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====== 1874 ======
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===== Events =====
==== Boone County ====
  * Richard S. Ryle takes over ownership of the Rising Sun [[ferries|Ferry]] and its [[Rabbit Hash Ferry Landing|landing]] in [[Rabbit Hash]].
  * The Cincinnati firm of Freiburg & Workum purchase the [[Boone County Distilling Company|Petersburg Distillery]].

==== Kentucky ====
  * The Ladies' Confederate Memorial is erected in the Lexington Cemetery. It is unusual among Confederate memorials in that it depicts grief, not patriotism.
  * The Central Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, later known as Central State Hospital, is established in Louisville.

==== U.S. & World ====
  * Blue jeans are invented.
  * The samurai class is abolished as the feudal era ends in Japan.
  * July 21 - Jesse James and the James-Younger gang complete their first successful train robbery in the West.

===== More Information =====
  * Boone County [[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/26613/0|African American Tax List]], 1874.