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HISTORY OF WINDY HILLS<br />
<strong>Windy</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> takes pride in being a City<br />
of Historic Homes. Early pioneer<br />
families from Virginia and Pennsylvania<br />
settled near the the Muddy Fork of<br />
Beargrass Creek. Muddy Fork is a<br />
tributary of the Ohio River, which rises<br />
in the northeastern quarter of the city<br />
and flows west towards Hubbards Lane.<br />
The settlers built many of the historic<br />
homes original to <strong>Windy</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> which are<br />
preserved within the neighborhood.<br />
The city of <strong>Windy</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> was<br />
incorporated in 1952 before the<br />
Watterson Expressway connected<br />
Brownsboro and Shelbyville Roads.<br />
Over a decade ago, <strong>Windy</strong> <strong>Hills</strong><br />
residents were more isolated from one<br />
another as there was no sidewalk<br />
running through the neighborhood.<br />
Residents resisted the installation of a<br />
sidewalk until a huge storm took down<br />
many of the mature trees the <strong>Windy</strong><br />
<strong>Hills</strong> residents were defending. This<br />
made it possible for the city to finally<br />
construct the sidewalk that now<br />
connects the homes on Rudy Lane.<br />
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