In honor and memory of the veterans of Barlow, Kentucky who served their country faithfully and proudly in war and peace
"God Bless America"
Dedicated - May 17, 1990 — — Map (db m302399) HM
Site of the first courthouse in
Ballard Co., Kentucky, which, until
1886, was comprised of present
Ballard and Carlisle Counties.
Blandville, like Ballard Co.,
named for Captain Bland Ballard.
Established as the county seat by
Kentucky . . . — — Map (db m289924) HM
Settled by Scott family ca. 1845. Developed from family farmstead to highly diversified & productive cattle, jack stock and mule ranch. In 1998, recognized by National Cattlemen's Beef Assoc. as one of the oldest cattle ranches in U.S. under . . . — — Map (db m216302) HM
Blandville was the county seat and largest town in Ballard County during the Civil War. Blandville, like Ballard County, was named for Captain Biand Bailard, a veteran of the American Revolution, frontier Indian wars, and the War of 1812. Blandville . . . — — Map (db m289923) HM
Native American Indian of the Mississippian culture were buried in this cemetery mound sometime in the A.D. 1200s. First excavated in 1932 by owner Col. Fain King, the mound was referred to as “Mound C”. A building was constructed over . . . — — Map (db m58870) HM
Excavations have shown that building stood on several earlier levels of this mound.
We do not know how big those buildings were.
This structure is approximately the size of the posthole pattern in the architecture building (Mound B) — — Map (db m58872) HM
For Capt. Bland Ballard, 1759-1853. Born in Va. Came to Ky. in 1779. Devoted life protecting frontier. Scout for George Rogers Clark's Ohio expedition, 1780. '82; Wabash campaign 1786. In the battles of Fallen Timbers, 1793; Tippecanoe, 1811; River . . . — — Map (db m18550) HM
Fort Jefferson (also known as Camp Crittenden) was the second of two Union Army posts established in Ballard County in September 1861, following the Confederate occupation of Columbus. Fort Jefferson was first established during the American . . . — — Map (db m18493) HM
The story of the cross at Wickliffe began in 1937 when a few members of a community choir, spearheaded by Mrs. Noah Geveden, erected a small wooden cross on a hill at the Ancient Buried City (now known as Wickliffe Mounds Research Center) in . . . — — Map (db m113749) HM
Fort Jefferson Site Built in 1780 by George Rogers Clark as part of impressive plan of settlement, conceived by Gov. Patrick Henry of Virginia, later pursued by and named for Gov. Thomas Jefferson. The fort was to protect US claim to its . . . — — Map (db m18639) HM
Site of an ancient religious and commercial center of the Mound Builder. Approximately one thousand years old, situated on the only high ground at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Tombs, temples, altars, jewels, dwellings, tools, . . . — — Map (db m58869) HM
Long before Lewis and Clark stopped near Wickliffe in western Kentucky on their outbound trip to the west, Fort Jefferson had been built in 1780-81 by George Rogers Clark during the Revolutionary War as an outpost against British-led Indian . . . — — Map (db m18548) HM
(North Side):Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Fort Jefferson Lewis and Clark and a party of eight men visited the site of Fort Jefferson on Nov. 18, 1803, while on their epic 1803-1806 journey to the Pacific. Fort est. in 1780 by Clark's . . . — — Map (db m18545) HM
Division Patch ☆ Silver Star ☆ Purple Heart ☆ Regimental Crest Private First Class Robert Monroe Hammonds was born on January 9, 1926, the second of six children of Rufus D. and Jettie T. Hammonds. A native of Wickliffe, . . . — — Map (db m180132) HM WM
The Prince of the French Explorers
Commissioned by Louis XIV of France, the Sieur Robert de LaSalle, sweeping down the Mississippi with his flotilla of canoes, stopped in 1682 at this place, in his quest for the mouth of the Mississippi and . . . — — Map (db m18551) HM
One of first Kentucky positions, Fort Jefferson, occupied by Union troops after Confederate seizure of Columbus, Sept. 1861. From this base, Gen. U.S. Grant directed demonstration against Columbus, Jan. 1862. Troops from here joined in capturing . . . — — Map (db m18519) HM
Nearly one thousand years ago, this village was home for Native Americans of the prehistoric Mississippian culture. Peaceful farmers, these mound building Indians lived throughout the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys. Exhibits at Wicklffe Mounds . . . — — Map (db m58873) HM
The contruction of George Rogers Clark's Fort Jefferson was first proposed during a Council of War meeting between Clark and his junior officers at the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville) November 16, 1779, following Clark's succesful capture of . . . — — Map (db m278121) HM
Many people assume the only flag flown by Americans during the American Revolution
(1775 to 1783) was the Betsy Ross flag, but nothing could be further from the truth. The Betsy Ross flag was not created until 1777, two years into the . . . — — Map (db m278110) HM
Monument dedicated to the civilians/soldiers who gave their lives settling/defending George R. Clark's Fort
Jefferson & Town of Clarksville, 1780-1781 during the American Revolution in the West and the British-led Native Americans who gave their . . . — — Map (db m278127) WM
The purpose of George Rogers Clark's Fort Jefferson was multi-faceted. Both Great Britain and the American Colonies (Virginia) claimed the Confluence area, and both wanted to fortify this strategic, and potentially economically important area. . . . — — Map (db m278128) HM
