Building 421 from a Facebook post by Bob Boyd	Building the road to Bedford, c. 1905 from a Facebook post by Kelly Anderson	Building the road to Bedford, 1927

 

Street Scene, Milton

 

Milton	North Ferry Street, Milton	Milton, 1926

 

Milton, c. WWII	Milton Baptist Church	Milton Methodist Church

History of the Milton's St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church is here (pdf).

“Madison, Ind., May 25. – Last Saturday night the colored brethren of the M. E. Church of Milton, Ky. gave a strawberry festival to raise a little fund to pay off debts, and all the colored folks from Milton and a great many from the backwoods of Trimble County gathered at the building and to enjoy an uninterrupted evening pleasure by eating ice cream and drinking citrus lemonade.”  Indianapolis Sentinel, May 26, 1885

“There was but one drunken man seen and heard in the streets yesterday.  He came from Kentucky and was soon put in jail.” - Madison Courier, July 5, 1855.

Longview Inn

 

1965

 

Milton, before and after a fire

 

Did you know there was a famous madstone in Milton?  Stories here.  And if you need more background on what a madstone is, by all means, brush up on this fascinating but arcane piece of folklore at this site.

You can read that there were two places in Northern Kentucky that were chartered by Virginia; that is, before 1792 when Kentucky became a state, Maysville and Milton. However, the Milton chartered in Virginia in 1789 is Milton, Virginia  (in Albemarle County, east of Charlottesville).	“INFORMATION WANTED.—Henry Cregg, formerly held as a slave, by John Lemmon, of Trimble Co., Kentucky, near Milton, from whence this young man escaped for his freedom about four years ago. The mother of Henry Cregg, together with five of her children, are now in Canada anxious to know the whereabouts of a lost son and brother.” National Anti-Slavery Standard, April 15, 1854.
56 copperhead snakes, in Milton.
“Milton items, Carrollton Democrat: Captain Luckett, one of the first settlers of this country, died on the 2nd inst., and was buried on Sunday. He served in Col. Dick Johnson's regiment of Kentucky volunteers, and was present when Tecumseh was killed, but was captured, with fifteen others, three days after the fight, and sent to Canada. He was one of our leading men sixty years ago. He was an exemplary member of the Christian church and was loved and respected by all who knew him.” Courier-Journal, November 15, 1875	Details of a fox hunt, from Milton to Carrollton.
	Like the Courier says, we give this for what it's worth. Crime in Milton, 1884, here.
	The application to put the Milton Masonic Lodge on the National Register of Historic Places is here. (pdf)
The legislature merges the towns of Milton and Kingston in 1872. Read the Act here.	“A new lodge of Grand Templars will be instituted this afternoon in Milton, Trimble county.”Courier-Journal, September 24, 1870
“A new Masonic hall was dedicated at Milton, Ky., on the 24th. The ceremonies were followed by an eloquent address from P. G. Master Fitch and a bountiful repast in the open air.” Courier-Journal, September 24, 1870	“The Bedford correspondent of the Carrollton Democrat says that the card published in the Courier-Journal, stating that the Rev. W. T. Gordon had broken up the Milton Baptist church is not so, and can be proved false.” Courier-Journal, March 1, 1875
Milton's Henry Washburn, age 70, marries Ellen Jones, aged 14.
Liquor smuggler crashes in Milton in 1931, here.	Willis Hodges is selling his farm, in 1852, here.
Regulators descend upon a gathering in Milton, 1870
Legislature establishes Milton in 1846.	Milton's Mill Street re-oriented, 1870.
Milton Masonic Lodge established, 1870.	Milton Baptist Church established, 1874.

 

	Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, September 21, 1923	Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, June 23, 1870

 

There are several Milton locations on the National Register of Historic Places. Each will have descriptions, a map, and photos. Each is a pdf.
Moffett Cemetery	Moreland School	Rowlett's Grocery
Third Street District	Ginn's Furniture Store

 

Wilbur Wood Tests the Milton Waterworks water pressure, c 1955. The Milton Waterworks was built in 1955 with a bond issue for $100,000, most of which was used to buy materials.   And while engineers were hired and paid, most of the labor was performed by the Milton Lions Club, on a volunteer basis.

 

The Old Watering  Trough, Milton	US Post Office, 1960	Milton Elementary School, 1968

 

Milton Bus Drivers, 1968
Front Row, Left to Right, Cecil Harmon, Elbert Lee Kemp, Tilford McKay
back row, l to r, James "Bud" Burkhardt, Otis Parson, Ed Wheeler, Judge Jack Allan Greenwood, Joe Arnett, unknown.
Thanks to Bill Richmond, Denny Jackson,  cam45coy,  Richard & Sherry Dunaway, Yvette Hayes and Mike Pyles for helping identify them.
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“A splendid Farm for Sale.  -The subscriber being desirous of concentrating his business in Cincinnati will dispose of his Farm on the Ohio river, in Trimble county, Kentucky, 1 mile above Madison.  This is one of the best farms in the State of Kentucky, contains 376 acres, of which 255 are bottom land, and in high state of cultivation, and the remainder well timbered, and has on it it a large two-story brick dwelling, containing 15 or 16 rooms, ice house, servants' house, smoke house, barn, and stable, all new, and cost over $8,000.  There is also a fine well and large cistern near the dwelling.  The whole piece is well improved with shrubbery, gardens, fruit, etc., and a better farm cannot be had in the State of Kentucky.  For a portion of the purchase price, a long credit will be given.  Apply to David Harper, on the premises, or through the Post-office at Milton, Ky.” Louisville Weekly Journal,  June 13, 1849
Election disturbances in 1880 in Milton, here.	The News from Milton, in 1885, here.
The great tornado of 1860 did serious damage from Louisville to Cincinnati: “At Milton, Ky., the grocery store of Ben Morris was prostrated.” Frankfort  Tri-Weekly Yeoman, May 24, 1860
Detailed directions on how to get from from Milton to Sulphur, in 1910, here.	Read about the Milton preacher who sued his own congregation, here.