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Old
Log Court House
Roadside Historical Moment
OLD LOG COURT
HOUSE
Oldest house in Cynthiana, built 1790. Young Henry Clay practiced
law here, 1806. In 1817, city's first newspaper, the Guardian of
Liberty was printed by Adam Keenan, assisted by H. H. Kavanaugh,
later a noted Bishop, and Dudley Mann, who became a diplomat to
France. GUTHRIE'S ARITHMETIC, first to be published west of
Alleghenies, was also printed here. |