When Griffith was 14, his mother abandoned the farm and moved the family to Louisville, where she opened a boarding house.

When the challenge failed, the college had to become a segregated school, but it set aside funds to help establish the Lincoln Institute near Louisville to educate black students.

When this line was bought by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad the following decade, the L & N built train depots at Woodstock and other towns.

When the railroad company was unable to cover the interest owed bondholders, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad covered the shortfalls until 1885, and then foreclosed, merging the route into their system as the L & N's Pensacola and Atlantic Division.

When Indian Hills merged with neighboring cities in 1999, the sewer issue was described as illustrating a long period from the 1950s to the 1980s when Indian Hills residents identified strongly with their independence from Louisville, but that period ended in 1995 with the sewer decision.

When Louisville and Jefferson County were consolidated in 2003, it remained an independent city and the county's largest municipality outside of Louisville.

When the government of Jefferson County merged with the city of Louisville, Kentucky in 2003, citizens of Middletown also became citizens of the new Louisville Metro, however, none of the incorporated places in Jefferson County were affected.

When the government of Jefferson County merged with the city of Louisville, Kentucky in 2003, residents of Okolona also became citizens of Louisville Metro.

When the government of Jefferson County merged with the city of Louisville, Kentucky in 2003, residents of Valley Station also became citizens of Louisville Metro.

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When his team reached the league championship, the minor league Louisville Colonels allowed them to play the championship game on their field.

When Yawkey sent Cronin to Louisville to scout Reese, Cronin deliberately downplayed Reese's talent and suggested Reese be traded.

When incorporated in 1870, the name was changed to " Morris " so as to avoid confusion with the other Louisville, NY.

When Louisville International Airport was built by the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers in 1941, it had one runway and was called Standiford Field.

When the National League contracted to eight teams for the 1900 season, Louisville ownership bought the Pittsburgh franchise and the Louisville franchise was terminated.

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When that paper merged with the Louisville Courier in 1868, the Courier-Journal was formed.

When the seminary consolidated with the Louisville Presbyterian Seminary in 1901, Centre took over Breckinridge as a residence hall for students.

When Meyer got his first head coaching position at Bowling Green, he took trips to visit John L. Smith and Scott Linehan at Louisville, Randy Walker and Kevin Wilson at Northwestern, Bill Snyder at Kansas State, Joe Tiller and Jim Chaney at Purdue, and Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia, all of whom ran some version of the spread offense

When he did emigrate in 1792, he found himself regarded as a martyr to the church and the king, and was at once named archbishop in partibus ; extra nuncio to the diet at Frankfort ; and, in 1794, cardinal.

When Kentucky was admitted to the Union in 1792, Greenup moved to Frankfort where he was rewarded for his efforts on behalf of the state by being chosen as an elector for the state's senators and governor.

When Sharp failed to respond, Beauchamp decided to go to Frankfort and confront him.

When the First Transcontinental Railroad was proposed in the 1850s, Atchison called for it to be built along the central route ( from St. Louis through Missouri, Kansas, and Utah ), rather the southern route ( from New Orleans through Texas and New Mexico ).

When the Illinois Central Railroad was built into Chicago in 1852, it was permitted to lay track along the lakefront on a causeway built offshore from the park.

When Jack was 15, his father got a job in greater Cleveland with the Erie Railroad.

When the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad built in the area in 1858, a new town was created about a mile and a half west of the old settlement.

When the tracks of the Dubuque and Dakota Railroad were laid through Allison, the seat was moved there on January 10, 1881.

When the Georgia Railroad was established, the judges determined that having trains ' passing near Appling would disturb their proceedings ; they insisted that the railway line that was built in the county from Atlanta to Augusta pass well below Appling.

When the Budd RDC was developed following World War II, it was adopted for many secondary passenger routes in the United States ( especially on the Boston and Maine Railroad ) and Canada.

When the Delaware and Raritan Canal and Camden and Amboy Railroad were constructed during the 19th century, the profits began to dwindle and the turnpike could not handle the expenses for stagecoaches.

When Abbeville Southern Railroad laid tracks through the town in 1893, its name was changed to " Wells Station ".

When the Santa Fe Railroad moved its main line north and away from the town in 1960, Ash Fork lost nearly half its population, as most families employed by the railway were forced to leave the area.

When the Iron Mountain Railroad laid rails up the Arkansas River Valley in the 1870s from Little Rock to the Oklahoma border at Fort Smith, Altus was the highest point on the track.

When the St. Louis-Iron Mountain Railroad pushed lines into northern Arkansas in 1873 a station was established called Grey's Station.

When the Little Rock, Mississippi River, and Texas Railroad was being built during the years of 1880-1881, it missed Red Bluff by four miles and the citizens moved to the new Town of Redfield which was named for J. E.

When the Southern Pacific Railroad came through the area in 1889, development of the Lindsay townsite was begun.

When Iron City was reincorporated in 1908 the corporate limits of the town were to be one-half mile in every direction of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot, according to the Ladies Club.

When the Chicago and Alton Railroad connected with the Kansas City branch at Roodhouse, Hillview was a lumber camp called Happy Ville.

When the Illinois Central Railroad came through this part of the state, the Village of DeSoto came into existence.

When Forrest was established the Toledo Peoria and Western Railroad had already been in operation for almost ten years and therefore, the origin of the town is unlike Fairbury, Chatsworth, Chenoa, Gridley and El Paso, all of which were founded when the railroad was first built.

When the Havana, Rantoul and Eastern Railroad ( which became the Illinois Central Railroad ) came through the area in 1879, John Putnam purchased of land from the railroad and a town was later established there.

When the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad laid plans to construct a rail line through Adams County, two farmers, the Hilty brothers, offered a proposition: they would donate land to the railroad in exchange for the building of a rail depot in the small community.

When the C & EI floundered in the early 1920s, Charles F. Propst purchased the Coal Road and in October 1922 incorporated it as the Chicago, Attica and Southern Railroad.