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A post village in the northern part of Owen county, eight miles
north-west of Owenton, the capital of the county, 34 miles north from
Frankfort, and by stage route (daily line) 14 miles from Ghent.
Semi-weekly stages also connect with Owenton.
It contains one Baptist and
one Christian or Reformed church, one female academy and one male
seminary, one Masonic Lodge (Liberty No. 126, one Lodge I. O. O. F.,
(No. 85), one steam flouring and saw mill, two carding machines, three
hotels, ten stores of various kinds, eight physicians, four attorneys,
two magistrates, one dentist, one engraver, two gunsmiths, one tanner,
one jeweler, one milliner, two masons and builders, one surveyor, and
numerous diversified mechanical trades. Population 450. Post office
established about 1820.
Henry B. Gale,
postmaster |
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Byrnes, J. D. |
steamboat agent |
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Calvert, S. B. |
probate judge and general merchant |
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Duvall, A. P. |
magistrate |
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Duvall, J. E. |
physician and surgeon |
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Greenell, J. B. |
blacksmith |
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Harden, G. W. |
marshal |
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Hardin & Brother |
general merchants |
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Harner, D. |
blacksmith |
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Hiten, C. |
postmaster |
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Hiten & King |
carpenter and builders |
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Hughes, Samuel |
boot and shoe maker and dealer |
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Jones, W. H. |
physician |
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Lee, R. M. |
surveyor and civil engineer |
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Monterey House |
Robert Sanford, proprietor |
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Prentiss, L. S. |
steam flouring mill proprietor |
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Sanders, John |
shingle maker |
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Sanford, Robert |
proprietor Monterey House and general
merchant |
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Sparks, A. G. |
magistrate |
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Vallandingham, H. C. |
general merchant |
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