[1][2] In 2003, faced with a declining downtown, a major streetscape renovation project began as part of the Kentucky Main Street Program.

[3] The L&O were building a line between Frankfort, Kentucky and Lexington, starting in 1831, with the first train arriving at the "midway" point in 1833, on a farm owned by John Francisco.

On January 31, 1835, the L&O bought the farm from Francisco for $6,491.25, and had their civil engineer, R. C. Hewitt, plat out the town.

On July 15, 1862, John Hunt Morgan stopped here to misdirect Union forces back to Frankfort, instead of pursuing him.

A museum is temporarily in a former saloon that now hosts a store for local merchandise, especially historical book regarding Kentucky.