| [[1790s]] | [[1800s]] | [[1810s]] | [[1820s]] | [[1830s]] | [[1840s]] | [[1850s]] | [[1860s]] | [[1870s]] | [[1880s]] | [[1890s]] | 1900-2000 | ===== Events ===== ==== Boone County ==== * 1920: Ku Klux Klan night riders raid [[walton|Walton]], burning crosses in yards of Jews, [[african-americans|African-Americans]] and Catholics * 1921: A whole block caught fire in downtown [[Burlington|Burlington]] causing Burlington's earliest major fire * 1923: [[burlington|Burlington]] School and [[limaburg|Limaburg]] School consolidate * 1925: New building built for the [[Boone County Deposit Bank]] * 1926: Dam #38 was constructed in [[mcville|McVille]] * 1935: Walton's Civilian Conservation Corps brings in jobs for men, ages 18-25, from needy families * 1937: [[floods|The Great Ohio River Flood]]. Largest in Boone County history, the [[Ohio River]] reaches 80 feet * 1942: [[carroll_cropper_long_time_judge|C.L Cropper]] is appointed judge * 1942: [[boone_county_fair|Fair]] opens at Burlington-Idlewild Road * 1943: [[kiger_murder_trial|Kiger Murder Trial]] * 1944: WWII plane lands in Reuben Kirtley's wheat field * 1947: First commercial flight departs/arrives at the [[cincinnati_northern_kentucky_international_airport|Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport]] * 1950: The historic Phoenix Hotel in [[walton|Walton]] catches fire * 1952: Boone County Health Department sets up first immunization clinics for pre-school students * 1953: Hilda Ramler opens the Caintuckee Grill * 1955: The [[air_disasters_in_boone_county|first commercial crash]] in the region occurred when a TWA aircraft departed from the Greater Cincinnati Airport. * 1956: 25,000 people attend [[verona_lake_ranch|Verona Lake Ranch]] first season * 1956: Tornado touches down in Walton demolishing five Beaver Road homes * 1958: [[florence|Florence]] gets its first phone booths * 1958" [[railroads|L&N Railway]] caught fire caused by three railroad tank cars that derailed in the center of town a few days prior in [[walton|Walton]] * 1959: Latonia Race Track is brought to [[Florence]], Kentucky * 1960: Construction on [[roads|Interstate 75]] begins * 1960: [[big_bone_lick|Big Bone Lick]] becomes a [[big bone lick state park|state park]] * 1961: A cargo plane [[air_disasters_in_boone_county|crashed]] near Constance on approach to the Greater Cincinnati Airport. * 1962: President JFK visits the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport * 1965: American Airlines Flight 383 was making an approach to the Greater Cincinnati Airport in light snow and [[air_disasters_in_boone_county|crashed]] into the hillside near Constance, killing 58 people and severely injuring 4. * 1966: Dam #38 in [[McVille]] is demolished * 1967: [[air_disasters_in_boone_county|TWA Flight 159]] ran off the runway while attempting to take off from the Greater Cincinnati Airport. * 1967: [[air_disasters_in_boone_county|TWA Flight 128]] struck trees on the Constance hillside and crashed 6,878 feet short of the runway, killing 70 and injuring 12. * 1971: Song, [[sheriff|Sheriff]] of Boone County, by Kenny Price, a Boone County native, makes the Top 10 Music Chart * 1971: Walton-Verona Auto Sales and Parts Company caught fire. Flames then spread to the Walton Village Barbershop * 1974: First [[Boone County Public Library]] Opens * 1974: F5 tornado destroys property throughout the county * 1975: President Johnson visits the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport * 1976: Florence Mall opens * 1984: Caintuckee Grill closes * 1984: Boone County inventor, [[frank_milburn|Frank Sinton Milburn]] dies * 1986: Latonia Race Park is renamed Turfway Park * 1997: The "Flood of '97," the [[ohio_river|Ohio River]] reaches 65 feet * 1999: Fire in [[florence|Florence]], Garten Haus Restaurant, the Florence Barber Shop, a computer store and Bessler's Economy Market were destroyed on the corner of Main Street and Shelby Street. * 2002: General Store in Burlington is demolished. Serves as a parking lot and landscaped area for [[burlington_baptist_church|Burlington Baptist Church]]