L & N Foreman's Home, Menzies Bottoms
Kincaid Lake State Park, c. 1972
Our correspondent reports, from Schuler (Portland) . Here.
Knoxville
Knoxville, 1883
left,
The Knoxville Christian Church
right,
The
Knoxville Baptist Church
The Baptist Church was
founded in 1877. This building
burned to the ground on July 7 1966, and the
present Church was rebuilt at the same location.
| "The hall at Knoxville, erected by a joint stock company, and in which the Odd Fellows, Masons, Grangers, and Good Templars held their regular meetings, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night last. Loss, $3,000; no insurance" from The Ticket, a Covington newspaper, January 22, 1876 |
The news from Knoxville, here.
Boston Station
1883
Boston was the home of the The Licking
River Lumber and Mining Company.
Some of the downstate folks didn't care for their tactics. Read more
here.
Catawba
1883
Short Creek Baptist at Goforth burns; is rebuilt. Story is here.
| "Browningsville, in Pendleton county, was the scene of another shooting affray yesterday between two doctors, partners, in which Dr. VanHook shot and seriously wounded his partner, Dr. Riggs. The quarrel was occasioned by a dispute about a bill, and angry words followed, resulting as above. The ball entered in such a manner as will probably prove fatal." from the Covington Ticket, October 16, 1877. |
History of Pleasant Hill Christian Church is here.
|
Near Cordova, where Grant, Pendleton and Harrison come together is an area known as Crooked Creek. A site dedicated to the families there is here. |
The News from Gardnersville, 1877, here.
"At Falmouth, Hansford Yates, Peter McClanahan, Joe Stites,
and G. Williams, of Grassy Creek, were arrested as coiners
of counterfeit money. Williams escaped from his
captors." from the Maysville Republican - 7-7-1877
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