Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky in partnership with NKY.com Introduction | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z | Index The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy ANDERSON FERRY. The Anderson Ferry, lo cated on the Ohio River in north- eastern Boone Co between Constance, Ky., and the western part of between Constance, Ky., and the western part of Cincinnati, has been in continuous operation since 1817. George Anderson, born in Maryland in 1765, lived near the the mouth... A (cont’d on pg. 26) The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky Contents Introduction, Foreword, Acknowledgments and Guide for Readers Chapters: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z Index, Bibliography, Illustration Credits Edited by Paul A. Tenkotte and James C. Claypool THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY Republished for the World Wide Web by NKY.com and Enquirer Media A Project of the Thomas D. Clark Foundation, Inc. Mark A. Neikirk, President Dave Adkisson, Treasurer Sherry Jelsma, Vice President Melanie J. Kilpatrick, Secretary Thomas R. Brumley, Immediate Past President Michael J. Hammons, Past President Board of Directors Dave Adkisson, Frankfort Michael J. Hammons, Park Hills Robert Ted Steinbock, Louisville Jane Beshear, Frankfort Sherry Jelsma, Shelbyville Mrya Leigh Tobin, New York City Thomas R. Brumley, Lexington Martha C. Johnson, Melbourne James M. Wiseman, Erlanger John S. Carroll, Lexington Mark A. Neikirk, Highland Heights Sara W. Combs, Stanton Alice Stevens Sparks, Crescent Springs Editorial Staff Editors in Chief: Paul A. Tenkotte and James C. Claypool Associate Editors: David Hatter, John Schlipp, David E. Schroeder, Robert Stevie, Michael R. Sweeney, John W. Thieret (deceased), Thomas S. Ward, Jack Wessling Topical Editors: Agriculture: Lynn David & James Wallace; Art: Rebecca Bilbo; Biography: Michael R. Sweeney; Business & Commerce: John Boh; Counties & Towns: David E. 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F451.E55 2009 976.9'3003—dc22 2009027969 “Dorothy” Abbott was the daughter of George Mor- attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, ton and Eugenia Garland Abbott. She achieved N.Y., from which he graduated in 1842. His fi rst popularity because of her per for mances in the plays military assignment was with his father’s topo- Within the Law and Under Fire. Her father, known graphical unit, which surveyed the area around the as Covington’s traction magnate, was for 55 years Great Lakes in 1843– 1844. His next assignment the secretary- treasurer of the Cincinnati, Newport was under the command of Col. J. N. Macomb, to and Covington Railway Company in Covington. map the western prairies. On that mission he made Abbott received substantial training before contact with Indian tribes including the Kiowa embarking on her acting career. She completed and the Comanche. Late in 1844 he was promoted AA HIGHWAY (the John Y. Brown Jr. AA High- one course at a college preparatory school in Cin- to lieutenant and served at Bent’s Fort, Colo. Th e way). Construction on the road commonly known cinnati called Miss Doherty’s School, studied at a following year he participated in the exploration as the AA Highway began in 1983 and was com- local drama school, and later attended the Belasco and mapping of New Mexico, which was then a pleted seven years later, at a cost of $428 million. Th e Th eater in New York City, where she was under the part of Mexico. name of the 137-mile- long highway was taken from direction of theatrical manager and producer During the Mexican War, Abert served under the names of Alexandria and Ashland, Ky. However, David Belasco. Belasco was also the mentor of Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny in the invasion and when completed, the AA Highway neither began Covington actor, playwright, and producer Stuart occupation of what later became New Mexico. In nor ended in either city. Th e road starts at I-275 in Walker. the early 1850s, Abert was assigned the task of Wilder then skirts east past Alexandria, Augusta, In spring 1911 Abbott made her stage debut in making repairs at the Falls of the Ohio at Louis- and Brooksville, through Maysville, and on to New York, performing successfully in Within the ville. During his stay there, he met and married Vanceburg; east of Vanceburg it splits into two Law in both Boston and New York. She also had Lucy Taylor, daughter of James Taylor III and spurs. Th e northern leg crosses U.S. 23 north of considerable success in vaudev ille. Abbott appeared granddaughter of James Taylor Jr., found er of Greenup, and the southern leg connects with I-64, in a two-act play in Covington during the week of Newport. Th e Aberts had three daughters, Susan, near Grayson. Th e AA Highway provides an excel- February 27, 1912, and her Cincinnati debut took Nellie, and Jennie. In 1856, when war broke out lent economic corridor between Northern Ken- place during the week of March 2, 1912, at B. F. with the Seminole Indians in Florida, Abert was tucky and most of the northeastern part of Ken- Keith’s downtown theater. Her fi rst part there was sent there and remained for three years. About tucky. Sections of the road have at times been as the shoplift er in A Romance of the Under- 1860 he was sent to Eu rope to observe and be trained known as Ky. Rts. 9, 10, 915, and 546, and, through world. Her friends attended every per for mance in the use of Eu ro pe an military techniques. He re- Maysville, as the Martin Luther King Highway. In and thought her acting superb, so she was very pop- turned to the United States at the beginning of the September 2002 the name of the AA Highway was u lar in Northern Kentucky during the early 1900s. Civil War and saw ser vice with the Union Army, offi cially changed to the John Y. Brown Jr. AA High- Abbott’s touring company traveled the north- building ferries across various rivers and streams way, but people still usually call it the “Double A.” western, western, and eastern circuit of large cit- and repairing damage done by Confederate forces. Former Kentucky governor John Y. Brown Jr. ies in the United States. On these trips, she made He was later transferred to Folly Island, S.C., where (1979– 1983), for whom the highway is now named, friends with many famous people. For example, he was placed in charge of the engineering offi ce. was a successful partner in the Kentucky Fried she once sailed with Jane Cowl, a noted American At the end of the war, he was transferred to the Chicken Food Corporation. When elected gover- actress and playwright, who also attended the Southwest, under the command of Gen. Edward nor, Brown was 45 years old and married to Phyllis Belasco Th eater and who achieved star billing in Canby. George, a former Miss America who was also a Within the Law. Abbott’s travels brought some Abert retired from the Union Army on June successful network sports and news personality. unpleasant adventure as well: in 1914 a German 25, 1864, with the rank of col o nel. Aft er leaving Brown is the father of politician John Y. Brown cruiser tried to capture the ship on which she was military service, he became a math professor at the III, who served as Kentucky secretary of state. Th e returning from a trip to Eu rope. University of Missouri at Columbia and also wrote highway named for former governor Brown has In 1937, at age 51, Abbott died of a heart attack numerous articles for scientifi c and historical pub- taken much traffi c away from U.S. 27, making that at her home in Covington. Funeral ser vices were lications. About 1890 Abert returned to Newport road less congested and safer to travel. Th e John Y. held for her at the Swetnam Funeral Home, and the to live. In 1897 he died in his Newport home along Brown AA Highway has brought a signifi cant public schools were closed for two days to mourn Front St., at age 76. Funeral ser vices were held at number of new businesses to areas such as Wilder, her death. She was buried at Highland Cemetery in Newport’s St. Paul Episcopal Church, and he was Cold Spring, and Maysville. In years to come, this Fort Mitchell. buried, with full military honors, in the Taylor sec- roadway is expected also to bring about a develop- tion of Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate. His wife, ment boom and add many much-needed jobs to “Covington Girl Will Appear at Columbia,” KP, Feb- Lucy Taylor Abert, died in 1916 and was buried Eastern Kentucky.