A New History of Lexington, Kentucky

by Foster Ockerman Jr.

Overview

Lexington is known as the "Horse Capital of the World," but the city's history runs much deeper. Learn about the mayor who refused the Ku Klux Klan permission to march and organize in the city. Meet one of the nation's foremost advocates for voting rights for women who was a native of the city. Visit the many small hamlets around Lexington that were settlements for the formerly enslaved. Lexington was the state's first capital and the nation's first community to establish an urban service boundary to regulate growth and preserve horse farms. Seventh-generation Kentuckian and Lexington native Foster Ockerman Jr. offers an updated history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439673898
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	10/11/2021
Series:	Brief History
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Foster Ockerman Jr., a third-generation Lexingtonian and seventh-generation Kentuckian, is a historian as well as a practicing attorney. He is a founding trustee of the Lexington History Museum Inc. and now serves as president and chief historian. He was named the Outstanding Citizen Lawyer by the Fayette County Bar Association in 2018. He is also a former rock-and-roll disc jockey and a retired professional soccer referee. Ockerman is the author of six works of history, including Historic Lexington (2013), The Hidden History of Horse Racing (2019) and A History Lover's Guide to Lexington and the Bluegrass, which he coauthored (2020). He is coauthoring a book of photographs covering the histories of Lexington fire departments.

Historic Lexington (2013), The Hidden History of Horse Racing (2019) and A History Lover's Guide to Lexington and the Bluegrass, which he coauthored (2020). He is coauthoring a book of photographs covering the histories of Lexington fire departments.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 7

Introduction 9

1 Native Americans in Kentucky 11

2 Founding of Lexington 17

3 From Settlement to Village 25

4 Henry Clay Comes to Town 31

5 Epidemic and Recession 41

6 The Death of Clay 51

7 Free Black Lexington 55

8 The Civil War Period 59

9 A Tale of Two-or Six-Schools 63

10 Recovery and Redefinition 69

11 Black Horsemen of the Bluegrass 81

12 Progressives and Bossism 89

13 All the Good Vices 97

14 Depression 109

15 Boom Times 115

16 Segregation, Civil Rights and Integration 121

17 The Interstates Arrive and the Railroads Go 125

18 Expansion 133

19 Growth versus No Growth 145

20 Modern Lexington 151

21 A Retrospective 159

Appendix A Mayors of Lexington 161

Appendix B Governments of Lexington 163

Appendix C Seals of the City 165

Appendix D Lexington in the U.S. Supreme Court 167

Index 173

About the Author 176