Paris, Kentucky
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Paris is a home rule–class city in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and the county seat. It lies 18 miles northeast of Lexington on the Stoner Fork of the Licking River. It is part of the Lexington–Fayette M
Downtown Paris
The world's tallest three story structure
Garrett Morgan
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Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a protective "smoke hood" that he notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction d
Paris, Kentucky
…Mary Rootes Thornton McAboy (1815–1892), poet Garrett Morgan (1877–1963), invented tri-state traffic signal and emergency breathing device Bernie Haynes Robynson (1900–2001), printmaker, illustrator born in Paris…
A newspaper photograph of Morgan's rescue in 1916
The grave of Garrett Morgan in Cleveland, Ohio