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Local News Spotlight
April 28, Planning & Zoning
Join the Mercer County community as we come together and provide public testimony about the ordinance change that will allow for a Data Center to be placed adjacent to the Herrington Lake Reservoir. This will be the only public offering.
L.B. Herrington: A Beginning
2025: CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF LAKE LIFE
In 1784, in John Filson's book Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucky (originally spelled Kentucke), we find the first telling of explorations by Colonel Daniel Boone, who wrote about the Dick's (later to become Dix) River, "the river affords many excellent mill seats and will have plenty of water in the driest seasons." Sugar cane in our region was plentiful, and there were many water-driven grist mills built along the river over the years. But, it was not until 140 years later that a water-driven mill of another kind, one that would generate electricity, was built. The Dix Dam Hydro-Electric Station was an industrial plant that the great pioneers of early Kentucky could not have even dream ...
Lake Heritage Collection
As we celebrate a CENTURY of Lake Life, I'm excited to present to you some pieces inspired by our history! I'll be adding to it all year! Any special requests? Just drop me a note!
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