Bowling Green in Warren County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

John Hunt Morgan

— Lost River Cave & Valley —

Photographed by Jason Armstrong, July 28, 2014

1. John Hunt Morgan Marker

Inscription. The leader of "Morgan's Raiders" a special Confederate unit which operated behind Union lines during the Civil War, hid with his force in the Lost River Cave following their burning of the depot at South Union in Logan County. Morgan recounts this episode in his memoirs.

Erected by Jr. Food Stores.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 36° 57.099′ N, 86° 28.14′ W. Marker is in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in Warren County. It can be reached from Nashville Road (U.S. 31), on the right when traveling north. On the trails, on the grounds of the Lost River Cave & Valley. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 908 Riverbend St, Bowling Green KY 42104, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the South,

and specifically in the Upper South.

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: Lost River Blue Holes, Trees, Wild Flowers And Quarrying Ruins (approx. 0.2 miles away); Civil War Camps (approx. 0.2 miles away); Underground Nite Club (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lost River Cave & Valley (approx. 0.2 miles away); Protecting A Natural Treasure (approx. 0.2 miles away); Lost River Cave and Valley (approx. ¼ mile away); Morgan's Command Organized

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); The Old Mill Dam (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bowling Green.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 2, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2022, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. This page has been viewed 379 times since then and 27 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on June 2, 2022, by Jason Armstrong of Talihina, Oklahoma. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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