| Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — Buffalo Trace | | | On July 16th, 1773, James McAfee, George McAfee, Robert McAfee, James McCoun Jr., Samuel Adams and Hancock Taylor following the Buffalo Trace from Big Bone lick, crossed the Kentucky River at this point, and made the first survey upon it.
Here in the Summer of 1775, Hancock Lee, Willis Lee, Cyrus McCracken and “A Few Comrades” established Lee’s Town, at which George Rogers Clark lived for a time, and expected to make his home.
Here Willis Lee was killed by Indians in 1776, . . . — Map (db m22150) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — 01000450 — Buffalo Trace Distillery — Free House | | | In the early days of whiskey production, a tax was levied on the product as soon as it left the still. Knowing that bourbon improved through aging, distilleries convinced the government that the tax should not fall due until the maturation process had ended. The government relented and gave distilleries two years before the tax would fall due. If, at the end of two years, the distilleries did not have a customer for the whiskey, they had to pay the tax. At this point the bourbon was removed . . . — Map (db m22394) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — Buffalo Trace Distillery - - Warehouse C | | | Built in 1881, this graceful whiskey aging warehouse is a fine example of “Rick Construction”. The basic structure is built of massive wooden beams which bear the entire weight of the 24,000 barrels residing herein.
The foundation consists of Kentucky River Marble, quarried from the Kentucky River a short distance away. The 18-inch thick brick walls allow our warehousemen to control the temperature within.
The shuttered windows are open in the Summer and closed in the Winter . . . — Map (db m22267) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — 576 — Daniel Boone - Pioneer / Grave of Daniel Boone | | | Daniel Boone - Pioneer
Born, Pa., 1734. Died, Mo., 1820. Married Rebecca Boone, 1756, N.C. First trip to Kentucky, 1767. Set up Ft. Boonesborough, 1775, blazed Wilderness Trail and settled. Frontiersman, surveyor, settler, legislator and sheriff. Defender against Indians and British. His claim to 100,000 acres lost, 1784. Emigrated to Missouri in 1799.
Grave of Daniel Boone
In the cemetery stands a monument to Daniel and Rebecca Boone, erected by a grateful Commonwealth in 1860. . . . — Map (db m9754) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — 113 — Daniel Boone's Grave | | | Born 1734; died 1820. Entered Eastern Kentucky, 1767; explored Bluegrass Region, 1769-71; guided Transylvania Company, blazed Wilderness Trail, built Fort Boonesborough in 1775; directed defense of the fort, 1778; emigrated to Missouri, 1799; reinterred, with wife Rebecca, in Frankfort Cemetery, 1845. — Map (db m9728) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — 1955 — Early Tunnel in Kentucky | | | Early transportation tunnel in Kentucky. It was hand bored by Lexington and Frankfort Railroad in 1849. First passenger train went through on February 23, 1850. Replaced incline, built 1835 just east of here, previously used by railroad to enter Frankfort. Incline built by Lexington & Ohio, the first railroad in Kentucky. — Map (db m9817) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — 105 — Frankfort | | | Site surveyed July 16, 1773. Founded by General James Wilkinson. Chartered by Virginia Legislature Oct., 1786. Chosen Capital of Kentucky December 1792 — Map (db m9815) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — 1855 — Frankfort Union Station | | | Built by Louisville & Nashville R.R., 1908, to replace depot located here by Lexington & Frankfort R.R. in 1850s. Present station was used by Chesapeake & Ohio, Louisville & Nashville, Frankfort & Cincinnati,and Kentucky Highlands. The last scheduled passenger train was C&O George Washington, April 30, 1971.
Presented by Ky. Assoc. of Highway Contractors — Map (db m9819) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — 1164 — Franklin County Hemp / Hemp in Kentucky | | | Side A Kentucky River Mills began making hemp yarns for backs of Brussels carpets in 1878, and started producing binder twine in 1879. Finest quality imported machinery used. Employed 125 persons year round. In 1941, received contract from Navy for $148,500 worth of marine oakum. This was the last hemp factory to operate in Ky., closing down in 1952. See over.
Side B First crop grown, 1775. From 1840 to 1860, Ky.'s production largest in U.S. Peak in 1850 was 40,000 tons, . . . — Map (db m22152) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — 1444 — Glen Willis | | | Side A
Willis A. Lee, Jr., built a double two-story log house here in 1793. Tract of land on which the house stood was given to Lee by his uncle, Hancock Lee, founder of Leestown, the first settlement in Franklin County. In 1815 Lee erected a story and a half brick house, "Glen Willis," on same site and resided there until his death in 1824. See over.
Side B In 1832 the Lee family sold "Glen Willis" to Humphrey Marshall, officer in Revolution, lawyer, extensive . . . — Map (db m22126) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — 103 — Leestown | | | Side A In 1773 McAfee Company and Hancock Taylor came here and surveyed area, an early pioneer stopping place. By 1775 Leestown settled and named by Hancock and Willis Lee; established by Va. Assembly, 1776. Temporarily abandoned in 1777 because of Indian attack, it was reestablished and became well-known shipping port for tobacco, hemp, corn and whiskey to New Orleans market. Over
Side B Leestown: Va. General Assembly had tobacco inspection warehouse erected in Leestown, . . . — Map (db m22153) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Frankfort — 1465 — Lt. Presley N. O'Bannon, USMC | | | First American to raise U.S. flag on foreign soil at Battle of Derne on shores of Tripoli, April 27, 1805. Led attack that overcame Barbary Coast pirates who were holding 180 American seamen for ransom. O'Bannon came to Logan County in 1807. Served in State Legislatur 1812, 17, 20-21 and Senate 1824-26. Died in 1850. Remains moved to Frankfort, 1919. — Map (db m9753) | | Kentucky (Franklin County), Switzer — 1571 — Switzer Covered Bridge | | | Franklin County's only covered bridge spans North Elkhorn Creek and is 120 ft. long and 11 ft. wide. It was built by George Hockensmith circa 1855. each entrance has a sawtooth edge; the lattice is pinned with trunnels (treenasil). Restored in 1906 by Louis Bower. Closed to traffic in 1954. This bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1974. — Map (db m11614) |
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