Second Street, looking West
Provision & Munitions Wagon Train, 1862
Ferris Wheel
Beechwood Park Scenes
Lucy Lee's Beautiful Beechwood is
here. (pdf)
Beechwood Park,
scene on left is 1906
The Maysville Bombs
Rosemary Clooney Parade, 1953
Maysville Scene
From an old stereoview, c. 1880
US Post Office and Opera House
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"At Maysville, in Kentucky, between Huntington and Cincinnati, there are two extensive cotton factories and several iron foundries. The town contains many handsome streets, and is the entry port for the north-eastern section of the State. It is also the most extensive hemp market in the whole country." Scribners Monthly, December 1874. |
Union Soldiers Monument, Maysville Cemetery
Foster Monument Construction
Murray & Thomas Monuments
(The actual statute here is in Flemingsburg)
Scene from the Democratic Barbeque in Maysville, 1909
Slave Quarters, 1907
Before the Civil War, the above building
was used for housing
slaves who were considered unruly, or who were caught trying
to use the underground railroad. It stood on Second
Street where the high school auditorium was built.
Entrance to the Palace Theatre
The Russell Theatre, Maysville
Read the story of the grand opening of
the Russell Theatre here.
The Russell Theatre has its own website which you can find
here.
Maysville Pool, c 1950
Graves of Jacob and Mary Boone
He ran a tavern in Maysville, and died in 1828
A Walking Tour of Maysville, with descriptions of notable sites. Here. (pdf)
Two similar but different pieces by Alice Taylor Gill:
Some Glimpses of Early Maysville is here. (pdf)
Some Glimpses of Kentucky and Early Maysville is here. (pdf)
