The Thomas Lincoln family obtained its water supply from this spring; the infant child, Abraham, had his earliest drinks of water from this source. When Thomas Lincoln moved here in 1808, the 300-acre farm already was variously known as "Sinking . . . — — Map (db m13261) HM
Near Levi Jackson Road (Kentucky Route 1006) west of Mountain Life Museum Road, on the right when traveling west.
In the days before cars and supermarkets, before modern methods of manufacture were developed, the settlers who carved a living out of the Kentucky wilderness worked hard to provide the basic necessities of life. One of the most important mechanical . . . — — Map (db m138030) HM
On Mountain Life Museum Road, 0.3 miles north of Travis Road, on the right when traveling north.
Formed in 1825 out of portions of Clay, Rockcastle, Whitley, and Knox counties. The abundance and beauty of laurel shrub impressed the early pioneers so much that they named the county for it. Dr. Thomas Walker's party, exploring for the Loyal Land . . . — — Map (db m136800) HM
On South Main Cross Street north of East Madison Street, on the right when traveling north.
... For Capt. James Lawrence, whose charge, "Don't give up the ship," when mortally wounded in battle between USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon off Boston, June 1, 1813, met highest traditions of US Navy and has inspired all Americans. Buried with . . . — — Map (db m136976) HM
On River Drive just south of Center Street (Kentucky Highway 1144), on the right when traveling north.
North and Middle Forks unite below St. Helens, then join South Fork at Beattyville to form Kentucky River, which flows 255 miles to the Ohio. Kentucky River played primary role in early commerce of Lee Co. Steamboats came to Beattyville, near head . . . — — Map (db m159523) HM
Near Lola Road (Kentucky Route 133), on the right when traveling south.
The stream in front of you is a tributary to McGilligan Creek, a unique stream in western Kentucky. Most rivers and streams in this part of the state are muddy and full of sediments. McGilligan Creek, a rocky, clear-flowing stream with a . . . — — Map (db m174690) HM
On North Court Street at Riverfront Drive, on the left when traveling north on North Court Street.
The strategic importance of Smithland during the Civil War lies in its location at the confluence of the Cumberland and Ohio rivers. Smithland was also the place where river pilots were picked up to take boats upriver to Clarksville and Nashville. . . . — — Map (db m245376) HM
On Court Street (State Highway 453) 0.1 miles east of Adair Street (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling east.
For Robert R. Livingston, 1746-1813 N.Y. provincial convention 1775; Continental Congress 1775-77, 1779-81; one of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. Sec. of Foreign Affairs, 1781-83. Administered oath to Washington, first . . . — — Map (db m159390) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 431) at Park Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
On the Jeff Burr farm in Second “Poplar Bottom” is site of the duel fought May 30, 1806. Andrew Jackson was wounded. Half mile west of site is Will Tyler farm where Charles Dickinson died. Miller's “Buttermilk Spring" is south on . . . — — Map (db m123335) HM
On Kentucky Route 810 near U.S. 62, on the right when traveling south.
Suwanee Furnace. Built by 1851, 200 yds. NW, by William Kelly, whose experiments there perfected his invention of the so-called Bessemer method of making steel, for which Kelly was granted the patent. The blast furnace was a brick stack 35 ft. . . . — — Map (db m123677) HM
The Valley View Ferry has been operating since 1785 making it the oldest continuously operating business in Kentucky and perhaps the oldest ferry in America. Valley View Ferry was chartered near the community of Valley View, a thriving river town . . . — — Map (db m92819) HM
On U.S. 68 north of Barge Island Road (State Route 962), on the right when traveling north.
Birmingham, six miles north, was one of the oldest settlements in Marshall County and a major early boat landing. Settled 1849; named by British settlers for Birmingham, England. Town covered as Kentucky Lake formed; Kentucky Dam built, 1938-44. The . . . — — Map (db m123652) HM
On Hode Road at Main Street (Kentucky Route 40) on Hode Road.
Warfield
First Martin County seat, 1870. Established about 1850 as a coal, salt and lumber community by George Rogers Clark Floyd and John Warfield of Va. mountains. Products shipped by river boats to Catlettsburg. Floyd was son of one . . . — — Map (db m136653) HM
Early dwellers and visitors hunted bison, deer, and other game in Northeast Kentucky. Here, hunters take advantage of icy conditions at the shallow winter Ohio River crossing to kill their prey. The bison, or buffalos, ambling toward the Blue . . . — — Map (db m83959) HM
On Old Main Street at Jail Street, on the right when traveling north on Old Main Street.
This route follows the Buffalo Trace from the Ohio to Licking rivers and was first known as "Smith's Wagon Road." In 1829, President Andrew Jackson's Postmaster General, Wm. T. Barry, planned mail stage route, extension of branch of "National Pike," . . . — — Map (db m83583) HM
Near East McDonald Parkway, 0.1 miles west of Limestone Street.
This county seat and trade center of over 4,500 people daily welcomed freight-hauling steamboats bringing in goods and visitors and picking up hemp, tobacco and whiskey at the bustling foot of Sutton Street. Senator Henry Clay and others stopped . . . — — Map (db m83974) HM
Near East McDonald Parkway, 0.1 miles west of Limestone Street.
On May 21, 1825, during a third, triumphal, visit to America, the Marquis de la Fayette, 67, visited Maysville. In appreciation for his services on General Washington's staff, and a commander of American troops, the town rolled out the red carpet . . . — — Map (db m83971) HM
On West 3rd Street (Kentucky Route 8) at Sutton Street, on the right when traveling west on West 3rd Street.
Settled in 1784 by Edward and John Waller and George Lewis. Named Maysville 1787. Pioneer river gateway to the new west. Located on lands owned by John May and Simon Kenton. — — Map (db m83622) HM
Simon Kenton, local militia leader, often greeted new families at Limestone Creek, emptying into the Ohio. Tobacco is inspected and weighed in the late 1780s, when Limestone is chartered as Maysville and Mason County created by Virginia. Folks . . . — — Map (db m83961) HM
It's the turn of the 19th/20th centuries, and Maysville is in transition. Horse-drawn vehicles will soon vie with the town's first auto; riverboats will come, but the railroad is growing busier. Downtown thrives with new businesses and buildings. . . . — — Map (db m83977) HM
On Limestone Street at East McDonald Parkway on Limestone Street.
Maysville Shipbuilding In the decade prior to the 1807 federal embargo, local shipyards built some half-dozen ocean-going merchant vessels. Among them was the full-rigged ship "Maysville," which launched in 1803. Built by trained shipwrights of . . . — — Map (db m217885) HM
On Old Main Street, 0.1 miles north of C Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built of boards of the flatboat on which George Mefford, his wife, & thirteen children, of Maryland, descended the Ohio in 1787. Many such houses were built along the river prior to 1800. — — Map (db m83589) HM
On North Water Street, on the right when traveling west.
This chain secured the Paducah Wharfboat until 1930 It was originally used as a stay-chain in 1861 in the fortifications on the river in Columbus, KY It was presented to the city of Paducah in 1987 by the Dismukes Family
Julian M. Dismukes . . . — — Map (db m174534) HM
On The Foot of Broadway east of South Water Street, on the right when traveling east.
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With the black scorch of burned riverfront warehouses before them, the Cherokee on the Drane detachment moored at Paducah in July 1838. The waterfront was still recovering from a great fire two months earlier. The Cherokee . . . — — Map (db m154711) HM
Paducah has long been the foremost hub of the inland marine waterways. Thus, many towboat companies have located here.The christening of the Towboat Eleanor is indicative of the significance of each new vessel that joins the home fleet of the Port . . . — — Map (db m49187) HM
On Broadway Street just east of North 2nd Street, on the right when traveling east.
The organizer of the American Red Cross in 1881, Clara Barton, came to Paducah March 13, 1884, on the steamboat "Josh V. Throop" to help direct relief work during the Ohio River flood. Relief boats traveled from Pittsburgh to Cairo in first flood . . . — — Map (db m158788) HM
On South 6th Street near Ohio Street, on the right when traveling north.
Site of home of Col. Ed Murray who built the USS Merrimac, 1855. Ship was taken by Confederates at Norfolk, April 20, 1861. Rebuilt as “ironclad”, the CSS Virginia. On March 8, 1862, it sank two US ships off Hampton Roads, Va. Next day . . . — — Map (db m158744) HM
On The Foot of Broadway east of Water Street, on the right when traveling east.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky may have declared herself neutral when secession of the Southern states began, but Paducah and most of Western Kentucky took a strongly southern stand. Many of the young men from Paducah enlisted in the Confederate Army . . . — — Map (db m154926) HM
On Broadway Street east of South Water Street, on the right when traveling east.
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Here the Tenn. River flows into the Ohio. Owen's Island opposite Kentucky Ave. There in 1779 George Rogers Clark's small army landed to prepare for its defeat of the British in the Illinois country. In 1780 Col. John Donelson . . . — — Map (db m154667) HM
8,500 square mile area, former tribal lands of Chickasaw Indians. United States paid $300,000 for tract in 1818 after negotiations by General Andrew Jackson and Governor Isaac Shelby. Bordered by Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, now comprises . . . — — Map (db m154546) HM
Lock and Dam 52, completed in 1928, is located at Ohio River Mile 939.9. This site, and Lock and Dam 53, are the only remaining movable wicket dams on the Ohio. Both will be removed when the Olmsted Locks and Dam become operational. When the . . . — — Map (db m49179) HM
On July 2, 1996, the City of Paducah was visited by marine royalty. All three of the Delta Queen Steamboat Company's boats docked simultaneously at the Port of Paducah. The Delta Queen, Mississippi Queen and American Queen frequent this community . . . — — Map (db m49190) HM
On North 8th Street (Business U.S. 45) at North H C Mathis Drive (U.S. 45), on the right when traveling east on North 8th Street.
Paducah, Kentucky
McCracken county seat, founded by Gen. William Clark of Lewis and Clark Expedition at confluence of Ohio and Tennessee Rivers. Named for legendary Indian Chief Paduke. Home of Vice Pres. Alben Barkley and birthplace of Irvin . . . — — Map (db m146587) HM
On The Foot of Broadway east of Water Street, on the right when traveling south.
Ride Round the Rivers
This unique pleasure-boat tour is an eighty-mile loop from Paducah up the Tennessee, through Kentucky Lock, up Kentucky Lake, through the Land-Between-The-Lakes Canal, down Barkley Lake, through Barkley Lock, down the . . . — — Map (db m154961) HM
Paducah: Mid~America's Gateway to the Gulf
This historic waterway reaches from Paducah to Mobile, providing a navigational artery between the upper Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and the Gulf of Mexico's east~west Intracoastal Waterway and . . . — — Map (db m47241) HM
On Jefferson Street just west of North 29th Street, in the median.
The Ohio Valley Flood of 1937 was the greatest natural disaster in the history of the U.S. and drove over one million citizens from their homes. This location marks the water's western edge in Paducah at the height of the flood, Feb. 2, 1937. . . . — — Map (db m158841) HM
On Park Street at North 4th Street on Park Street.
The Flood Wall
Paducah's $8,000,000 flood wall was built by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, is twelve miles long and protects the city to a height three feet above the 1937 flood level. The Flood of 1937 could not occur again in Paducah . . . — — Map (db m154725) HM
This scene depicts a captain, a highly trained and skilled professional, standing his normal 6-hour navigation watch in a typical pilothouse. He is looking out over a 15-barge town with 24,000 tons of cargo. His location is down bound, passing the . . . — — Map (db m49192) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m174531) HM
On West 3rd Street west of Poplar Street, on the right when traveling west.
Defending Lock No. 2
Confederate forces occupied Bowling Green on September 18, 1861. Young men, eager to support the Union cause and filled with thoughts of adventure, joined Home Guard units across Kentucky. Before the end of the month . . . — — Map (db m123972) HM
On Kentucky Route 81, 0.1 miles south of Kentucky Route 815, on the right when traveling south.
Charles Hansford
A privateer in Virginia's Navy during the American Revolution, Hansford sailed off eastern coast of U.S., West Indies, and Spain. He was captured three times by the British. Only he and one other of 36 prisoners survived . . . — — Map (db m123536) HM
On Highway 431 at Old Island-Livermore Road (State Route 138), on the right when traveling south on Highway 431.
When this structure was built, a unique contribution to history was made. It is claimed to be only river bridge in the world which begins and ends in the same county (McLean), spans two rivers (Green and Rough), and crosses another county (Ohio), a . . . — — Map (db m123534) HM
On Water Street, 0.1 miles east of Main Street, on the left when traveling east.
After pushing through Bardstown, Kentucky the lead elements of Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s command arrived in Brandenburg. Captains H. Clay Merriwether and Samuel Taylor and their men encamped on farms in and around Brandenburg. They were soon joined by . . . — — Map (db m123341) HM
On East Factory Street at Pioneer Way, on the right when traveling east on East Factory Street.
This spring, with its abundant, never-failing flow of water, was reason for the location of Harrodsburg. Capt. James Harrod with his party, on June 16, 1774, began building first settlement in Kentucky along this "town branch." Harrod in the . . . — — Map (db m153075) HM
On East Factory Street at Pioneer Way, on the right when traveling east on East Factory Street.
The site of the First Permanent Settlement West of the Alleghenies, which became present-day Harrodsburg, is firmly connect to this spring. This site was chosen because of the never-ending flow of fresh, clean water - and for the creek that it . . . — — Map (db m153076) HM
On Shakers Ferry Road east of Lexington Road (U.S. 68).
Shaker Landing At foot of this road is landing purchased by Shakers, 1830. Site made Pleasant Hill busy river port and ferry crossing. Quality Shaker products left here for downriver markets as far away as New Orleans. During Civil War, ferry . . . — — Map (db m218263) HM
On Otia-Blythe Road east of Turkey Neck Bend (Kentucky Route 214), on the left when traveling south.
McMillian's Landing was a crossing point for both Union and Confederate troops making their way between Kentucky and Tennessee. Both forces viewed Monroe County and Tompkinsville as a key position for entry to central Kentucky and points northward. . . . — — Map (db m100955) HM
On State Highway 163, on the left when traveling south.
Phillip Moore purchased a steam saw mill on Meshack Creek from S. A. Moore, 1874. Phillip's son Joel and 4 grandsons eventually moved mill here. In 1929 the expanded lumber mill was among first mills in area to operate at night with electric lights. . . . — — Map (db m39402) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 460) south of Gullett Street, on the right when traveling south.
Gen. George W. Morgan's 9,000 USA force, cut off from supplies at Cumberland Gap, retreated 200 mi. in 16 days to Greenup on Ohio R. Camped here Sept. 24-25, 1862.
Gen. John H. Morgan's CSA men, on tragic last raid into Kentucky, after two . . . — — Map (db m169651) HM
On Main Street south of East Main Cross Street, on the right when traveling north.
CSA Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and cavalry came here 3 times on reconnaissance missions from Hopkinsville. Captured USA arms and equipment here, Nov. 24, 1861. Moved through here Dec. 28 on way to victory over larger USA force at Sacramento and . . . — — Map (db m123288) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 62) 0.1 miles south of West Trowbridge Street, on the right when traveling south.
George Short House
Built in 1841, this is one of the oldest homes in Greenville. Materials and its detailed interior woodwork came by flatboats from Cincinnati. George Short had the house built for Tabitha A. Brank in hopes she would . . . — — Map (db m123528) HM
On U.S. 31E/150, on the right when traveling north.
After a fresco in the Capitol at Washington which depicts John Fitch at work on the model of his first steamboat to effect a successful voyage
Beneath this monument are interred the mortal remains of John Fitch, Soldier and Inventor, . . . — — Map (db m158418) HM
On West John Fitch Avenue west of South 4th Street.
In Oct., 1788, he built boat which carried passengers on 20-mile trip from Philadelphia to Burlington. In 1790 constructed boat which ran regular schedule between those cities. On Aug. 26. 1791. patent granted to Fitch by US Congress. France also . . . — — Map (db m205146) HM
On Moorefield Road (Kentucky Route 36) at Upper Lick Road (Kentucky Route 57), on the right when traveling north on Moorefield Road.
Aug. 12, 1782, Capt. John Holder and 17 militiamen overtook band of Wyandots on Great Salt Creek (Licking River) six miles N.E. The Indians had captured two boys, Jones Hoy and Jack Calloway, near Boonesborough. In skirmish that took place Holder . . . — — Map (db m137214) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 231), on the right when traveling north.
Named for an unusually large dam made by beavers across a nearby stream. First settlers
came in 1798 and founded the first Baptist Church here, in year Ohio County formed. Town incorporated, 1873.
In early times, area covered by canebrakes . . . — — Map (db m159259) HM
On State Highway 85 at Valley Lane, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 85.
Name derived from Spanish word meaning deer. Traditionally deer watered and crossed river there. Town was laid out by H.D. Taylor Mar 1851. Ceralvo took its place as thriving river town. Became an important shipping point for both passengers and . . . — — Map (db m159263) HM
On Westport Road (Kentucky Route 524) at 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Westport Road.
First called Liberty, located on 1780 grant to Elijah Craig. Ferry operated here by Levi Boyer early as 1800 formed a link in route to Illinois country. Town became a port to the west -- Westport. In the steamboat era, the town was a thriving port . . . — — Map (db m42974) HM
On Harlin Street, on the right when traveling east.
For over 70 years, Gratz was a busy port town and the Kentucky River was its i
highway, Between 1848 and 1930, steamboats and packets plied the river, docking
at Clay's Lick Landing just north of town. Steamboats carried passengers to and
from . . . — — Map (db m205603) HM
On Old Frankfort Pike south of County Route 3523, on the right when traveling south.
Samuel Sanders, a steamboat captain before and after the Civil War, braved the Kentucky River under occasional sniper fire from the Confederate army to bring supplies from Louisville to Monterey and up the Kentucky River to Shaker Landing.
Given . . . — — Map (db m22121) HM
On Worth Street at Taylor Street, on the right when traveling north on Worth Street.
First named Williamsburg for James
Williams, who came from Maryland,
set up trading post about 1805.
In 1847, legislature established
town of Monterey, named for battle
of Mexican War, on land owned by
George C. Branham. Steamboats, in
heyday . . . — — Map (db m205600) HM
On Kentucky Route 319, 0.2 miles east of Compton Road, on the left when traveling east.
House was located on Blackberry Fork of Pond Creek. It burned Jan. 1, 1888, during a Hatfield raid. Two of Randolph's children, Alifair and Calvin, were killed in attack; their mother Sally was badly injured. Randolph and other children escaped. . . . — — Map (db m55887) HM
On Bob Amos Drive, 1 mile past Clair Lane, on the right when traveling north.
This "Cut-Through” project, the dream of Dr. Wm. C. Hambley, is the largest engineering feat in the US and second in the world only to the Panama Canal. It was started in 1973 and finished in 1987, at a cost of $77,593,691. 18,000,000 cubic yards . . . — — Map (db m212047) HM
On Cedar Creek Road (Kentucky Route 1384) at Bob Amos Drive, on the right when traveling east on Cedar Creek Road.
This "Cut-Through” project, the dream of Dr. Wm. C. Hambley, is the largest engineering feat in the US and second in the world only to the Panama Canal. It was started in 1973 and finished in 1987, at a cost of $77,593,691. 18,000,000 cubic yards of . . . — — Map (db m212049) HM
On West Lakeshore Drive west of West French Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Old Burnside
Point Isabel, later renamed for Union General Ambrose E. Burnside, grew up around the Cumberland River. Beginning in 1833 steamboats like the Rowena (top), were a common site on the river and one of the county's primary forms . . . — — Map (db m244576) HM
On Sellars Road at Mill Springs-Battlefield Road, on the right when traveling east on Sellars Road.
The Confederate army arrived in Mill Springs in November 1861. For some time, Confederate General Felix K. Zollicoffer's pleas for more men and supplies were ignored. Finally, his superior sent the steamboat Noble Ellis up from Nashville . . . — — Map (db m156154) HM
On Galloway Road, 0.9 miles south of Stamping Ground Road (Kentucky Highway 227), on the left when traveling south.
Branham's Mill
Bridge occupies historic creek crossing site of mill of Richard and James Branham. Richard, the father, received 200-acre land grant for service as sergeant in Washington's regiment in French and Indian War. Family occupied . . . — — Map (db m84666) HM
On Paris Pike (U.S. 460) 0.7 miles west of Apple Creek Lane (State Route 922), on the right when traveling west.
Miller’s Run, a tributary of North Elkhorn Creek, was named for John Andrew Miller, an explorer from Pennsylvania who came to Scott County in 1775. The 870-acre district travels along Miller’s Run and contains eight early Kentucky houses. The John . . . — — Map (db m162996) HM
On Weisenberger Mill Road, 0.6 miles south of Leestown Road (U.S. 62/421), on the right when traveling south.
Grist mills have been operating in Kentucky since the late 1700s.
Water-powered mills were situated along creeks and streams. Dams
were constructed along waterways to create a mill pond. The mill pond
controlled the flow of water through a mill . . . — — Map (db m170104) HM
On Taylorsville Road (Kentucky Route 55) 0.2 miles south of Little Mount Road (Kentucky Route 44), on the right when traveling south.
Named in honor of Virginia native Richard Taylor, who donated sixty acres of land in 1799 for a town at forks of Brashear's Creek and Salt River. Taylor operated a grist mill nearby. Town became county seat of Spencer in December 1824. Four of . . . — — Map (db m136837) HM
In 1862 Jack Hinson swore revenge against Union Army when two sons were executed as bushwhackers. From ambush he picked off men in blue uniforms on gun boats and on land. With a price on his head, he continued his vendetta until his gun bore 36 . . . — — Map (db m123650) HM
On Canton Road (U.S. 68) east of Mound Road, on the right when traveling west.
CSA General Nathan Bedford Forrest with 6 cavalry companies joined Gen. Charles Clark, Nov. 15, 1861, at Hopkinsville. On reconnaissance learned of USA gunboat Conestoga's intent to destroy CSA supplies at Canton. They met here November 20 in 7 . . . — — Map (db m179545) HM
On Donaldson Creek Road (Kentucky Route 807) at Maple Grove Road (Kentucky Route 1062), on the right when traveling west on Donaldson Creek Road.
This community was first settled ca. 1798. Among the prominent Revolutionary War veterans who settled here were Joel Cohoon, James Thomas, Sr. and Nathan Futrell. These early pioneers cleared forests, planted crops and orchards, set up lumber and . . . — — Map (db m179507) HM
On Highway 68 at County Road 160, on the right when traveling west on Highway 68.
A town from 1882-1969. Named for nearby pond which gives a golden reflection from the sunrays. It was originally two settlements, Fungo and Golden Pond, later becoming one. Twice destroyed by fire and rebuilt, 1898 and 1936. The town prospered from . . . — — Map (db m123648) HM
On Shepherd Lane west of Main Street (U.S. 42), on the right when traveling west.
Mineral springs discovered circa 1840 by Mr. and Mrs. Noah Parker, who found water unusual in taste and of medicinal value. The Parkers soon erected hotel and, with son Nathan, owned and managed noted antebellum health resort, which . . . — — Map (db m136156) HM
On Kentucky Route 1508 at Hill Street, on the right when traveling east on State Route 1508.
Every inhabitant of this pro-southern town was taken prisoner by the crew of a Union gunboat, July 26. 1862. All were released except 19 men who were taken to Evansville. Ind., as hostages to guarantee payment of $35,000 damages done by Rebel . . . — — Map (db m123290) HM
On Kentucky Route 758 at Kentucky Route 56, on the right when traveling south on State Route 758.
Four miles south of here stood the old Chalybeate Springs Resort Hotel featuring Sulphur Water Springs and a fresh water spring on its grounds from 1850 to 1890. The fresh water spring was renamed "Nally Spa" in 1975 to honor Union countian James P. . . . — — Map (db m189323) HM
On 5th Street (U.S. 60) at South Main Street, on the right when traveling west on 5th Street.
Nearby coal fields supplied fuel to power steamboat Robert E. Lee in race against the Natchez, 1870. Greatest race in river history began in New Orleans and ended at St. Louis. Robert E. Lee won the championship of Mississippi . . . — — Map (db m123799) HM
On Fort Webb Drive at Beech Bend Road, on the right when traveling south on Fort Webb Drive.
Constructed by CSA during early days of Civil War. One of numerous fortifications in Bowling Green area used by CSA and Union forces. Located at head of navigation on Barren and Green River systems, Bowling Green became an important stronghold . . . — — Map (db m39406) HM
At various times during the Civil War, the Confederate and Union armies were garrisoned in Bowling Green. Many encamped around Lost River Cave. Soldiers on both sides recorded their impressions of Lost River Cave and Valley in diaries and letters. . . . — — Map (db m39673) HM
Near Nashville Road (U.S. 31W) just south of Cave Mill Road, on the right when traveling west.
In 1986, recognizing the
geological, archaeological
and historical significance
of the lost river cave
and the mile-long Karst Valley,
property owners.
Raymond and Ann Cravens
Leroy and Dorothy Highbaugh
Owen and Mary Lawson
. . . — — Map (db m162510) HM
On Riverview Drive (U.S. 31W) at College Street, on the right when traveling north on Riverview Drive.
The Barren River is the Green River's largest tributary and is named for the barrens, large treeless grasslands found along its course. The first small steamboat reached Bowling Green in 1828. A series of locks and dams completed in 1838 make the . . . — — Map (db m39665) HM
On Kentucky Route 1275 at Mill Springs Battlefield Road, on the right when traveling west on State Route 1275.
An Oasis for Zollicoffer's Army
In November 1861, Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer ordered captains Thomas Estill and Victor Von Sheliha to find a base camp on the Cumberland River. They chose Mill Springs, which had abundant food, . . . — — Map (db m137058) HM
Near Kentucky Route 1275 at Old Mill Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Cumberland River has fueled the economy of this region for thousands of years.
An Avenue of Commerce
Native Americans hunted deer and turkey here, and harvested the river's mussels and fish. Benjamin Price, who came to this area in . . . — — Map (db m137048) HM
On Mill Springs Battlefield Road, 3 miles south of Kentucky Route 235, on the right when traveling south.
Beech Grove
In late 1861, Confederate Gen. Felix Zollicoffer advanced into Ky. from Jamestown, Tn. Zollicoffer ordered seizure of area ferry boats to cross his army to the north side of the Cumberland River. Unable to locate adequate boats, . . . — — Map (db m136797) HM
Under Pres. Roosevelt’s New Deal, $6500 was allocated to the WPA to build a new schoolhouse. It was completed in June 1938. Ten years later, building was deeded to the American Legion. Post was named Austin Collins in honor of a local boy who died . . . — — Map (db m88961) HM
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