A new history of Lexington, Kentucky / Foster Ockerman, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ockerman, Foster, Jr., 1952- author.

Series:

Brief History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lexington (Ky.)--History.

Lexington (Ky.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (141 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2021.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Native Americans in Kentucky

2. Founding of Lexington

3. From Settlement to Village

4. Henry Clay Comes to Town

5. Epidemic and Recession

6. The Death of Clay

7. Free Black Lexington

8. The Civil War Period

9. A Tale of Two-or Six-Schools

10. Recovery and Redefinition

11. Black Horsemen of the Bluegrass

12. Progressives and Bossism

13. All the Good Vices

14. Depression

15. Boom Times

16. Segregation, Civil Rights and Integration

17. The Interstates Arrive and the Railroads Go

18. Expansion

19. Growth versus No Growth

20. Modern Lexington

21. A Retrospective

Appendix A. Mayors of Lexington

Appendix B. Governments of Lexington

Appendix C. Seals of the City

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

About the Author.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781439673898

1439673896

OCLC:

1283852052