On Preston Highway (Kentucky Route 61) at Chapeze Lane (County Route 3219), on the right when traveling north on Preston Highway.
John Hunt Morgan's command of some 2,500 men left Bardstown and moved west. The raid, to this point, simply had not gone as planned. Morgan had fought two pitched battles at Green River Bridge and at Lebanon and had been held up for hours by Union . . . — — Map (db m122941) HM
On Preston Highway (Kentucky Route 61) at Beech Grove Road (County Route 1494), on the left when traveling north on Preston Highway.
Stood one mile west. It was a stone stack 33 ft. high with a maximum inner diameter of 10 ft. Its fuel was charcoal, and its air blast machinery was driven by a steam engine, blowing preheated air through the stack. Built in 1832, perhaps by John H. . . . — — Map (db m122030) HM
On Preston Highway (Kentucky Route 61) at Belmont Road (Kentucky Route 251), on the left when traveling north on Preston Highway.
By early December 1862 stockades had been constructed along the L&N at Shepherdsville, Bardstown Junction, Belmont and Cain Run, just north of Lebanon Junction. These wooden fortifications were designed to protect against an attack by cavalry or . . . — — Map (db m122943) HM
Welcome to the Baker Beam Home, named after Jim Beam's great-nephew, Baker, who lived & worked here as the Clermont plant distiller.
Built in 1911, the Beam family has called this house "home" since 1934 - the year Jim Beam's son T. Jeremiah . . . — — Map (db m237767) HM
On Happy Hollow Road, on the right when traveling west.
The legendary sixth generation master distiller, seen here with his faithful dog and pal, Dot.
Spent more than 50 years overseeing the production of his family's whiskies.
In 1988 Booker introduced his private stock small batch whiskey, . . . — — Map (db m237869) HM
On Jim Beam Way just north of Happy Hollow Road, on the right when traveling north.
James Beauregard "Jim" Beam was the fourth generation bourbon distiller and most recognized member of the dynastic Beam family. Utilizing the Beam signature mash bill and knowledge passed down through generations of Beams since they began distilling . . . — — Map (db m237873) HM
Near Clermont Road (Kentucky Route 245) 0.1 miles west of Lotus Road (Kentucky Route 1604), on the left when traveling west.
Decades-old graveyard discovered near here. Graves, with unmarked headstones, believed to be those of itinerant railroad workers struck down by cholera epidemic during the construction of the Bardstown-Springfield-Louisville Railroad around 1854, or . . . — — Map (db m171587) HM
On Pioneer Drive, 1 mile south of East Pioneer Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Belmont Furnace
Stone stack 500 yds. east, 33 ft. high originally, 10 ft. across inside. Built in 1844, perhaps by John H. Baker, rebuilt in 1853, it burned charcoal fuel, smelted iron ore from Cane Run. The air blast machinery was powered . . . — — Map (db m174393) HM
On Main Street (Kentucky Route 434) west of South Poplar Street, on the left when traveling west.
The American Civil War was the first conflict to utilize railroads for the movement of troops and supplies. Consequently, protecting the railroads was an important aspect of military strategy on both sides. In Kentucky this task fell to the Union . . . — — Map (db m122944) HM
On Main Street (Kentucky Route 434) west of South Poplar Street, on the left when traveling west.
USA Gen. William T. Sherman with 4,000 troops made headquarters here, late September, 1861. Object to secure Muldraugh's Hill against anticipated onrush of Confederates toward Louisville and to rally Kentuckians to Union cause. CSA Gen. Simon B. . . . — — Map (db m122002) HM
On North Bardstown Road near Flatlick Road, on the right when traveling west.
Along the early turnpikes the law required mile posts. Some were cut from stone and some cast in iron. They showed the distance to each end of the turnpike. Typical of the stone markers are 14 along the east side of the present highway, at their . . . — — Map (db m204267) HM
On Preston Highway (Kentucky Route 61) at Old Preston Highway South (Kentucky Route 480c), on the left when traveling north on Preston Highway. Reported unreadable.
The Union army began protecting the L&N Railroad from the beginning of the war. Once Nashville was taken the railroad became a vital supply line for Federal troops in Tennessee. It was equally important for the Confederacy to disrupt that line of . . . — — Map (db m171603) HM
On South Buckman Street (Kentucky Route 61), on the right when traveling north.
An explorer and surveyor, he was born in Pennsylvania on March 21, 1757. He came to Kentucky ca. 1781 to survey land for his father. Named a justice of the peace in 1793, he founded Shepherdsville on 50 acres on the north side of the Salt River that . . . — — Map (db m122012) HM
On South Buckman Street (Kentucky Route 61) at East 4th Street (Kentucky Route 44), on the right when traveling north on South Buckman Street.
Side A A pioneer of the contemporary crafts movement, Lesch was an internationally exhibited textile teacher and artist, noted for work with fabric and found objects. Wrote influential book, Vegetable Dyeing, in 1970. Named Master Craftsman . . . — — Map (db m122017) HM
On East 4th Street (Kentucky Route 44) 0.1 miles County Road 1124, on the right when traveling east.
An early station on the Wilderness Road between the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville) and
Harrodsburg, Brashear's Station was a haven for pioneer hunters and travelers. It was built at mouth of Floyd's Fork near bank of Salt River, 1779. Founded by . . . — — Map (db m174444) HM
On West Hebron Lane, 0.1 miles south of John Harper Highway (Kentucky Route 1526), on the left when traveling south.
Brooks' Spring
The spring here, first called Stewart's or Phillips' and then Brooks' Spring, was a well-known camping place in the early 1780s on the main route from the Falls of the Ohio & Beargrass Creek to Bullitt's Lick and Harrodsburg. . . . — — Map (db m174479) HM
On South Buckman Street (Kentucky Route 61), on the right when traveling north.
In Memoriam
To all those from Bullitt County who have made the supreme sacrifice and given their lives while serving their country in the defense of the liberty, justice and freedoms of us all.
Since the independence of our beloved nation . . . — — Map (db m122016) WM
On Kentucky 44 West at Raymond Road, on the right when traveling west on Kentucky 44 West.
Located by Captain Thomas Bullitt, 1773. Site of early commercial production of salt in Kentucky. This lick provided salt for Kentucky settlements and the Illinois country. — — Map (db m174439) HM
On South Buckman Street (Kentucky Route 61), on the right when traveling north.
For Alexander Scott Bullitt, a leader in the political formation of Kentucky. Member conventions, 1788, seeking statehood and, 1792, drafting first Ky. Constitution. President Ky. Senate, 1792-99, and second constitutional convention, 1799. Elected . . . — — Map (db m122013) HM
On Preston Highway (Kentucky Route 61) at Old Preston Highway South (Kentucky Route 480c), on the left when traveling north on Preston Highway.
Destroyed 3 times by CSA. Partially razed on Sept. 7, 1862, by troops under Col. John Hutcheson. During the occupation of Shepherdsville, Sept. 28 Braxton Bragg's troops again destroyed it, but new bridge was up by Oct. 11. After Battle of . . . — — Map (db m136632) HM
On Preston Hwy (State Highway 61) at Old Preston Highway South (County Route 2237), on the right when traveling south on Preston Hwy.
July 2, 1863, CSA Gen. J.H. Morgan began raid to prevent USA move to Tenn. and Va. Repulsed at Green River, July 4. Defeated USA force at Lebanon, July 5. Moved through Bardstown, July 6. After night march, crossed here July 7. Rested troops few . . . — — Map (db m71984) HM
The Shepherdsville Pioneer Graveyard (the word "cemetery” was not commonly used until sometime later) was established circa 1799 and abandoned in 1909 following a flood. The Hebron Cemetery was opened in northern Bullitt County in the 1890s, . . . — — Map (db m174404) HM
On Walnut Street at East Joe B. Hall Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Walnut Street.
Look at the railroad tracks before you.
On December 20, 1917, these tracks witnessed a terrible tragedy that killed or injured nearly a hundred people, changing the lives of their families and communities forever.
The local train, known as the . . . — — Map (db m174394) HM
