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====== 1872 ======
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===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * [[railroads|Railroad]] traffic in [[Florence]] lessens after the opening of the new station in Erlanger, Kenton County.

==== Kentucky ====
  * 

==== U.S. & World ====
  * February 20 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
  * March 1 - President Grant signs legislation to create the first national park at Yellowstone.

===== More Information =====
  * Boone County [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/36729/0|African American Tax List]], 1872.