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Clays Mill

May 29, 2020 thekaintuckeean 1 Comment

In a conversation with another local historian, I recently learned the location of Clays Mill. The spokes out of Lexington…

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Posted in: No Destination Filed under: Clays Mill, Fayette, Fayette County, Jessamine, Jessamine County

A deTour of Lexington’s East End

August 30, 2019 thekaintuckeean Leave a comment

Lexington’s East End neighborhood is proud to once again be the site of the Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation’s September deTour.…

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Posted in: Tours Filed under: BGTdeTours, deTour, East End, Fayette, Fayette County

Goodbye to the Cranes of CentrePointe

August 23, 2019 thekaintuckeean Leave a comment

The front page of today’s Herald-Leader proclaimed that the last crane which stood for years. The cranes (you’ll recall, there…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Centrepointe, Fayette, Fayette County

A Museum at the Stockyards

March 20, 2019 thekaintuckeean Leave a comment

On October 3, 1889, the Lexington Leader reported that the “Bluegrass Stock Yards buildings, the property of Carrithers & Beard, were…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Fayette, Fayette County

A Stretch of Waveland Museum Lane Closes

November 15, 2018 thekaintuckeean Leave a comment

Waveland Museum Lane will close November 15, 2018 A stretch of Lexington’s Waveland Museum Lane will be closed today, November…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Fayette, Fayette County, Lexington, LostLexington

Lexington Lincoln Day

November 9, 2018 thekaintuckeean 1 Comment

Anyone familiar the history of Lexington, Kentucky knows that there are many connections between our community and our nation’s sixteenth…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Abraham Lincoln, Fayette, Fayette County

Another Day Cycling Through Lexington

July 28, 2018 thekaintuckeean Leave a comment

Whiskey offerings at James E. Pepper Distillery. Author’s collection. My sister and I embarked on what has become our annual…

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Posted in: Tours Filed under: cycling, Fayette, Fayette County, Lexington, libation, sharethelex

Lexington, Kentucky’s City Hall

April 20, 2018 thekaintuckeean Leave a comment

The old Lafayette Hotel and present City Hall. Author’s Collection. Lexington, Kentucky may be well on its way to a…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Fayette, Fayette County, Lexington

Estate Planning Awareness Week

October 16, 2017 thekaintuckeean Leave a comment

Advertising Material. Hart-Bradford House. Library of Congress. In the opening chapter of Lost Lexington, I wrote that Thomas Hart left to…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Brackney Law, estate planning, Fayette, Fayette County, LostLexington

Two statues, a military heritage commission, and the telling of history

August 18, 2017 thekaintuckeean Leave a comment

Kentucky Revised Code. Legislative Research Commission. The Kentucky Military Heritage Commission, until recently, was a little-known state agency. Over the…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 1898 courthouse, Civil War, Fayette, Fayette County

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