Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1910-04-09
A Brief History of the City of Maysville

The settlement which has developed
into the city of Maysville was begun as
far back as 1884, and has the dis
tinction of being one of the Oldest
cities in the State Of Kentucky. 1t
was plated and established as a town
by the Legislature of Virginia, De
cember II, 1897, and became part
of this State when Kentucky was
separated from the mother State, Nir-
ginia in 1892 and admitted into the
Union. Maysvile derived its name
from John May, one of the early set
tiers of Virginia, and was incorporated
as a city in 1898, and became the coun-
ty seat April l, lSiS. From 1877 until
1900 the town was generally known
as Limestone.
Maysville has a population Of ten
thousand and is the judicial sea, of
Mason county, and is located on the
great Ohio river, siXty-tive miles above
Cincinnati one hundred and ninety
three miles above Louisville and four
hundred and five miles below Pitts
burg. 1t is on both the Chesapeake &
Ohio and Louisville & Nashville Rail
roads, which, with the Ohio river af-
ford it exceptional shipping facilities
for the products of the manufacturer
and farmer, North, East, South and
West, and at very low freight rates
The Ohio river at this point makes
magnificent bend, forming an almost
perfect crescent. The hills back Of
the city are beautiful, rising three hun
dred feet above the river, forming a
most imposing and picturesque back
ground. Back of these hills are hun
dreds of fine farms, which explain in
their very appearance the thrift and
prosperity of their owners. Maysville,
as the leading source of supply for
many important lines of trade, feels
this advantage and her merchants
profit by it. With the other two acces-
series to a rich farming county
namely, commercial enterprises and
manufacturing industries-the city
cannot help but prosper and continue
to forge ahead.
Maysvile is in one of the most pro-
ductive and richest counties in the
State of Kentucky, and all farm prod
ucts can be raised profitably.
The principal product is tobacco,
which is known to that trade as among
the finest qualities grown anywhere in
this country Four large warehouses
located here, viz. the American, Tuck
tho, Farmers and Traders and j. P.
Taylor Company, have handled and
sold several millions of pounds of loose
leaf tobacco this season at remarkably
remunerative prices, and it is generally
conceded that Maysville is destined 10
become factor in the foremost tobac-
co cities, if not the leading one.
We have not the space to enter into
minute details of the history of Mays
vile since its foundation, it being the
intention of the writer to bar all fic-
ton, and, if possible, in a few words
place before the reading public much
that is definite concerning Maysville as
il is today The cite of the city is eX-
ceptionally favorable 70 commerce,
comfort and health: first, because OF
unexcelled shipping facilities by rail
and river; second, because of surround
ings, social and otherwise, which are
pleasing, instructive and agreeable;
third, because of a natural location
that is steady and seasonable.
The city is lighted by both gas and
electricity-givinga twenty-four hour
service-and has an abundance Of pure
water for all domestic and fire protec-
ton purposes, and an electric car sys-
tenn connecting the extreme points Of