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    Pendleton County
    Pendleton County
    Pendleton County
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    Pendleton County

    By Penny Tuemler Conrad

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    Pendleton County, carved from parts of Bracken and Campbell Counties in 1798, sits halfway between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lexington, Kentucky. The Pendleton name came from the early group of Virginia settlers who founded Falmouth, the county seat, at the confluence of the Licking Rivers. They selected this name to honor Edmund Pendleton, a Virginia statesman and surveyor of Kentucky. The landscape offered gently rolling hills, the two Licking Rivers, and their tributaries as a place to settle and prosper. Within the valleys and rich bottomlands of these hills, the communities of Falmouth, Butler, DeMossville, Catawba, Goforth, McKinneysburg, Boston Station, Morgan, Flour Creek, Mt. Auburn, and all the small business centers grew and prospered. Pendleton County has provided their community, state, and country with citizens who served as legislators, ministers, soldiers, education leaders, entertainers, business entrepreneurs, and a Nobel Prize winning scientist.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateDec 6, 2010
    ISBN9781439641408
    Pendleton County
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    Penny Tuemler Conrad

    Penny Tuemler Conrad is a retired elementary school teacher who has long treasured history, family genealogy, and vintage pictures. Assistance from community friends and the Pendleton County Historical Society has allowed this pictorial tour of Pendleton County�s history for future generations in Images of America: Pendleton County.

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      Pendleton County - Penny Tuemler Conrad

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      INTRODUCTION

      Over 200 years have passed since a group of pioneer families traveled from Virginia, Pennsylvania, and other eastern colonies to the wilderness now known as Pendleton County. With lands ranging from rolling hills to rich river bottoms, it seemed a good place to settle. Many of these early explorers were former soldiers of the Revolutionary War who received bounty land grants for their services to the patriot cause. Others found they could obtain cheap land here, while some wished for space and the rich forests for hunting.

      Pendleton County was born of lands taken from recently formed Bracken and Campbell Counties through an act of the Kentucky General Assembly on December 13, 1796. The county took its name from judge Edmund Pendleton of Carolina County, Virginia, who was a statesman, surveyor, and member of the House of Burgesses. It comprised approximately 300 square miles of land including a small portion bordering the Ohio River. This area gave access to the large waterway and provided a means by which commerce was available with Cincinnati, Louisville, and towns back east.

      The county is dominated by its rivers, the Main Licking and the South Fork Licking, with many tributaries feeding their water supply. These creeks and springs made the area a most habitable place. Rich bottomland, with its dark soil, encouraged crops, but the area remained almost wilderness for more than 50 years until the coming of the railroad and bridges. Falmouth (or Forks of the Licking as it was first called) received its charter in 1793, three years before the county was established. Located at the confluence of the two Licking Rivers, Falmouth had been noted by early surveyors. Upon receiving parcels of these lands, three early Virginians—John Cook, William McDowell, and John Waller—divided the land and auctioned it. Thus the town of Falmouth was organized. Most people believe the name was chosen as a reminder of Falmouth, Virginia.

      Many smaller communities were founded during later years. Four besides Falmouth were large enough to incorporate. In March of 1860, Catawba and DeMossville incorporated, while Boston Station and Butler did so in February 1868. Today many members of the older families continue to identify themselves as living in places like Flower Creek, Peach Grove, Gardnersville, Four Oaks, McKenneysburg, Mount Auburn, Knoxville, and Carntown. These smaller communities were once centers of much activity supplied by their churches and schools, general stores, mills, blacksmiths, and many other small businesses. Today most are gone, leaving only a church or cemetery to mark what once was.

      The roadways connecting these towns were old war roads or wagon roads made by early explorers traversing Native American lands. In 1852, Pendleton County saw the arrival of the Kentucky Central Railroad, later a part of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. In 1854, the first suspension bridge was built over the Main Licking River at Falmouth; in 1871, there was one at Butler, and another in Morgan about the same time. These two improvements in the means of traveling beyond the borders of the towns and communities brought an increase in the population of Pendleton County and an expansion of trade by allowing a faster and easier connection with the markets in Louisville and Cincinnati. Until this time, Pendleton County had still been seen as a backwoods community.

      Schooling was important to the people who settled here, but with the distances between families and the poor means of transportation, providing local children with an education proved to be a great challenge. Only one common school is known to have existed in 1844. By 1876, however, records note 68 schools for whites and 3 for nonwhites. Butler had its first one-room school in 1856. Most of these schools offered very basic courses of study, and the quality of the buildings and instructors varied greatly. Few high schools existed early on, but in 1814, the private Pendleton Academy (or Seminary) was built in Falmouth. In 1909, Falmouth, Butler, and Morgan all had high schools. By the mid-1960s all the smaller schools had been consolidated into one high school and six grade schools. By 1972, the grade schools had consolidated to two: one at the northern end of the county and another in Falmouth.

      The early years found the settlers struggling with nature as they spent their time and energy clearing land for crops and building new homes and businesses. Then many found themselves involved again with new wars. In the War of 1812, large numbers of Kentuckians, including several from Pendleton County, fought against the British at the Battle of River Raisin in Michigan. The Civil War brought years of hardship. Pendleton County, as part of a border state, did not officially side with either North or South, but in truth, there was no neutrality. The high level of partisan feeling could be seen in the large numbers of men who signed up to fight for either the Union or the Confederacy. In some cases, these choices even divided families and friends. Pendleton County saw no true battles and only a couple of skirmishes. Northern troops passed through as they moved south to battle in Central Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. World War I and World War II saw a large number of local young men, some only boys, climb aboard the train and head north to Covington or Cincinnati for induction into the service. Eleven local women have also been identified as having served in World War II. Many others gave of themselves by maintaining the businesses and family back home. Today Pendleton County still has young men and women giving of themselves in service to their country.

      Over the years, life in the county was not all work. Plenty of events, gatherings, and activities added fun and pleasure to the days. There have been businesses that offered food and liquid refreshment along with music and companionship. In the early years, the second floor over several businesses was the place where people could find a ballroom for more formal dances and parties. Churches

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