Bird's eye View of Falmouth from Reservoir Hill

 Panoramic View of Falmouth 
(the image says this is Falmouth "65 years ago."  The L&N Employees magazine I got it from is dated 1927, so that indicates, if it's true, the  picture is pre-civil war. Not likely.  Reported to have been burned during the war, and rebuilt.

Bird's Eye View of Falmouth, 1928

 

S. Licking Just Above the
 RR Bridge, c. 1905

The Narrows of the
 Licking, Falmouth

Licking River from the Foot
of Main Street, Falmouth

 

Falmouth, Flood of 1913

Falmouth, Flood of 1964

This 1964 flood scene is more impressive once you understand that the dog is standing on top of a flooded car.  (Those two black marks are just crop marks from a newspaper editor back in '64.)

Main Licking, Looking East

Bird's Eye View of Falmouth

 

                  

Licking River Scenes

Falmouth petitioned to make the Licking navigable in 1899.  The government declined it.  Details and maps are here.

T. M. Barton's book of poetry, Lyrics of the Licking, from 1865, can be read on this site.

Kenneth T. Marquette's account of the 1964 Falmouth flood is here.  (pdf)

You can find historical information on Licking River flood levels here.
"On last Thursday, a party of ladies and gentlemen gathered at the river, their object being to hunt pearls.  The came out early and brought well filled baskets, of course.  We all did ample justice to the good things spread before us.  After dinner the evening was most enjoyably spent in the pearl business.  Some of those engaged were so lucky as to find some very nice specimens." from the Falmouth Outlook, September 11, 1908. "(Special to the Ticket) Falmouth, Jan. 16., -The river is higher now than since the year 1854, and rising at the rate of 13 inches per hour. It is moving up in the town rapidly. The Main street bridge has been swept away. The negro portion of this place is entirely flooded. great many negroes were taken from the tops of their shanties this morning in boats."
Covington's The Ticket, January 17, 1877 ("Always Independent, Seldom Indifferent")

 “The Steamer John Morgan made an effort to reach Falmouth last week, but was prevented from so doing by a smash-up near Catawba.”  From the Covington Journal, April 20, 1872

Remember when the Licking River flowed north to Hamilton, Ohio, and the Kentucky River turned northeast at Carrollton and headed for Cincinnati?  No? That’s because you were born after the last glacier left the area.  Read all about it, here.

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