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The Irvington Historic District in Irvington, Kentucky is a 12.6 acres (5.1 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It is roughly bounded by CSX tracks, Third, Caroline and Walnut Streets. It included 20 contributing buildings, 12 contributing structures, and three contributing sites ...
Columbus: The Daughters of the Union dedicated a sundial on the grounds of the Ohio State House in 1941, the 75th anniversary of the GAR. [73] Kettering: In 1901, The Old Guard Post 23 erected a cannon monument in Beavertown cemetery; Urbana: W. A. Brand Post No. 98 placed a G.A.R. Civil War artillery shell monument in Oak Dale Cemetery. W. A.
The local post office was first established as Merino (for the nearby Mt. Merino Seminary) on February 16, 1885. However, two area businessmen, R.M. Jolly and Edgar L. Bennett, anticipating the route of the Louisville, St. Louis, and Texas Railroad, purchased 315 acres (127 ha) of farmland at the site and then, with the help of the railroad's employees, platted a new community over the 1888 ...
In 1993, the plant was closed after the discontinuation by Sears, Roebuck and Co. of its mail-order catalog, which had been the last major account printed there. In 1999 the building was retrofitted and is currently owned by Digital Realty Trust operating as a carrier hotel and data center. The newly outfitted building was the first and largest ...
City, state Notes Brook, Indiana: Brookston, Indiana: I.O.O.F. Lodge (Chesterton, Indiana) c.1905 built 1999 NRHP CP Chesterton, Indiana: Contributing in Chesterton Commercial Historic District: Calumet Lodge IOOF Lodge No. 601 1916 177-79 State St. Hammond, Indiana Morgantown, Indiana: Contributing in Morgantown Historic District (Morgantown ...
The Walpole Company, Indiana Company, and members of the Ohio Company reorganized, and on December 22, 1769, formed the Grand Ohio Company. [14] In 1772, the Grand Ohio Company received from the British government a grant of a large tract lying along the southern bank of the Ohio as far west as the mouth of the Scioto River . [ 15 ]
The company stated its interest in using the facility to launch horseracing operations on the site, making New Hampshire the fourth state in which Churchill Downs would operate horse racing. [ 47 ] In February 2022, Churchill Downs announced their agreement to purchase Peninsula Pacific Entertainment for $2.5bn (£1.84bn/€2.19bn).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 164 square miles (420 km 2), of which 160 square miles (410 km 2) is land and 4.1 square miles (11 km 2) (2.5%) is water. [5] The county is located at the confluence of the Licking River and Ohio River, in the outer Bluegrass area of the Bluegrass region of the state ...