These are soldiers from
Breckinridge County who
died in defense of their country
World War I
George W. Ahl • Johnie Brown • Corbett J. Burch • Walter V. Burnett • Claude E. Cundiff • Earl Curry • Roy Dowell • Henry H. Drane • Joseph Z. . . . — — Map (db m160275) WM
The late 1920's saw a change in the economic health of the town. The railroad shops closed, putting many men out of work during the Depression years. The town's population began to decline after the closing of its last big industry, the tile . . . — — Map (db m286527) HM
Cloverport's early beginnings occurred midway through the westward movement in the Kentucky Territory. The vast resources Kentucky had to offer attracted people before 1729. Interest in the trading potential of the river and thick virgin woods . . . — — Map (db m286542) HM
In 1803 Houston applied to establish a town east of Clover Creek. The court granted the petition and set aside 150 acres of land for the town of Joeville. One of the earliest established businesses in the new town was the trading post, owned and . . . — — Map (db m286540) HM
In the autumn of 1816, the family of Thomas Lincoln pulled in to Joeville, seeking to cross the Ohio River into Indiana. Among the family was young Abe Lincoln. Previously the ferry transported only goods, but was now rebuilt to also carry . . . — — Map (db m286536) HM
In 1830, cannel coal was discovered six miles outside of Cloverport in Hancock County at Bennettsville, later known as Victoria. A clean burning coal that would eventually light the bulbs at Buckingham Palace. Queen Victoria became a stockholder . . . — — Map (db m286532) HM
Cloverport continued to prosper and grow for the rest of the century. The old wooden bridge was replaced by an iron bridge in 1873 and by 1876 the Breckinridge News had begun. Cloverport was the site for the first natural gas well, drilled in . . . — — Map (db m286529) HM
On the night of March 13, 1901, fire broke out in a private home on Main Street, located today about three blocks west of the bridge. Strong northwest winds fanned the flames. When a tobacco warehouse, located where the Baptist Church stands . . . — — Map (db m286528) HM
Dedicated
to all veterans of
Cloverport, Kentucky
to the honor and
glory of those who
bravely served to
keep our country
a land of freedom — — Map (db m160274) WM
Cloverport, an important shipping point beginning in 1798 when Joe Houston came from Va.: built home and started trading and shipping business. Flatboats carried Ky. tobacco, other goods for sale in New Orleans. Boats sold as lumber. Men came back . . . — — Map (db m160276) HM
Coal oil first produced here 1851. Plant built 1857, reputed first of kind in world. Mine known for extensive veins of cannel coal. Coal loaded here, exported to England via New Orleans for gas manufacture. English-owned with Prince of Wales (King . . . — — Map (db m119795) HM
Abraham Lincoln, then a lad of 7, with other members of the Thomas Lincoln family crossed the Ohio River on a log raft ferry near here in 1816. The Lincolns were moving to Indiana. — — Map (db m119796) HM
Four miles south. A fashionable health resort of 1840s which had the unique attraction of a 100-foot cliff from which tar bubbled while from its base flowed eleven springs, each with different type of mineral water. Indians knew and used these . . . — — Map (db m160289) HM
On October 15, 1959. Kentucky experienced the Cold War firsthand. Above Hardinsburg, KY. a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 tanker during a mid-air refueling. The 2 aircraft were flying a training mission with 2 nuclear weapons aboard. These . . . — — Map (db m290226) HM
★ Honor Roll ★
In memory of the Breckinridge County
heroes of the World's War, 1914-1918
George W. Ahl • Johnie Brown • Corbett J. Burch • Walter V. Burnett • Claude E. Cundiff • Earl Curry • Roy Dowell • Henry H. Drane • . . . — — Map (db m160317) WM
For John Breckinridge, 1760-1806. Attorney General of Kentucky, 1793-97. Representative in Kentucky Legislature, 1797-1801. Coauthor with Jefferson of 1798 Kentucky Resolutions, opposing U.S. Alien and Sedition Acts. Appointed Attorney General of . . . — — Map (db m119798) HM
Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side. Dec. 28, 1864, guerrillas set fire to courthouse at . . . — — Map (db m119797) HM
Six miles north are birthplace and grave of Joseph Holt, 1807-1896. He was commissioner of patents, postmaster general, and secretary of war in President Buchanan's administration, 1857-1861. Lincoln named him judge advocate general of the Union . . . — — Map (db m160290) HM
This is birthplace and grave of Joseph Holt, 1807-96. He served as Commissioner of Patents, Postmaster General, and Sec. of War in Pres. Buchanan's Administration. 1857-61.
Lincoln named him Judge Advocate General of the Union army in 1862. Holt . . . — — Map (db m160293) HM
Breckinridge County native Joseph Holt played an important role in keeping Kentucky in the Union during the Civil War. He also prosecuted the Lincoln assassination conspirators.
Born on January 6, 1807, Holt attended Centre College in Danville, . . . — — Map (db m160297) HM
The second-son of a wealthy Breckinridge County family, Joseph Holt inherited 10,000 acres of lush farmland here along the Ohio River. Though he was away for many years, this place was always home.
Influential and Powerful
Joseph Holt . . . — — Map (db m160296) HM
In the autumn of 1816 the family of Abraham Lincoln, then 7 years old, migrating to Indiana, rested and recuperated about three weeks in a cabin that stood near here. Local residents gave them food. Lincoln route in Kentucky started near Hodgenville . . . — — Map (db m162245) HM
Founded in 1810 by Fr. Charles Nerinckx, a Catholic missionary from Belgium. It is the oldest parish remaining at one location in the Diocese of Owensboro. Original 3 acres of land donated by Zachariah Mattingly. First log church built in 1810; . . . — — Map (db m160316) HM
At age of 17, in 1861, Jerome Clarke, called Sue Mundy, joined Confederate Army. He was with Morgan's Raiders from 1862 until Morgan's death in 1864. He then became notorious as a guerrilla. On March 12, 1865 Union soldiers captured him here with . . . — — Map (db m162244) HM
