
Common whiskey, per drink |
05 cts |
|
All Other Whiskey, per drink |
10 cts |
|
Brandy, rum, gin, wine, etc |
15 cts |
|
Grain or feed, per gallon |
25 cts |
|
Horses, per night, hay or grain |
40 cts |
|
Pasturage, per day |
10 cts |
From the Covington Daily Commonwealth, April 24, 1883
The naming of Visalia, here.
Crestview Hills has its history on line here.
