Bracken
A Foster Inspiration
Augusta, KY
Stephen Collins Foster, as youth, visited here, May 1833.
Augusta College, 1822-1849
Augusta, KY
In 1822 the trustees of Bracken Academy with conferences of the Methodist Church of Kentucky and Ohio merged to found Augusta College,...
Augusta in Civil War
Augusta, KY
By Sept. 1862, 6,000 Union troops had gone from this district.
Bracken County Wine
Augusta, KY
During the 1870s, leading wine-producing county of US, furnishing over 30,000 gallons annually, half the entire national production.
Bracken County, 1796
Augusta, KY
Formed from parts of Campbell and Mason.
Bradford Schoolhouse
Bradford, KY
A rare example of a one-room schoolhouse.
Fort Ancient Village
Augusta, KY
Fort Ancient Village at Augusta - Augusta is located on the site of a major settlement of the Fort Ancient people, who lived here between...
John Gregg Fee (1816-1901)
Community Center, KY
Fee received degree from Augusta College; went to Lane Theological Seminary.
Kenton Ambushes Indians
Foster, KY
In summer of 1793 Indians crossed Ohio River, hid canoes at mouth of Holt's Creek, site of Foster, and proceeded to Bourbon Co. to steal...
Philip Buckner (1747-1820)
Augusta, KY
Captain Philip Buckner, an Englishman, was a Revolutionary War veteran.