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About Northern Kentucky's Dixie Highway
Product Description Northern Kentucky's Dixie Highway is a slice of Americana pie. Known also as U.S. 25 and the Lexington-Covington Turnpike, the once-rural route connects the urban cores of Cincinnati, Covington, and Newport to Central Kentucky. Originally a buffalo trail and named in the early 1800s, the route became a paved national highway in the 1920s. The creation of the thoroughfare encouraged the growth of several communities along its route that still thrive today. Images of America: Northern Kentucky's Dixie Highway captures historic images of the people and places along the Dixie Highway beginning in Covington and heading south through Boone County. The photographs--some taken as early as the mid-1800s--depict time's influence as well as those things that remain the same. The 200 images inside offer readers a chance to revisit the friends, familiar sites, and memorable times enjoyed along Northern Kentucky's Dixie Highway. Review Title: Club looks back at history Author: Staff Writer Publisher: The Enquirer Date: 9/21/09 Deborah Kohl Kremer treated the Florence Rotary Club to a Northern Kentucky history lesson via a presentation and photos from her newly published book, "Northern Kentucky's Dixie Highway." The book is a pictorial history of the highway from when it was a dirt toll road up until recent times. The book, with 200 photos dating back to the late 1800s, is not just about a roadway, but the story of the towns, people, and places along the way from Covington to Florence. Kremer presented several of the photos from the book along with related stories about each. Her favorite photo, which belonged to her grandfather, serves as the cover of the book. Taken in 1893, it shows a 20-horse team pulling a monument up a hill from Covington to a cemetery in Fort Mitchell. Some of the photos are of buildings long gone but with extremely interesting histories, like the Cabana Bar and Restaurant with its bowling alley and alleged secret back room or the Roundup Club in Erlanger that featured a Western theme and was home to a live caged bear that made appearances in the parking lot back in the 1970s. Other photos are of buildings still standing, but with new names and new uses today. One is of the Dixie Tea Room, now the Greyhound Tavern, and another of the Retschulte Five Mile House, now known as Barleycorn's. A family photo tells the story of Joseph Kuchle, a German immigrant who changed his business as the times changed. Kuchle built wagons, was a blacksmith, sold gasoline, and eventually sold and serviced cars on the corner of Kyles Lane and Dixie. The book can be purchased at local Northern Kentucky bookstores. Kremer is available for signings and presentations. Contact her at 859-331-7849 or visit her Web site at www.deborahkohlkremer.com. Florence Rotary welcomes visitors to share lunch at the Hilton on Turfway most Mondays from noon to 1 p.m. For further information about Florence Rotary, contact John Salyers, president, at [email protected] or 859-653-9399 or visit the Web site at www.florencerotary.org Title: "Kentucky's Dixie Highway" Author: Matt Kelley Publisher: 89.7 WNKU-FM Radio Date: 6/2/09 The mention of route 66 immediately brings to mind famous photos of the legendary road. Deborah Kohl-Kremer a lifetime resident of Villa Hills feels the same way about Kentucky's Dixie Highway, so much so that she wrote a book about it. She talked to WNKU's Matt Kelley about why people have such fond memories of a stretch of road. Listen Now: http://tiny.cc/WNKURadio You can contact Deborah Kohl Kremer at http://deborahkohlkremer.com/ Title: Book shows Dixie Highway history Author: William Croyle Publisher: Kentucky Enquirer Date: 5/31/09 Deborah Kohl Kremer spent the last year on what she called a "treasure hunt" for old photos of Dixie Highway. By the look of her new book, she amassed a fortune. Kremer is the author of "Northern Kentucky's Dixie Hig
