Louisville 1852

ID: 1948
This file appears in: Whiskey Row

This 1852 map shows the close proximity of Louisville's Main Street to the Ohio River. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Whiskey Row

By Tim Talbott and Christopher Beebout
Historical Marker #2104 in Louisville notes the historical significance of that city’s Main Street whiskey firms. Louisville’s rise to become Kentucky’s largest city in the nineteenth century was…