St. Thomas Church in Fort Thomas, Kentucky photograph   Save
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Description: Caption reads: "St. Thomas Church - Fort Thomas Ky." Saint Thomas' Church is a Roman Catholic denomination situated in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, in the Northeastern corner of Campbell County. The Fort Thomas area was the site of an Indian battle in 1749 of the Cherokee tribe against the Shawnees and the Miamis. During the Civil War, the Fort Thomas area was part of the Cincinnati Defense Perimeter, a 12 mile stretch of twenty five installations protecting the Cincinnati area from attack. In 1887, General Sherman selected an 111 acre site to replace the Newport Post, a low lying area which was prone to flooding. He claimed the new "Highlands" area to be the "West Point of the West," and named the fort after Civil War General George Henry Thomas, a top Union General during the war. Originally the Fort Thomas area was named the District of the Highlands, with the name officially changing to Fort Thomas in 1914 after a vote by property owners. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F06_023
Subjects: Catholic Church--Kentucky
Places: Fort Thomas (Kentucky); Campbell County (Kentucky)