Alexandria Stories

Alexandria History Alexandria is located in the geographic center of the County.  It serves as one of our County seats. Alexandria was historically a farming community until the construction of the Ashland to Alexandria (AA) Highway. This thruway now travels all the...

Alexandria Fair Every Labor Day weekend, a parcel of land in Alexandria springs to life as an event, lovingly known as the “Alexandria World’s Fair,” makes its annual appearance. Officially the Alexandria Fair & Horse Show, this carnival is among the longest...

Country Cousins In 1968, Marion Reinhardt and his wife, Mary Kramer, residents of Grant’s Lick, decided to find a new way to make a living as farming was no longer a suitable option for them. With encouragement from friends and the offer of three-months free rent,...

A Hanging in Alexandria   In June of 1852, Robert A. Robinson (sometimes listed as Robertson) shot and killed Moses Guard along the Licking River near Leitch’s Station in modern-day Wilder. He was arrested and tried but the jury could not reach a verdict, so he...

Thatcher Sisters The 1923 school records at the Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society show 18 first grade students. Their teacher was Lou Thatcher. Lulu Thatcher was born in 1874 in Alexandria to Daniel Thatcher and Elizabeth Tarvin. She became a teacher...

On March 1, 1924, Andrew James Jolly and Nellie (Clark) Jolly welcomed a new baby into the world, a son they named Andrew Jordan. Like his father, the second A.J. Jolly chose a life of public service just on a different path. As a tail gunner in the Army Air Corps...