E. B. Peipho Carriage Company, Melbourne
| “To complete [The Maysville Carriage Company's] stock of first-class livery turnouts for the summer, they have purchased, from the Melbourne (Ky.) carriage works (John Miller & Co., proprietors) three fine vehicles, viz: one fine pleasure wagon, one nice piano-box buggy, best make, and last, but not least, one of the latest design tan phaetons, The running gear of this phaeton is painted prim rose, yellow striped, with fine and wide carmine lines. The trimmings are maroon leather, and the mountings are nickel plated. The design is intrely [sic] new and very handsome.” from the Maysville Evening Bulletin, June 14, 1894 |
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| Picturesque Hills, Ohio River, Melbourne |
Aerial View of Melbourne, c. 1910 |
Melbourne Fire Department (right, 1942 Orens Fire Truck) |
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| Public School and Methodist Church, Melbourne |
US Post Office and 12 Mile Turn Pike, Melbourne |
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| Four Mile Hatchery from a Facebook post by Joe Zink |
Some Acquaintances in Melbourne, c. WWI |
Jim Minshall, in front of the Melbourne Fire House |
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Sisters of Divine Providence
Provincial House, St. Anne Convent
| “Lillie and Mary Fitzpatrick, aged 15 and 13, escaped from a Convent at Coldspring, Ky., Sunday, and were later held at the Place of Detention at Cincinnati until their father, James Fitzpatrick, a Cynthiana stonemason, was heard from. They ran away from the school because of ill treatment.” from Maysville's Daily Public Ledger, September 7, 1905 |
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| Organ Screen, Chapel of the Sacred Heart, St. Anne Convent, Melbourne |
Transept, Chapel of the Sacred Heart, St. Anne Convent, Melbourne |
Chapel, Providence House, St. Anne Convent |
A little background on the convent's founder is in the second half of this web page.
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| St. Philip's Catholic Church and Parish |
St. Philip's School | A Caroline Williams sketch of St. Philips | |
The first service at St. Philip's was May 16, 1910. The rectory was built in 1912. And the '37 flood made it just to, and not over, the top of the top front step of the church |
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| This one's a puzzler. The jerseys say MILBOURNE. There is a Milbourne in the USA, in Pennsylvania, nut it looks to be pretty flat. On the other hand, the back says “Louis Fillhardt's Team,” and the 1900 Census has one and only one man by that name in the USA, and he lives in Campbell County, Kentucky, not Pennsylvania. Our guess - emphasize: guess - is that the name of the town was more casually spelled, or they simply misspelled the name, and it really is Kentucky. That hill in the back on the right kinda looks like Melbourne, doesn't it? If you can shed any light, please contact us. |
Otto Good, longtime mayor of Melbourne, 1970
Good's History of Melbourne is here.
from a Facebook post by Barbara Sparks Rawe
| “Oct. 31. - The Rev. D. W. Howell, of Louisville, State secretary of
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| “The new Fairgrounds at Melbourne, Ky., recently erected by the Newport Driving and Fair Association, have been completed and are now open. Many owners of fine horses are already taking advantage of the track for their trotters. The new grand stand is under way and will be completed in a short time.” from the Maysville Public Ledger, June 4, 1909 | An account of the Melbourne Sunday school picnic, featuring the Foster Cornet Band, and is here. | |
| The Rev. Ryan's History of SS. Peter and Paul, near California, is here. | The Rev. Paul Ryan's History of St. Philip's Church in Melbourne is here. | The Rev. Paul Ryan's History of the Sisters of Divine Providence is here. |
Ohio River speed record set in Melbourne.
