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====== 1870 ======
|  * 1870  |    * [[1871]]  |    * [[1872]]  |    * [[1873]]  |    * [[1874]]  |  * [[1875]]  |    * [[1876]]  |    * [[1877]]  |    * [[1878]]  |    * [[1879]]  |


===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * The current [[Richwood Presbyterian Church]] sanctuary was built.


==== Kentucky ====
  * Lee and Martin Counties are organized.

==== U.S. & World ====
  * March 30 - The 15th Amendment to the Constitution was officially ratified, giving [[African-Americans]] the legal right to vote.
  * The first commercial typewriter, the Hansen Writing Ball, begins to be sold.



===== More Information =====
  * [[1870_boone_co._tax_list|1870 Boone County Tax List for Negreos and Mulattoes]]