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| On Decoursey | First School | New Church | The “entire plant.” | |
| St. Anthony's in Forest Hills. There's a history of the church at their website. | ||||
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| Cornerstone Laying The Catholic Telegraph, September 6, 1928 |
Dedication The Catholic Telegraph, April 11, 1929 |
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| Rose Circle and Park Road | Park, Rose, & Amsterdam, c. 1925 | Lawton Road, C. 1940 That's Jack Murphy in the photo. |
| All three of these are from the Park Hills Facebook Page. | ||
Shell Station at 1403 Dixie in Park Hills
From a Facebook post by Beverly Sturgeon
History of Park Hills Lutheran is here.
Iris Spoor's History of Park Hills is here. (pdf) |
Mrs. Udry's History of Park Hills. |
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| Park Hills Plat, 1925 A big thanks to Jim Pfaller for his help in bringing you this one |
Park Hills Home Beautiful Kentucky Post, August 19, 1903 |
Park Hills
From a Facebook post by Mike Conway
Carney's Furniture Store, Arlington and Dixie in Park Hills, 1955
From a Facebook post by Sue Roeding Lanter
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| Street car passing thru Park Hills From a Facebook post by Mike Conway |
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| Aerial view of Kyles Lane at I-75 and the Dixie Gardens Drive-In From a Facebook posts by Beverly Sturgeon, right, and MJ Musicman |
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| A Scene in Park Hills, 1929 | Park Hills From a Facebook post by Park Hills, Ky |
Park Hills Elementary From a Facebook post by Bryan Meade |
Dr. Paul Tenkotte writes about the origins of Park Hills, and its “Happy Homes,” at this site.
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Odilo “Shorty” Siegrist advertising a Ft. Wright Festival at 5th and |
Fort Wright Fire Department |
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Dixie Gardens Drive In
St. Agnes, in Park Hills
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| Dixie Gardens Movies in Your Car! |
Looking South on Dixie, c. 1970's. from the Facebook page of Park Hills, Ky |
 Read about the man for whom Fort Wright is named, Gen. Horatio G. Wright, at Wikipedia, here, or you can read Chester Geaslen's article on Wright from the Enquirer, here. |
| Fort Wright has absorbed many smaller Kenton County communities over the years. South Hills was annexed in 1960, Lookout Heights in 1967, and Lakeview in 1977. |
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| Tunnel Hill, near Covington A Union outlook to watch for Confederate troops threatening Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Oct 4, 1862. |
You know Fort Wright and Fort Mitchel, |
Camp King & Battery Overlook |
| Additional Information about the Civil War in Northern Kentucky is at NKY Views Civil War Page, here. | ||
Dr. Richard Cardosi has a video featuring Bates Battery, from the Civil War, on YouTube
It's number 20 on the battery map above.
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| Northern Kentucky State Vocational Technical School 1025 Amsterdam Road |
| Kenton County Tavern Rates, | 1883 |
| Meals, each | 40 cts |
| Lodging | 40 cts |
| Common whiskey, per drink | 05 cts |
| All Other Whiskey, per drink | 10 cts |
| Brandy, rum, gin, wine, etc | 15 cts |
| Grain or feed, per gallon | 25 cts |
| Horses, per night, hay or grain | 40 cts |
| Pasturage, per day | 10 cts |
From the Covington Daily Commonwealth, April 24, 1883
