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Ashland: A Must-See Tourist Destination

November 6, 2014

YOU ARE HERE -> c1900s-1950s During the first half of the 20th century, Ashland was most definitely on the tourist map.  Even as it was a private home with Henry Clay descendants still in residence, Ashland was on the “list of noted attractions and shrines advertised so widely to visitors,” as C. Frank Dunn, founder … More Ashland: A Must-See Tourist Destination

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