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NoD: Where will Newtown Pike take you? Newtown, of course!

November 10, 2011 thekaintuckeean

Newtown Christian Church – Georgetown, Ky. When visitors (or my wife) get lost in Lexington, I am also befuddled. Lexington…

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NoD: Limestone (n/k/a Maysville)

February 18, 2011 thekaintuckeean

Waymarking Sign, Maysville, Ky. Lexington’s Limestone Street travels north to merge with Paris Pike and its history is there forgotten.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: bridges, Civil War, Mason, NoDestination, towns

No Destination: Catlettsburg

August 23, 2010 thekaintuckeean

Catlettsburg, Ky. The population of Catlettsburg is only two-thirds of its size as of the 1900 census. As the county…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Boyd, bridges, Civil War, NoDestination, towns

No Destination: Georgetown

July 12, 2010 thekaintuckeean

Downtown Georgetown, Kentucky I’ve already mentioned a number of locations in and around Georgetown – the College, the Japanese Garden,…

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No Destination: Historic Midway

June 4, 2010 thekaintuckeean

Midway, Kentucky Midway, Kentucky is a bustling town in Woodford County. The land that would become Midway was purchased in…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Civil War, NoDestination, towns, Woodford

No Destination: Pleasureville

May 3, 2010 thekaintuckeean

Pleasureville Christian Church. Irony in the name? Perhaps. Straddling the line of Henry and Shelby counties is the community of…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: churches, Henry, NoDestination, Shelby, towns

No Destination: New Castle

April 26, 2010 thekaintuckeean 2 Comments

New Castle, Kentucky Marketed as “life in the s-l-o-w lane,” New Castle was founded in 1798 and incorporated in 1817.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Henry, NoDestination, towns

No Destination: Carrollton

April 21, 2010 thekaintuckeean

Carrollton, as viewed from the Observation Deck at General Butler State Park Port William, Kentucky became the county seat of…

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No Destination: Westport

April 16, 2010 thekaintuckeean

The Old Courthouse in Westport is now Westport Methodist Church. Along the Ohio River in Oldham County lies Westport. Westport’s…

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No Destination: LaGrange

April 5, 2010 thekaintuckeean

Main Street in historic La Grange, Kentucky As Nate alluded to last week, we visited Oldham County’s seat a few…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: churches, Marquis de Lafayette, NoDestination, Oldham, towns

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