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1921: A whole block caught fire in downtown
Burlington causing Burlington's earliest major fire
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1926: Dam #38 was constructed in
McVille
1935: Walton's Civilian Conservation Corps brings in jobs for men, ages 18-25, from needy families
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1942:
Fair opens at Burlington-Idlewild Road
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1944: WWII plane lands in Reuben Kirtley's wheat field
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1950: The historic Phoenix Hotel in
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
first commercial crash in the region occurred when a TWA aircraft departed from the Greater Cincinnati Airport.
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1956: Tornado touches down in Walton demolishing five Beaver Road homes
1958:
Florence gets its first phone booths
1958“
L&N Railway caught fire caused by three railroad tank cars that derailed in the center of town a few days prior in
Walton
1959: Latonia Race Track is brought to
Florence, Kentucky
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1961: A cargo plane
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
crashed into the hillside near Constance, killing 58 people and severely injuring 4.
1966: Dam #38 in
McVille is demolished
1967:
TWA Flight 159 ran off the runway while attempting to take off from the Greater Cincinnati Airport.
1967:
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 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
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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
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1986: Latonia Race Park is renamed Turfway Park
1997: The “Flood of '97,” the
Ohio River reaches 65 feet
1999: Fire in
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.
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