As selfies and social networks continue to grow in popularity and convenience, the day of mailing postcards have ended. I hope this book will serve as a reference reminder of how people from Greenup County's past took pride in the various facets of their lives and wanted to share that pride in the form of images via a postcard, a message and a stamp. This book contains postcard images of Greenup County and surrounding counties in the northeastern part of Kentucky and southern Ohio. Many of the postcards pictured are well over a century old and are very rare.

Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in Kentucky, as seen in postcards

Within these pages are vintage postcards, created between 1900 and 1950, that depict an area known across the country as Kentucky's Bluegrass. From its horse farms to its military forts and river commerce, this seventeen county region exemplifies the spirit and pride of Kentucky, and the images preserved on these postcards bring the history of this unique area to life.