George H. Yater’s history of Louisville, first published by the Filson Club, traces the city’s story from its founding at the Falls of the Ohio through two centuries of growth, industry, and immigration.
This second edition covers George Rogers Clark’s role in the frontier war years, the settlement’s early growth, and the waves of immigrants, including Jewish refugees who arrived in the 1930s, who shaped the city’s culture.
Published 1987
261 pages