John Uri Lloyd (1849-1936), born in NY and brought to Boone Co., KY in 1853, was a pharmacist, chemist, inventor, and pioneer of electric herbal medicine who wrote a series of novels based on local folklore, including Stringtown on the Pike in 1900, founded Lloyd Library & Museum in Cincinnati, and left a legacy that includes local street names and Lloyd Memorial High School. Stringtown on the Pike was the nickname John Uri Lloyd gave in 1900 to Florence's historic Main Street area through the publication of his local color novel set in his boyhood hometown. The area included homes, churches, shops, hotels, and a post office, and the Old Town Hall, razed in 1971, was used for school, Masons, polling, police court, and the local Historical Society.