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Hillsboro was once a wholesale (or commission) town for Eastern Kentucky people, who came from West Liberty, etc. Three men operated a commission house in Hillsboro before 1878. They operated horse teams to Maysville, brought goods to Hillsboro, then hauled the goods by ox teams to the mountains.
First called Foudraysville for the Foudray family of early settlers, it was renamed Hillsboro when the post office opened in 1833. [5] In 1874 a fire was started by robbers, burning several buildings in the center of town, among them being E. G. SHIELDS' store, J. W. CRAIN'S store, the wholesale house of J.A.H. KERNS, and the drugstore of L. J ...
Offers a chronological timeline of important dates, events, and milestones in Kentucky history. Kentucky's first inhabitants are descendants of prehistoric people who migrate from Asia over the Arctic land bridge.
Revolutionary War. March 10, 1775 • Daniel Boone along with 35 axmen begin to blaze a trail from Fort Chiswell through Cumberland Gap into central Kentucky. Financed by the Transylvania Company, the trail eventually came to be known as the Wilderness Road.
The Hillsboro post office opened in 1833. Hillsboro was the southern terminus of the Flemingsburg and Northern Railroad, which was abandoned circa 1955. It was constructed in the 1870s as a part of the projected Covington, Flemingsburg, and Pound Gap Railway, which was never completed.
The saloon of Hillsboro, kept first by Chev FOUDRAY, then by Wash. VALANDINGHAM (Flanagan for short), and then by Lewis CRAIN, Senior, was, through its whole history, a vile, corrupting asset. The proprietors, especially VANLANDINGHAM, opposed all efforts for the moral improvement of the village and surrounding population.
This timeline will give a basic understanding of how the county was formed and why (think salt, and fussing and feuding), and some of the major events that have transpired up until the 20th Century. For comprehensive source notes and detailed information refer to Heroes & Skallywags.
