Rabbit Hash, Kentucky:: River Born, Kentucky Bred

by Donald Clare

Overview

Folks gave this small town its peculiar moniker as early as 1847, and they've been doing things their own way ever since. Beginning as an important stop for commerce along the Ohio River, the tiny town has endured floods, ice, economic upheaval and all manner of modernization, remaining a beacon of bygone ways in the present day. Always bucking trends, people here elected their first dog for mayor in 1998, sparking a tradition that led to three more successful canine campaigns. So pull up a chair at the general store and join local historian Donald Clare as he presents the first book-length history of Boone County's most celebrated river town.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781609494353
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	08/14/2012
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Donald Clare has been President of Rabbit Hash Historical Society for past 27 years. In 2010, Donald was awarded the Ida Lee Willis Memorial Foundation Service to Preservation Award for preservation of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Introduction 11

1 Early Settlement Patterns in Boone County 15

2 Why Build a Town on the Banks of a River? 20

3 Transition of a Grange-Built Storage Building into a General Store 24

4 A Community Versus Mother Nature's Forces: Threatened by Floods and Ice 38

5 Why Rabbit Hash? 48

6 From Generation to Generation 74

7 More than Just a General Store 102

8 From Steamboat to Aeroplane 112

9 Conclusion and What the Future Holds 120

Bibliography 123

About the Author 127