Paducah in McCracken County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Visitors Coming to Paducah

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011

1. Visitors Coming to Paducah Marker

Inscription. Visitors coming to Paducah by boat in the early part of the twentieth~century would have been greeted by the hustle and bustle of a riverfront lined with hotels, warehouses, packet boat offices, lumber yards, supply houses, iron foundries, maritime industries and small businesses, all connected to the river. One of the busiest places at the riverfront was the Paducah Wharf Boat, which was permanently moored at the foot of Broadway to allow the loading and unloading of cargo and passengers. Large barrels of dark-fired tobacco, known as hogsheads, lined the riverfront waiting to be shipped to ports in Central and South America, Europe and Africa.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 37° 5.277′ N, 88° 35.637′ W. Marker is in Paducah, Kentucky, in McCracken County. It is on South Water Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Paducah KY 42001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s

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Jackson Purchase.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the South,

in the Upper South,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: May 1913 Paducah Homecoming (here, next to this marker); Marine Ways (here, next to this marker); Construction in the 1840s (a few steps from this marker); First County Seat - Braxton Small (a few steps from this marker); Iced Solid - Clear to Illinois! (a few steps from this marker); Paducah's Riverfront (a few steps from this marker); Chickasaw Tribe in Kentucky (a few steps from this marker); Historic River Front (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paducah.

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011

2. Visitors Coming to Paducah Marker

Photographed by Sandra Hughes, September 14, 2011

3. Visitors Coming to Paducah Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 2, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 490 times since then and 10 times this year. Last updated on June 2, 2021, by Shane Oliver of Richmond, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 5, 2011, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.