C & O Railroad Depot		from the Ripley Bee, April 3, 1879

Highland (VA) Recorder, February 10, 1893

It says here there's going to be a railroad from Augusta to Georgetown, Ohio

John S. Bradley's	Parkview Hotel, Augusta	Buckle Factory in Augusta

Hotel Fire, Main and Riverside, Augusta

Ad for F. A. Neider's Peerless Foot Rest, 1913	Ad for F. A. Neider's various Fasteners, 1913	Ad for F. A. Neider's Double Headed Form Nail, 1910	Ad for F. A. Neider's Peerless Curtain Fastener, 1907

 

c. 1910	1897	1947

    The F. A. Neider Company, Automobile and Carriage Trimming Factory, Augusta

More about the company, in 1897, is here.
The 1909 Sanborn Fire Map locating Neider is here.
Info on accessing the entire series of Augusta Fire maps is here.

Maysville's Evening Bulletin, August 14, 1903

 

The Bradford Hotel on Riverview
A flood scene, likely the flood of 1907 or 1913

Michael Sells advertised his gun making business and his wool carding business in 1835.
A later ad for his blacksmithing/gun making is here.

In 1825, Louis Weimer advertised a “house of entertainment,” by which he likely meant brothel.

 

Modern Home Equipment	W. R. Mains Augusta Frozen Food Lockers
	The car is a 1947-ish Plymouth Special De Luxe 4 Door Sedan. Note the suicide doors.
	When refrigeration and freezers were much less common in individual homes, people would buy meat and keep it in lockers for later use.

 

c. 1910	c. 1947
L. V. Marks and Company, Shoe Factory, Augusta

 

Baker Wine Cellar, near Augusta, 1911.	Inside the Winery photo by Bronze Photographer
The Abraham Baker Wine Cellar was a safe house for civilians during the Civil War fighting in Augusta.  The walls inside the cellar (a 40 by 100 foot room with a 37 foot tall ceiling)  are 36 inches thick; some stones are 3 by 2 feet, and a foot thick, mostly dug nearby by slaves.
The Baker Winery is on the National Register of Historical Places. The NRHP application has pictures, a history, and maps. (pdf) There's also an expanded footprint application. (pdf)

 

The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro), November 17, 1859

 

Evan Griffith's Grocery is on the National Register of Historical Places. (pdf)

W. J. Rankin's Store, Augusta	The Bracken Chronicle. Office and City Building.  A little background on the Chronicle, 1897, is here.

A new newspaper comes to Augusta. In 1832.

The Chronicle's slogan, from 1936

“The first number of the Bracken County Chronicle, a weekly paper, published at Augusta, has been received. It is devoted to literature, education and general news, and presents a credible appearance. Bracken county should extend to it a cordial support. ” from the Courier-Journal, September 7, 1869

 

We know that there were at least these newspapers in pre-Civil War Augusta. The dates represent issues that have been found, or referenced, not a start or stop date. The division symbols indicate also publishing after the war. W is weekly.

 

 

Premium Cigar Factory, Augusta
Thanks to Bill and Judy Cooper for this one.

 

c. 1947	1936
Augusta Motor Co. The employee list is here.

Cincinnati Commercial, June 17, 1874

The source of the bricks for the new hotel in 1869: Ripley. And some Ripley citizens weren't happy.
	An ad from the hotel in Augusta.  From 1833.  Here.
“We are indebted to Col. L. J. Bradford, of Bracken county, for a supply of excellent Augusta wine, from the vineyard of Dr. J. Taylor Bradford, near Augusta, Ky. The State Fair of Kentucky and New York awarded to this wine the highest premium, and it commands as high a price as any wine manufactured in the United States. It is a very superior article, of excellent flavor, and is the pure juice of the grape.” from the Louisville Daily Courier, November 22, 1859
“The wire mattress factory or Ritter & Hook is now in full blast in Augusta.”   from Covington's Daily Commonwealth, March 27, 1883	The State's 1916-1917 Labor reports listed these businesses in Augusta.

Business District, 1947	Pompelly's, Augusta A List of folks in the picture, here.	Jones Livery Stable, Augusta Image Courtesy of the Bracken County Historical Society

 

Main and Second
From a Facebook posts by Augusta Kentucky Historic District.

 

This picture is from the Bracken County Historical Society, and is believed to be a business concern from Augusta.  If you   know for sure, please email us, here.	This scene, too, is from the Bracken County Historical Society, and is with numerous other Augusta scenes, but is not further identified.  If you know, please share the knowledge.

“The Augusta ferryboat, Whisper, sank in about ten feet of water while tied to the bank at that place Saturday morning about 4 o'clock.  The craft had sprung a leak during the night and sank so suddenly that the engineer, who was sleeping on the boat, barely escaped.” from the Maysville Bulletin, Feb. 28, 1908.	The book business in 1816 Augusta
	Messrs. Armstrong and Taylor were Augusta gun makers. Read about their breech-loading rifles here. (pdf)
In 1829, Augusta's John C. Andrews published Old Christopher's Almanac, or Augusta Magazine Calendar, for the year of our Lord, 1830, being the second after bissextile [leap year] and after the fourth of July, the fifty-fifth year of American Independence. Calculated by Leonard O'Neal, Esq. Philom. For the Meridian of Augusta, but will serve without any sensible variation for all the stern states. Filet Containing also the maxims and advice of Poor Richard, with other useful and interesting matter. [woodcut of beehive], Augusta, Ky. Printed and Published by John C. Andrews, And sold by the principal merchants and traders, 1829.
“Augusta, Ky., Dec. 12. - The boiler in the molding department of the Augusta stove and range works exploded and injured six men.  James Brothers and Harry Insley were seriously hurt, while Samuel and Kirk Wood, James Gates and Gus Shaffenberger were cut and bruised.  The boiler was blown through the side of the building and across the C. & O. tracks, a distance of 300 feet.  The building was badly damaged and the loss will amount to several thousand dollars.  The foundry is owned and operated by E. H. Heuenfeld & Co. of Cincinnati.”   from the Maysville Evening Bulletin, December 12, 1903	“Augusta, the commercial center of this famous tobacco growing country is beautifully situated on the south bank of the Ohio river 42 miles above Cincinnati; it has eight tobacco warehouses, including the famous Mason Warehouse whose receipts alone, since June 1st, have amounted to 655 hhds [hogsheads]; it has four cigar factories, as follows: The Great Western, G. W. Winter, proprietor, manufactures the popular ætna, Reform, Challenger, Diamond, and other brands, has a capacity of 15,000 cigars per month; the Grand King, W. J. Mingna & Co., proprietors, manufactures the Grand King, Racket, Gold Basis, Little Queen and numerous other popular brands, has a capacity of 15,000 cigars per month; M. Hartman, the popular manufacturer of the famous Acme and Pearl; J. W. Roden & Co., manufacturers of the popular Bonanza and Little Giant.” From a Covington newspaper, The Ticket, August 22, 1876

Dr. C. M. White moves to town in 1869. Says he can cure consumption.

 

Second and Upper Street, the Augusta German Bank

 

	Incorporation papers (pdf) of the Augusta Liberty Bank, 1918.	Incorporation papers (pdf) of the Farmers State Bank of Augusta, 1926	Incorporation papers (pdf) of the merged Farmers Liberty Bank, 1958. Story here.	Incorporation papers (pdf) of the 1994 the end of local ownership
	Incorporators, 1918	Incorporators, 1926	Incorporators, 1958

The Augusta Deposit Bank was chartered by the Kentucky Legislature back in 1853. Read the Act here.

The First National Bank of Augusta went into voluntary liquidation on June 20, 1895.

Farmers' National Bank of Augusta notes, from the days when national banks could have their own currency. More on the practice is here.(Wikipedia) Farmers' National went into voluntary liquidation on August 15, 1926.

The banking house of Allen, Harbeson & Co is chartered in Augusta, 1874.