Historical Markers and War Memorials in Boone County, Kentucky
Burlington is the county seat for Boone County
Adjacent to Boone County, Kentucky
Gallatin County(32) ► Grant County(6) ► Kenton County(106) ► Dearborn County, Indiana(86) ► Ohio County, Indiana(83) ► Switzerland County, Indiana(47) ► Hamilton County, Ohio(345) ►
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It has been called the "Mother
Church" because from 1800-1915
its members organized other
churches within the tri-state area.
Between 1871 and 1873, an outdoor
keyhole baptismal pool was built
of stone masonry at the site of a
natural . . . — — Map (db m133224) HM
On June 10, 1835, Joseph and Catharine Foster deeded a town lot to the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with the stipulation that the property was to be used only for a church. The Burlington Methodist Episcopal Church congregation built . . . — — Map (db m186214) HM
Completed in 1833, the Burlington
Presbyterian Church was built with separate
front entrances for men and women. It featured
both Federal and Greek Revival detailing. In
the early 1900s, the building was home to the
Local Library Association. . . . — — Map (db m186221) HM
This outstanding c. 1910 Bungalow home incorporates many Arts & Crafts design elements
including battered porch columns, 3-over-1 window sash, and a low pitched roof. It was built at the
beginning of mini-building boom in Burlington that lasted . . . — — Map (db m133142) HM
Attorney Erastus Tousey (1798-1863) and his
wife Catherine (1805-1895) built this grand
residence c. 1822. It is one of the most
academically correct examples of Federal style
architecture in Northern Kentucky.
Federal-period details include . . . — — Map (db m186262) HM
Joseph Foster built this graceful brick home c.
1831 in the Federal Style. Robert Sandford
acquired it in 1839 and remodeled the home
during the 1840s, adding fine Greek Revival
details such as the colonnaded entry. The
building served as a . . . — — Map (db m186219) HM
In June 1799, Boone County's first
court set Craig's Camp as county
seat. The next year, John H. Craig and Robert Johnson donated 74 acres at the Woolper Creek site for a town they called Wilmington. Court held here in a log courthouse in Jan. . . . — — Map (db m133144) HM
Born in Covington to Italian
immigrants, he graduated from
the University of Cincinnati
in 1923. He was the director of
Institutum Divi Thomae, a medical
research foundation, from 1935 to
1988. Sperti invented well-known
pharmaceutical . . . — — Map (db m133141) HM
Boone County Courthouses Through the Years
1n 1817, Boone County replaced its first log courthouse with a brick structure, which was remodeled in 1828 and again in 1878. The present courthouse was built in 1889 for $19,740. The courthouse . . . — — Map (db m134040) HM
Boone County was established in 1799 and the County Court held its first meeting in June of that year, where The Court proceeded to fix on a place for the Seat of Justice on 74 acres offered by Robert Johnson and John H. Craig. Initially known as . . . — — Map (db m134232) HM
From its earliest days, Burlington was the hub of a community rooted in farming. Prior to World War II, the majority of people in Boone County lived and worked on farms and the livelihood of nearly everyone else was somehow connected to farming. By . . . — — Map (db m134233) HM
One of several log structures on North Jefferson Street, this c. 1860 single pen log house was once part of the Willis Graves estate. It is named after James Hogan, who owned it from 1881 to 1912. The house was rehabilitated as a craft shop in 1992. . . . — — Map (db m201101) HM
This brick residence has seen many uses since it
was built, including that of parsonage. It was
built c. 1840 by James M. Runyan (1807-1859),
one of Burlington's mid-nineteenth century
blacksmiths. The structure features a side
passage plan . . . — — Map (db m186269) HM
Interesting details abound in this spacious house originally built c. 1867 for Charles L. and Henrietta Latimer, and updated in the early 20th Century. The Latimers migrated to Missouri before 1870 and the home often changed hands. Edmund Walden . . . — — Map (db m186252) HM
Mary Ingles was a young pioneer wife taken captive in a Shawnee raid in July 1755. Brought by her captors to Big Bone Lick, here in Boone County, she escaped in October 1755. Mary then fought her way through 800 miles of uncharted wilderness along . . . — — Map (db m175111) HM
There has been a courthouse on this site
since 1799 and the present one is the third
built on the site. Designed by the McDonald
Brothers of Louisville, the Renaissance
Revival style building was completed for
about $20,000. The courthouse . . . — — Map (db m133151) HM
Established in 1819, this historic graveyard was Burlington's first community cemetery. It protects the remains of over 250 Boone County residents including County Judges and other leading citizens and businessmen from the last two centuries. Among . . . — — Map (db m175115) HM
In memory of all the slaves in Boone County,
those who helped them, and the slaves’ descendants
who remember & honor them and their legacy.
Dedicated 21 March, 2005 by the Problem Solving Team, a diverse
group of students, grades five . . . — — Map (db m79290) HM
One of only a few
remaining early 19th century towns along the 981-
mile course of the Ohio River. The Rabbit Hash
National Registry encompasses 33 acres of
this linear rural/agricultural/commercial village,
characterized by its eclectic . . . — — Map (db m79231) HM
Built for Elijah Kirtley c.1830, probably by Benjamin Piatt Fowler, this substantial brick I-House served as the Boone House Tavern until 1870. It later became the residence of Fountain Riddell, attorney, state legislator and founder of the Boone . . . — — Map (db m186256) HM
Built c. 1887 by Senator Samuel Walker Tolin (1849-1933), this brick residence retains the finest Folk Victorian detailing in Burlington. Tolin was a well-known attorney and Kentucky State Senator in 1902 who practiced law out of this building for . . . — — Map (db m201103) HM
This house was built c. 1884 for Hayden Polk
Stephens (1844-1932), an up and coming
Burlington lawyer. It is an outstanding example
of a late 19th Century Burlington residence. H.P.
Stephens later became a Judge in Kenton County,
where he died . . . — — Map (db m186267) HM
James and Martha Macomb Dinsmore
moved from La. to raise their three
daughters here. Completed in1842,
the main house served as the center
of a typical large, antebellum Boone
Co. farm. tenants and slaves raised
grains, grapes, sheep, and . . . — — Map (db m79304) HM
Formed by legislative act from a part of Campbell County. Names for Daniel Boone, renowned Kentucky pioneer-explorer.
Big Boone Lick, graveyard of the mammoth, was discovered in 1729 by Capt. M. de Longueil. In 1756, Mary Inglis was brought . . . — — Map (db m61867) HM
First Baptist African American
Church in Florence was founded
in 1870 by the Trustees of the
Colored Baptist Association. The
congregation was active for over
100 years and was essential to
formerly enslaved people & Freedmen
in the area. . . . — — Map (db m180718) HM
Hopeful Evangelical Lutheran
Church was founded on Epiphany
Day. 1806. by German-speaking
families from Madison County, Virginia.
Called “the Mother of Lutheranism
west of the Allegheny Mountains,”
it is the oldest Lutheran church . . . — — Map (db m136081) HM
John Uri Lloyd (1849-1936). Born in NY, came to Boone Co. KY in 1853. Pharmacist, chemist, inventor & electric herbal medicine pioneer. Wrote series of novels based on local folklore including Stringtown on the Pike in 1900. Founded . . . — — Map (db m201104) HM
Union troops, had built forts around Covington to repel expected attack from CSA troops under Gen. Heth. Detachment of 101 CSA troops camped at Snow's Pond attacked here by scouting party of 53 USA cavalrymen Sept. 17, 1862. In the skirmish 1 Union, . . . — — Map (db m133190) HM
1937 Flood at Constance
The Ohio River reached its peak
on Jan. 26 at 79.9 ft. surpassing
the 1884 record. Constance was the
hardest hit town in Boone Co. but
there were no fatalities. Route 8
between Constance & Taylorsport
was almost . . . — — Map (db m133629) HM
American Airlines flight 383, tail
#N1996, was making an approach
in rain when it crashed into this
hillside on November 8, 1965 at
7:01 p.m. The 3-engine Boeing 727
Astrojet was en route from New York
to Cincinnati. 58 people perished
four . . . — — Map (db m133173) HM
TWA flight 128, tail #N821TW, was
making an approach in light snow
when it crashed into an orchard
approximately 1,000 feet north of
here, on November 20. 1967 at 8:57
p.m. The four-engine Convair 880
was en route from Los Angeles . . . — — Map (db m133136) HM
TWA flight 694, tail #N93211, had taken off from the airport when
it was struck by a private DC-3
& fell to the ground approximately
750 feet west of here, on January
12, 1955 at 9:04 a.m. The TWA
Martin 202A was en route to
Cleveland, Ohio . . . — — Map (db m133123) HM
Charles Clinton Fleek (1947-1969). Sergeant Charles Clinton "Chalkie" Fleek was born on August 28, 1947 in Petersburg, KY. He served in the U.S. Army 25th Infantry Division in South Vietnam and is the only medal of Honor recipient from Boone . . . — — Map (db m201099) HM
Lewis Loder (1819-1905). Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Petersburg in 1858 and lived in a c. 1840 house at Tanner & Front Sts. He served as justice of the peace and operated a tavern in his home for many years. Loder was hired as clerk & . . . — — Map (db m133205) HM
First settlement in Boone County. Rev. John Tanner built blockhouse, and town began on 2000 acres he and John Taylor owned. Shawnees captured Tanner’s 9-year-old son here, held him until grown. An ardent Baptist, Tanner preached in Carolinas, . . . — — Map (db m79310) HM
Home site of John Pollard Gaines.
1795-1857. Fought in War of 1812.
In state legislature, 1825-36.
Major in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry and
an aide-de-camp to Gen. Winfield
Scott, in Mexican war. Elected to
Congress, 1847-49, while prisoner
of . . . — — Map (db m133213) HM
Services have been held by this
old church continuously since it
was founded in 1834 by Joseph
Cabell Harrison, first pastor. He
and cousin John Breckinridge in
1824 founded early religious paper
in Ky. A cousin of Pres. William
H. . . . — — Map (db m133216) HM
Discovered in 1739, by the French
Capt. Charles Lemoyne de Longueil
this famous saline- sulphur spring
was frequented for thousands of
years byIndians and vast herds of
buffalo, deer and other animals.
The first English explorers found . . . — — Map (db m79060) HM
Discovered in 1739 by French Capt. Charles Lemoyne de Longueil. Early explorers found countless bones and teeth of extinct Pleistocene elephants, the mammoth and the mastodon. This saline-sulphur spring was popular for salt making until 1812: also a . . . — — Map (db m175117) HM
Big Bone Methodist Church was constructed in 1888
The original congregation, which was organized in 1887
and led by Reverend George Froh, helped in the construction.
As was the custom, a social order lodge shared the expense of . . . — — Map (db m79030) HM
On Nov. 28, 1863, after escaping
from Ohio Penitentiary & taking a
train to Cincinnati, CSA Gen. John
Hunt Morgan & Capt. Thomas Hines
crossed the Ohio River to Ludlow.
Sympathetic Boone County residents,
as well as Big Bone Baptist . . . — — Map (db m136082) HM
Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Big Bone Lick
In Oct. 1803, while traveling down Ohio River to meet Wm. Clark for expedition to Pacific, Meriwether Lewis visited Big Bone Lick. He was to gather fossilized bones for Pres. Thomas Jefferson. In . . . — — Map (db m79062) HM
In celebration & commemoration
of
the 250th anniversary of the daring escape of
Mary Draper Ingles
from her Shawnee captors here at
Big Bone Lick, Kentucky in the fall of 1755
Her direct descendants met here for a family reunion
to . . . — — Map (db m79073) HM
Reputed first white woman in Ky.
Shawnees captured her and two sons
in July 1755 at site Roanoke, Va.
Led to village at mouth of Scioto River,
separated from sons, taken to Big
Bone Lick. compelled to make salt
here; adopted by chief; given . . . — — Map (db m79071) HM
Piatt's Landing
Near here on the north bank of the
Ohio River at mile 510.5 was a
riverboat landing, ferry, and road
to the courthouse at Burlington.
The landing and large brick home
that once stood near, later called
Winnfield . . . — — Map (db m79142) HM
In 1790s Abner Gaines built this Federal-style mansion and became owner of first stage line between Lexington and Cincinnati, 1818. House used as inn and stagecoach stop. It has 3 stairways and 10 carved mantels. Abner’s son, John P. Gaines, was . . . — — Map (db m136083) HM
During 1862 Confederate invasion,
rebel forces under General Basil W
Duke searched for approaches to
Cincinnati. On September 25, 1862,
over 500 attacked a federal camp
here commanded by Brig. Gen. Quincy
A. Gillmore. Many USA . . . — — Map (db m133217) HM
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) company
3541 began here in July 1935 on a former ball
park site owned by John L. Vest. Known as
Camp Bean Ridge to the 200 men stationed
here, it was 1 of 44 CCC camps in Kentucky
In all, more than 89,000 . . . — — Map (db m133269) HM
Dedicated to the Recipients of this Nation’s oldest military decoration
“The Purple Heart”
Combat Wounded Veterans
1782 Military Order of the Purple Heart 1932
My stone is red or the blood they shed the medal I bear is my Country’s way . . . — — Map (db m233319) WM
This memorial honors all Veterans who served our great nation, and to the future men and women who will one day take their place. May they never be forgotten.
2nd Marker
World War I
1917-1918
Casualties
116,516 . . . — — Map (db m233014) WM
