The Mason Minerva Bus
History of Bracken Baptist Church, Minerva, is here.
Lewisburg School, 1912
Covered Bridge at Lewisburg
Crescent Creamery, Rectorville, 1909
Germantown Pike, near Fern Leaf
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| "View on the Germantown Pike, Overlooking Lawrence Creek, near Maysville," a painting by William Craig, c. 1865 | "View of the Ohio River at Maysville, Kentucky." c. 1850, and attributed to William Louis Sonntag | "Landscape of Maysville," a painting by Prof. Pinquely, a dance instructor at St. Frances de Sales Academy, Maysville, c. 1880 |
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| The Rev. John Rankin House,
overlooking Ripley, Ohio, c. 1910 |
Here's the Rankin House, in an 1847 woodcut, and a 1910 postcard, from the Kentucky side |
A Major Station on the Underground Railroad,
The Ohio Historical Society's Site on this house is
here.
The Pyles Site
| Pyles is an archeological site of a Newtown village, from the 1499-1000 A.D. period. On a ridge on the North Fork of the Licking, about a mile west of Lewisburg. |
South Ripley Ferry, 1906
Mason County Hills from Ripley
Ripley Ferry
(I've also seen it identified as the Chilo-Bradford Ferry)
1937 Flood Levels, Camp Spring Hollow
Mason - Flemingsburg Road, c. 1927
South View of Springdale Post Office
US Post Office, Springdale
In Mason County, along the river just above Maysville.
Dravo Gravel bought the town in the 60's. RFD # 1
US Mail, W.S.Tulley Groceries, Springdale Post Office above door.
Licking River Bridge, Maysville-Lexington Road, c. 1927
Covered Bridge on Route 10, Moransburg
(The ladies are Nancy Darlene Maupin Vaught & Dorothy Maupin
Hampton)
The Valley Pike Covered Bridge
More details on the bridge can be found
here.
Two photo's and a caption, on the L&N at Helena, in 1950
The Bank of Sardis, 1905
James Pyles and his sheep, 1931
To view a number of paintings of Maysville scenes, visit
Ken Swinson's online gallery,
here.
You can find some additional
scenes at the Ohio River Valley Artists Guild,
here, or
at the site of Redmond's Photography,
here, or
Steve White's Maysville photographs,
here.
In Sardis, sold pigs find their way home - 7 miles away. Read it here.
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"The Colored citizens of Helena and Mill Creek met at John W. Gray's on Tuesday last for the purpose of organizing a school board. S. S. Breckinridge was chosen chairman and E. C. Natas, clerk. The following named persons were elected as trustees of the school: Horace Jackson, Thompson Small, John Small, Peter Green, Frank Berry, John W. Gray, and A, M. Murphy" - Mayville Republican, 1-1-1876 |
