Dry Ridge, c. 1950

 

The Telestar Motel, West of Dry Ridge on Rt. 22, 1967
 (Think 100 years from now somebody's going to look at these and think of the good old days?)

 

The Dry Ridge exit of I-75
From a Facebook post by Billy Younger

 

Dry Ridge's country music star, Skeeter Davis (Wikipedia)
A retrospective of her is here.

 

Electric Service in Dry Ridge

 

Dry Ridge, 1984	Dry Ridge, c. 1977	Action Lanes, Dry Ridge, 1968	Fire at Action Lanes

In 1956, Dry Ridge changed its name, very briefly, to North Williamstown. 

In 1911, Dry Ridge changed its name, very briefly, to Carlsbad

Boltz Lake Dedicated, 1958

 

Architect C. C. Weber's rending		Citizens Bank, 1977	Banker B. C. Cotton Citizens Bank of Dry Ridge
You can read about the dedication of this building, in 1928, here. Note the name over the door on the architect's drawing is Farmers Bank of Equity, only late the Citizens Bank.
The 1931 Dry Ridge bank robbery.		Peoples Bank defalcation in 1899.

 

Dry Ridge Post Office

The Judy Drive-In opened in 1961, and could accommodate 300 cars. A tornado did considerable damage in 1967, but it was rebuilt, and operated until the early 1980's

 

Grant County High School
Chuck Hall identified the people in the image on the left, here.

 

Southbound for Chattanooga, 22 train cars derail, blocking Knoxville Road.

Johnny Renaker's Dry Ridge Auto Co., 1959	Roger Rash's Food Market, Dry Ridge, 1959	The Little Shrimp, 1977	The Little Shrimp, 1962

 

	Renaker's Garage in Dry Ridge. 1951, left and 1947 From a Facebook post by Katie Clemons

 

Aluminum factory at the corner of Warsaw Road and Taft highway, next to the Telestar Motel. In the back was a doctor's office, beauticians shop, and laundromat in the early 70's. Later it was replaced by the Grant County Bank and is now - 2023 - a tobacco store. From a Facebook post by Glenn Stewart

 

Dry Ridge Parade, c. 1974
From a Facebook post by Shannon A. Webster-Brown

Caroline Williams' sketch of Dry Ridge Baptist Church