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Category: Places
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Get ‘Inked’ in Winchester . . . underground!
From a young age, Ashlee Horsley's passion for art was evident, even at the tender age of seven. “My grandmother was a painter, and she always watched Bob Ross in the mornings. She taught me how to paint, but I was always very insecure about my art.” Ashlee grew up in Portsmouth, Ohio, and moved…
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Winchester business at center of controversy
On Tuesday, a Lexington Avenue business was at the center of a debate at a Winchester-Clark County Tourism Commission meeting. The commission said it has received backlash from featuring an event hosted by the Crystal Coven Cottage, a local metaphysics store, in their monthly newsletter. “People who object to this believe that the tourism department…
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New federal rules aim to clean up toxic coal ash, including nearly a dozen sites in Kentucky
The EPA states 194 “legacy” impoundments at 85 facilities across the country will be subject to the expanded coal ash rule, with 11 such sites in Kentucky at former coal-fired power plants including the Kenneth C. Coleman Generating Station, the William C. Dale Power Station, the Green River Generating Station, the Tyrone Generating Station and the Pineville Generating Station.
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History of Clark County Courthouses
The first settlers in this area came out from Virginia and North Carolina in 1775. Led by Daniel Boone under the banner of the Transylvania Company, they formed a pioneer community on the Kentucky River at Fort Boonesborough. Settlement on the east side of the river, now Clark County, began in 1779 with the establishment…
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Celebrating the Engine House Deli and the Historic Building at 9 W. Lexington Ave.
This St. Patrick’s Day will mark the 40th anniversary of the Engine House Deli opened by Bob Tabor on March 17, 1984. Bob purchased the building at 9 W. Lexington Ave., remodeled the downstairs for a restaurant, and moved in upstairs. His Deli became a popular eatery, while Bob himself became a living legend in…
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Dinty Moore Beef Stew
Once awhile back, when I was at the library reading newspapers on microfilm, I ran across an interesting ad in the Winchester Sun for a local restaurant called “Dinty Moore’s.” Since restaurants often take the name of their owners, I wondered if a Winchester person named Dinty Moore was the inventor of the famous Dinty…
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Harrod-Early Chevrolet
Harrod-Early Chevrolet holds the distinction of being the longest running automobile dealership in Winchester: 62 years. The business began in 1935 as a partnership between L. L. Harrod, president, and C. C. Early, secretary-treasurer. They set up shop at 16 East Broadway and began selling Chevrolet cars and trucks. Lillis Lewis “Ike” Harrod (1900-1972) was born in Franklin…
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North Main Street Car Dealers
In 1909 Joseph R. Martin, who operated the Martin Coal and Supply Company at 33 East Broadway, expanded his operations, leasing a building at 7-9 North Main Street (until recently the home of D & S Hardware). Martin sold a wide variety of products in addition to coal: agricultural implements, field seed, fertilizer, animal feed, concrete,…
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Masontown: A Post-Civil War Black Community
After the Civil War, freedmen established several rural black communities in Clark County. The best known of these are Lisletown and Hootentown, both situated along the Athens-Boonesborough Road, the former on Lower Howard’s Creek and the latter on Jouett Creek. Several years ago, Laura Freeman discovered the remains of another, Dry Ridge, on her farm…
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Lower Howard’s Creek Nature and Heritage Preserve
Since the preserve was established in 2000, we have helped to protect the waters of--and nearly 441 acres of land surrounding--Lower Howard's Creek, all without the assistance of taxpayer funds. Please consider helping us continue our mission of protecting rare, threatened, and endangered species, providing environmental education, and interpreting an important part of Clark County's…