Lexington

by Lexington Historical Association and Roger E. Slusher

Book Overview

Although best known for the cannonball in a column of its Greek Revival courthouse, Lexington was also an outfitting stop on the Santa Fe Trail. Merchants and freighters such as the Aull brothers and Russell, Majors, and Waddell contributed to its prominence, as did steamboats transporting large quantities of hemp and tobacco. Following the Battle of Lexington, Union occupation, and robberies by the James-Younger Gang, the railroads' need for coal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467110337
• ISBN13: 9781467110334
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"