Summer Shade in Metcalfe County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Local Humanitarian

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 15, 2023

1. Local Humanitarian Marker (Side 1)

Inscription. Dr. C.C. Howard, an outstanding physician and citizen of Barren County, was born in Summer Shade, Kentucky, 1888. Began his medical career in Glasgow. He opened a private hospital there, 1914, and later helped build Glasgow's first community hospital. Dr. Howard encouraged passage of an act which created six regional tuberculosis hospitals in Kentucky. (Over)

Reverse Description:
Dr. Howard was instrumental in the establishment of Rural Kentucky Medical Scholarship Fund. Among the numerous awards he received were the Governor's Medallion for outstanding leadership in the field of rural medicine and the Kentucky Medical Association's first Distinguished Service Award. In 1947, he opened the Howard Clinic. Died, 1971. (Over)

Erected 1974 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1503.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1888.

Location. 36° 53.117′ N, 85° 42.36′ W. Marker is in Summer Shade, Kentucky, in Metcalfe County. It is at the intersection of Summer Shade Road (Kentucky Route 90) and Nobob Summer Shade Road, on the right when traveling east on Summer Shade Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Summer Shade KY 42166, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

It is also in the American 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.

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At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rev. Robert Stockton (approx. 7.7 miles away); Civil War Skirmish (approx. 7.8 miles away); Robert Stockton (approx. 7.9 miles away); County Named, 1860 (approx. 8.3 miles away); William Henry Newman (approx. 8.3 miles away); Metcalfe County War Memorial (approx. 8.3 miles away); Founder of Edmonton (approx. 8.3 miles away); Dripping Springs (approx. 8.4 miles away).

Local Humanitarian Marker (Side 2) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 15, 2023

2. Local Humanitarian Marker (Side 2)

Local Humanitarian Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 15, 2023

3. Local Humanitarian Marker

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 15, 2023

4. Local Humanitarian Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 20, 2023, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 301 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 20, 2023, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.