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Excerpt from A History of Jessamine County, Kentucky, From Its Earliest Settlement to 1898
Looking back one hundred years. The people of Jessamine can feel a glow of honest pride at what a century has accomplish ed. The smallest, except fifteen, of the one hundred and nineteen counties in the state, with an area of onlv 158 square miles, it has. Always maintained a prominent place among the rich and large agricultural counties. For its population it is surpassed in wealth by only a very few counties, and it ranks as one of the great producing counties of Kentucky. Its land, per acre, has always, for taxation, been valued at, a very high rate.
In 1846 It was the sixth county in value of lands per acre, and in 1870, notwithstanding the great cities in other counties, it stood ninth: and still maintains that place.
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Looking back one hundred years. The people of Jessamine can feel a glow of honest pride at what a century has accomplish ed. The smallest, except fifteen, of the one hundred and nineteen counties in the state, with an area of onlv 158 square miles, it has. Always maintained a prominent place among the rich and large agricultural counties. For its population it is surpassed in wealth by only a very few counties, and it ranks as one of the great producing counties of Kentucky. Its land, per acre, has always, for taxation, been valued at, a very high rate.
In 1846 It was the sixth county in value of lands per acre, and in 1870, notwithstanding the great cities in other counties, it stood ninth: and still maintains that place.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Bennett Henderson Young
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780267509980
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 293
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Contributors
Author
Bennett Henderson Young
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332139163
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 295
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