Commerce

Here you’ll find our posts and articles about commerce in and around Midway, KY. Click on any of the links below to find articles related to that particular industry.

  • Turnpikes Around Midway
    In the year 1836 the Kentucky General Assembly created the Board of Internal Improvement. Its purposes included the investment of public funds in private turnpike companies. As a result, the activity of private companies in building turnpikes was immediately heightened. The Legislature in the following three decades produced a veritable flood of turnpike charters. This…