Johnsville Street Scene, c. 1935
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“Augusta, Ky., Three hooded members of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan entered the Johnsville church while services were being held and presented the pastor with $20. Two other robed figures stood guard the door.” The Kentucky Post, November 26, 1923 |
Johnsville was incorporated as an official city by the Kentucky Legislature on April 28, 1884
“Schoolhouse in Bracken County where my father taught”
Goatsville School, 1919
At Rts. #10 and 1109, now Western Hills
Wellsburg Depot.
From a Facebook post by Augusta Kentucky Historic District.
Bracken County office of Harrison County Rural Electric, 1964
Across from the Western School
From a Facebook post by Bill A. Penn
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Between Augusta and Minerva |
The Walcott Bridge,
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The Walcott Bridge is on the Nati0nal Register of Historic Places. (pdf)
Hancock's Store, Lenoxburg
from a Facebook post by Susan Colbert Taylor
| “Theodore Carter was brought to town late last night and placed in Jail, charged with posting White Cap notices against some prominent citizens near Lenoxburg. Failing to secure bail he lingers in jail.” Cincinnati Enquirer,May 4, 1889 What were the white caps? Mostly this Klan-like group operated in Indiana, but there are several instances of them operating in Northern Kentucky. The Wikipedia article detailing them is here. |
| Lenoxburg women threaten a saloonist, here. | |
| An elopement on the first day, turns into some thing more nefarious by day two. | A Lenoxburg couple elope to Foster, catch a steamer, and get married on the river. Here. |
 Western Christian Advocate, May 25, 1887 |
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 Cincinnati Daily Star, July 28, 1877 |
 Cincinnati Daily Star, July 28, 1877 |
| Lenoxburg was incorporated as an official city by the Kentucky Legislature on April 24, 1882, in an act that recognized it was in both Bracken and Pendleton Counties. They changed their charter six years later. | |
| “Minerva, Ky., April 28. – Reese Kirk and Thomas Horan, both drunk, had a shooting scrape here in which neither was hurt. Horan used an oath and told Kirk he would shoot him. The later walked to the middle of the street and told Horan to shoot. He took deliberate aim, fired, and then ran, but missed his man. Kirk then fired at Horan with like result.” Greencastle Banner and Times, April 30, 1897 | |
Cincinnati Daily Gazette, January 11, 1878
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| Cincinnati Daily Gazette, May 4, 1872 | The Clermont Sun, January 19, 1884 |
We know very little about two former towns in Bracken County called Tietzville,
and Hillsdale but found'em on this Bracken County
map from the 1870's
The steamer Kentucky burned at Smith's Landing, near Wellsburg / Tietzville in 1856, here.
Wellsville soldier in the War of 1812 returns home after being held by the British for 25 years. Sad details here.
| NKY Views has a page dedicated to the paintings of the Alke's. These are paintings by Elizabeth Heil Alke (1877-1938). They're c. 1920's. She was the wife of her more famous husband, painter Stephen Alke (May 14, 1874 - 1941), who was born near Augusta. They eventually settled near New Richmond. Their work frequently uses Bracken County Scenes. See'em here. |
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| Two Harlan Hubbard oil colors of Wellsburg | ||
A Harlan Hubbard painting, “Two Cottages Near Wellsburg”
c. 1930
The Bracken County Infirmary in Chatham is on the National Register of Historic Places. (pdf)
Maysville's Evening Bulletin, September 23, 1892
Chatham man gets “gloriously drunk” and has a “wild west escapade” in Mason, Ohio, here.
Cincinnati Commercial, July 25, 1880
Milford Times, July 18, 1896
Dayton (OH) Daily Empire, March 17, 1860
Scratches is disease that affects horses (Wikipedia).
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,
February 10, 1883
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Judge and Mrs. H. E. Ward, 1939 |
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| Bethany Church of Christ, between Berlin and Lenoxburg. Made in 1861 from bricks made on site (where the pond is now!) by A. D. Houston. This building was destroyed by a tornado on June 30, 1936, and a new building was built on the same site, and dedicated on July 9, 1939 | First German Protestant Church, on the Augusta-Berlin Road. Begun in 1875 by Rev. Andes, this building was dedicated in 1875. By 1927, the congregation had outgrown their building on Locust Creek and bought property in Chatham. The brick church, St. Paul Lutheran, was dedicated December 23, 1928 on the same site as this building. | |
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Maysville's Evening Bulletin, October 15, 1903
Asbury Methodist, on Parina Road
The Catholic Telegraph, March 22, 1888
Herald of Gospel Liberty, December 17, 1885
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| Wesley Chapel Methodist Church, Neave. The Rev's Robinson and Richie held a revival in the Neave schoolhouse in October, 1915, and this church grew from that. Wesley Chapel is named for John Wesley Stump, who donated the land it sits on. This building was destroyed by a tornado, March 19, 1948. | Willow Baptist Church. This church traces its roots back to 1818, and was started from members of the North Fork Church in Milford. Philip Buckner donated land for the first church, built in 1827. This building was completed on February 16, 1856, and a new brick building, across the road from this one, was dedicated August 6, 1967 | |
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Carol Klaber's History of the Willow Baptist Church is here. (pdf)
“In a shooting affray in the village of Neave, Bracken county, Ky., Dr. Edward Courtney killed Dr. John Carney, his former business partner.” Courier Journal, December 10, 1904 Details, here. |
Map of the membership of the Bracken County Association of Baptists, 1966
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| Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Gertrude. Originally built of logs on land donated by Ferdinand Dora, the current building is of brick, which are believed to have come from the farm of a Squire Hardy, nearby. | A rock wall and a few graves are all that's left of this church on Parina Road outside of Brooksville | |
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| The Kentucky Legislature establishes Mt. Zion Methodist, in 1839. | ||
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| Cemetery Chapel Christian Church, at KY 1019 & Eden Ridge at Lenoxburg. Founded in 1892 with members from Foster and Eden Ridge Methodist. Torn down October 19, 1937; the first service in the new church was April 3, 1938 |
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| Scenes from Sharon | ||
Sharon Presbyterian incorporated by the state in 1845.
Neave Church
Destroyed by a tornado, c. 1947
from a Facebook post by Rick Brown
Abner Holton Store in Neave.
Other people who subsequently owned the store included Howard Showalter,
Mr. Jett, D. A. Blades, Theo. Moreland, Virgil Ramsey, Garnett Teegarden,
Mary Cain Perkins, and Delmar Moorhead.
From the August, 2013 Bracken Beacon, newsletter of the Bracken County Historical Society, a history of Browningsville (pdf).
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Brook-dale Farms, 1939
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John C. Kalb Family |
Weekly Cincinnati Times, July 8, 1882
There used to be a dam at Petra.
Moransburg School Bus
from a John Henderson post on Facebook
This history of Browningsville (pdf) is from the Bracken County Historical Society's newsletter.
Maysville's Evening Bulletin, June 5, 1902
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| Powersville Baptist Church. Founded by members of Brooksville Baptist on January 17, 1885. This building was destroyed by a fire on June 3, 1902, The current church is on the same location. Thanks to Judy Cooper for the image. |
Home of William Buckner, Powersville | |
Powersville goes dry, here.
“[Latonia's] Rev. Runyan went to Powersville yesterday to conduct the dedicatory exercises of
the new Christian Church of that place tomorrow.” Cincinnati Enquirer, August 20,1903
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| U. S. S. Bracken | capturing supper on the USS Bracken, July, 1946. |
More about the U. S. S. Bracken at Wikipedia.
