Near Trenton in Todd County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Woodstock
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, January 8, 2022
1. Woodstock Marker
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1830.
Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 36° 38.659′ N, 87° 18.742′ W. Marker was near Trenton, Kentucky, in Todd County. It could be reached from Clarksville Road (Kentucky Route 104) 1½ miles south of Big Pond Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 6338 Clarksville Rd, Trenton KY 42286, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker was in Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region. It was also in the American Midwest, in the South, and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found 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 7 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Civil War in Tennessee (approx. 1.4 miles away in Tennessee); Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial (approx. 2.2 miles away); Reuben Ross (approx. 3.4 miles away in Tennessee); Camp Boone (approx. 4.1 miles away in Tennessee); Country Woman's Club (approx. 5.4 miles away in Tennessee); Wilma Glodean Rudolph (approx. 5.6 miles away in Tennessee); The Trenton School (approx. 6.1 miles away); Stage Coach Inn (approx. 6.3 miles away).
Regarding Woodstock.
this page online
Caroline Meriwether Goodlett (1833-1914), founder of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, was born there.
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (1861-1951), a legendary newspaper journalist/columnist and book author who wrote under the pseudonym Dorothy Dix, was born and raised on the property.
Caroline Ferguson Gordon (1896-1981), a Guggenheim Fellow whose novels reflected her childhood on the property and was friends with poet Robert Penn Warren, who grew up in nearby Guthrie.
Also see . . .
1. Woodstock (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination and photographs submitted for the site. (National Archives) (Submitted on January 9, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Dorothy Dix. Wikipedia entry on the noted advice columnist and journalist. (Submitted on January 9, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
3. Caroline Gordon. Biography of the short story writer and novelist from her 2021 induction into the Kentucky
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, January 8, 2022
2. Woodstock Marker
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, January 8, 2022
3. Woodstock
The original 1830 portion of the house is on the right side.
The Taylor-Trotwood Magazine (public domain), 1906
4. Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer
Under the pseudonym Dorothy Dix, she wrote an advice column that made her America's highest paid and most widely read female journalist at the time of her death in 1951.
Unknown / Public domain, January 28, 1894
5. Caroline Meriwether Goodlett
She helped various state and local associations merge to form the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She became its founding president when the group became a national organization in 1894. The organization is best-known for erecting hundreds of memorials and monuments to the Confederacy that perpetuated the Southern "Lost Cause" myth and intimidated African-Americans.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 9, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,002 times since then and 50 times this year. Last updated on June 16, 2025, by Hayden Miller of Elkton, Kentucky. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 9, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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