James W. Spencer
President, Dixie State Bank
At the first Old Fashioned Day, 1976
Rev. & Mrs. George Hoffman | Dan and Blanche Roberts |
Walton citizens at the Markland Dam Dedication, October 12, 1963
Oscar Lee Johnson |
Ollie Ballard, Barber |
Alan H. and
Anna Pearl Gaines Mr. Gaines is a former president of Dixie State Bank, and owner of the Walton Lumber Yard |
D. K. Johnson & Louise Rouse |
Steve Hale and his sister, in front of their Park Avenue home |
John M. Baker | Sam Howard |
Faye Brakefield, | Genna Lou Schwab Murray |
looking south on Main |
Butch Linton and Family |
Agnes Sleet holding Jenny Parker |
Helen Ruth McElroy, Mabel Maddox, and Mini Moore Mayhew |
unknown and Spuds Rice |
Howe Roberts |
Mildred Cleek |
James Wallace | Roy Stamler |
Mr. Stamler and Mr. Wallace were both early publishers |
Lucy Demoisey Allphin | Lucille Brakefield | Guy St. Clair |
Margie Carpenter, |
Cincinnati Enquirer, September 30, 1869
Dr. Francis Bedinger | Billy Wynn | Pop Farris and his wife ran the Farris restaurant and Saloon on Main, just north of what was the old Walton Garage. |
Walton's John “Frenchy” DeMoisey played basketball for UK. His record is at this site.
Mitch Napier, Rusty Marksberry, |
Sue Burgess, Sue Mann, |
Bally Ache, with his groom, Bud Bigerstaff | Bally Ache beats Venetian Way, the later Derby winner, in the Stepping Stone, a Derby prep race. |
Bally Ache, winning the Preakness |
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This is Bally Ache, winner of the Preakness on May 21, 1960. His Wikipedia page is
here.
Bally Ache was bred in Walton by the Gaines Brothers. |
L & N Railroad Workers
These are railroad workers believed to be from Walton, probably along Eagle Creek in Gallatin County. If you know for sure, please drop us an email. |
l to r, Opal “Dude” Simpson, Jimmy Isbell and Elmer Groger
Billie Ruth Hollingsworth, Barbara Sebree, and Louise Dearing
Taken at the old Walton Roller Rink
Larry Welsh |
Walton School Principal |
Dave Welte |
Baptist minister J. R. Tackett
In the mid-1950's, when school integration was a hot topic, the WVHS superintendent, J. O. Ward, (left) resigned. He was replaced by Robert Ison. |
Malcolm Simpson
From a Facebook post by Marybeth Rouse Arthur
Mr. & Mrs. Homer Osborne, a.k.a. Mr. Oz,
Harold and Alys Lusby in the background
April, 1957
“Walton, Ky., Feb. 2 - It is believed that there is an organized band of horse thieves in this section. Friday night a fine horse was taken from Jasper Williams, living near Bank. Saturday night one week ago one fine horse of Jack Wright's was stolen from the same locality.” from the Richmond, Ky.'s The Climax, February 10, 1897 |
John L. Vest | Bettie Steele |
A few lines of poetry about the Walton Women's Club are here. | John Murphy, born in a Walton log cabin, makes good. His story is here. |
“At Walton, Ky., Sam Wright shot and killed Albert Scurvin [sic] because the latter wouldn’t allow him to abuse a negro.” Indiana State Sentinel, June 10, 1891 |
“Mrs. Mary Miller, seventy-six years old, with her two sons, were found near Columbus [Ind], nearly frozen to death. They report that their homes at Walton, Ky., burned on Wednesday last, and they were trying to make their way on foot to Indianapolis.” Indianapolis News, January 30, 1899 |
Franklin, John Dudley & Junior
Breeden, and Ernestine Webster Deaton
July12, 1936
Elsmere's Rosella Porterfield Park is named for a lady you can read more about at this site, and here; (pdf) and her obituary here. |
Louie & Virginia Schwab Proprietors, Phoenix Hotel |
Charles “Chick” Worthington |
The Enquirer ran this item on Chick Worthington after the 1956 tornado.
Jack Rouse, Kenneth Johnson, and Asa Rouse, c. 1942
Asa “Buddy” Rouse,
Attorney at Law
...and, the person who supplied a bunch of the images you see on our Walton
pages. Thanks, Buddy.