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===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * 1871 - Fire destroyed the [[Percival Hotel]] in [[Walton]], killing three people.
  * 1874 - The Cincinnati firm of Freiburg & Workum purchase the [[Boone County Distilling Company|Petersburg Distillery]].
  * 1875 - The //[[Boone County Recorder]]// is founded by W. L. [[riddell_family|Riddell]]
  * 1878 - The [[1817]] county [[courthouse]] is remodeled.

==== Kentucky ====
  * 1875 - Aristides, ridden by [[african-americans|African-American]] jockey Oliver Lewis, wins the first Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville.
  * 1876 - The bizarre Kentucky Meat Shower takes place in Bath County, where what appear to be flakes of red meat fall from the sky.

==== U.S. & World ====
  * 1870 - The 15th Amendment to the Constitution is officially ratified, giving [[African-Americans]] the legal right to vote.
  * 1873 - Jesse James and the James-Younger gang complete their first successful train robbery in the West.
  * 1876 - General Custer and the 7th U.S. Cavalry are routed at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
  * 1878 - The Edison Electric Company begins operations.