Rev. Peter Cartwright, 1785-1872. A dedicated itinerant Methodist preacher in Kentucky for 22 years. Saved from "sins of his youth" and “licensed to exhort" during the Great Revival of 1800. Ordained 1808. He was presiding elder for 50 . . . — — Map (db m123332) HM
H. P. Brodnax born 1769 Dinwiddie Co., Va.; admitted to Ky. Bar 1796; law associate c. 1801 of W. P. Duval, who became 1st territorial gov. of Fla; circuit court judge, Logan Co. 1804-30; built house and resided here c. 1830-39; died in 1857 in . . . — — Map (db m165621) HM
Site of station, built 1788, one of several erected in this area. James Dromgoole came from Tenn. with Philip Alston, whose daughter he had married, and settled at Alston's Station, on the Red River, about 1785. After three years he established his . . . — — Map (db m123338) HM
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
Three miles east on Hwy. 663 is the site of this early pioneer church which was organized by "A Society of Presbyterians" before 1789. Rev. James McGready took charge of the congregation in 1797. It was the site of the first known camp meeting in . . . — — Map (db m123339) HM
First frontier church south and west of Green River, organized between 1785 and 1789 in a log building, as
"A Society of Presbyterians"
Here began
The Great Revival of 1800.
World renowned, it reached its height with . . . — — Map (db m182706) HM
This was last home of Capt. John Lewis, born 1747 in Va., son of Col. Fielding Lewis and Catherine Washington, first cousin of George Washington. Col. Lewis and John supplied Va. troops with gunpowder during Rev. War. In 1811, John and daughter Mary . . . — — Map (db m165552) HM
Earliest land grant to property is dated 1798 and signed by James Garrard, 2nd gov. of Ky. Issued to Elizabeth, widow of John McCutchen. Built by 1825, mansion originally had four rooms and wide central hall upstairs and down, with rear wing. Family . . . — — Map (db m123374) HM
Used in war with Mexico–1846. Re-bored and rifled about 1861 to use 3.8 in. James or Hotchkiss shells indicating Civil War use. Mr. Marion Humphries, a local jeweler and businessman, was instrumental in fitting the cannon with a complete new . . . — — Map (db m123967) HM
A Civil War Skirmish
On September 30, 1862, 600 Union troops led by Colonel Benjamin Harrison came here and surprised an element of Confederate Colonel John Hunt Morgan’s cavalry, led by Captain John Baker Dortch. After a sharp skirmish, in . . . — — Map (db m123399) HM
Bethel College
The school began as a Baptist-sponsored high school for boys in 1854 and was chartered as a college in 1856. It closed in 1861 due to the Civil War but reopened two years later. It continued as a four-year college until . . . — — Map (db m123350) HM
James Bowie, Col. of Texas Rangers and co-commander at the Alamo, was native of Logan Co. With 187 others-P. J. Bailey, D. W. Cloud, W. Fountleroy of Logan Co. among them-he chose death rather than surrender. "Remember the Alamo" was battle cry of . . . — — Map (db m123373) HM
Site of the seat of justice for all Western Ky., 1793-1798. Logan Co. citizens erected two-story, four-room house of cedar logs, 1792, for first Logan Co. sheriff, Wesley Maulding. First court was held here, 1793. Also used as inn and tavern where . . . — — Map (db m123410) HM
Civil Rights Activist Author
In 1948, Alice Dunnigan was first black reporter on campaign trail with a president--Truman. Under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, she was member of President's Committee on Equal Opportunity. Author of: A . . . — — Map (db m123369) HM
Here November 20, 1861, Confederate leaders from 64 Kentucky counties seceded from the Union. The state was admitted as the 13th into the Confederate States of America Dec. 10, 1861. — — Map (db m123371) HM
For Gen. Benjamin Logan (1743-1802), pioneer and Indian fighter who called the Danville Assembly, 1784, leading to ten conventions preceding Kentucky's separation from Virginia, 1792. Logan served as a delegate in all ten, later in the legislature. . . . — — Map (db m123395) HM
Home of Gov. John Breathitt, born 1787, Va. Came here, 1800. Lawyer, Legislator. Elected Lieut. Gov., 1828, and Governor, 1832. He was advocate of need for preserving Kentucky's valuable documents. He wrote: "There is a laudable solicitude to know . . . — — Map (db m123361) HM
John J. Crittenden, 1787-1863, lived here, 1811-18. War of 1812, State Legislator, 15th Kentucky Governor. U.S. Atty. Gen. under three Presidents. Five times U.S. Senator. Noted for Crittenden Compromise, 1860, futile effort to avert Civil War and . . . — — Map (db m36113) HM
Seven residents of Logan County became governors in four states:
KY. John Breathitt 1832-34
James T. Morehead 1834-36
John J. Crittenden 1848-50
Charles S. Morehead 1855-59
FLA. Richard Call 1836-39, 41-44
ILL. . . . — — Map (db m123397) HM
Born Eng., 1756, came America, 1767. Became Methodist preacher at age 20, riding the circuits in Md., Va., Ky. Came to Louisville from Leesburg, Va., 1818. Moved Warren Co., Ky., and then 7 miles south of Russellville in 1822. Died in 1836 after 60 . . . — — Map (db m123367) HM
Burial place of John Littlejohn, esteemed Methodist preacher. He came to Russellville in 1822 and conducted camp meetings, services, & ministered throughout Logan Co. While he was a sheriff in Virginia, during the War of 1812, he was entrusted by . . . — — Map (db m123402) HM
Kenneth Ray Barrett graduated from Butler High School in 1950 as a star athlete. He served in the Navy for four years and then attended Western Kentucky University on a football and baseball scholarship from 1954-1958, graduating with a Masters in . . . — — Map (db m165518) HM
Lewis and Clark in Kentucky
William Clark's 1809 Visit
William Clark, coleader of the famous Lewis & Clark Expedition, visited Russellville with his family October 3-7, 1809, while traveling to Louisville and farther east. Benjamin & . . . — — Map (db m123376) HM
This building replaced an old jail three blocks east which burned. To finance construction of new jail, a property tax was passed, 1869. By December 1874, jail operated on this site. Jail restored, 1979-1980. County records stored here by order of . . . — — Map (db m123396) HM
Lt. Presley N. O'Bannon, USMC, the first American to raise our flag on foreign soil, April 27, 1805. Barbary coast pirates who were holding 180 American seamen for ransom were overcome in an attack led by O'Bannon. He came to Logan County in 1807. . . . — — Map (db m36114) HM
Part of building erected about 1810 by Wm. Harrison, used as a residence by him and later by the Nortons. In 1857 front part built for Southern Bank of Ky. Building owned by Judge Hardy family sixty yrs. (1966). Mar. 20, 1868, it was scene of holdup . . . — — Map (db m123354) HM
U.S. 79 begins in Russellville and runs 865 miles to Austin, TX. It was approved in 1837 by the Kentucky legislature & was needed for commerce and trade between Kentucky, Tennessee, and later Texas. U.S. 79 played a key role in early development of . . . — — Map (db m180160) HM
Pioneer Methodist preacher who settled on Muddy River in 1806 where Camp Meeting was held, 1800. A teacher, orator and organizer of churches, he attended Cokesbury College in Md. and began ministry, 1788. Presiding Elder of Cumberland Dist., 1798. . . . . — — Map (db m165537) HM
Abigail, wife of General Daniel Morgan, died in 1816 and was buried in family cemetery ½ mi. south. Her husband, one of Washington's chief strategists during the Amer. Revolution, campaigned from Boston and Quebec, 1775, to the Carolinas, 1781. . . . — — Map (db m123411) HM
Rhea Stadium was named for Thomas S. Rhea, a local & state political figure. It was a project of the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program started under Franklin D. Roosevelt. The first game was played on Nov. 23, 1939. Dedication of the . . . — — Map (db m165513) HM
Here on Nov. 18-20, 1861, delegates from 68 counties of Kentucky in convention, by the ancient right of self determination and revolution, set up a newly constituted State of Kentucky. Henry C. Burnett, Trigg, was President of the Convention. . . . — — Map (db m124170) HM
In Honor of
Thomas S. Rhea
While yet he lives, we the people of his home county, dedicate this memorial to the first citizen of Logan County, in appreciation of his service to the people, and as an expression of the honor, esteem and love . . . — — Map (db m175018) HM
This highway, designated by The Fiscal Courts of Logan, Simpson, Allen, Monroe and Cumberland Counties, as Tom Rhea Highway in appreciate of his road program in these counties. — — Map (db m182707) HM
Bibb, a Revolutionary War soldier was born in Va., 1752. He came to Lexington, Kentucky in 1798; moved to Logan Co. the next year where he built Bibb's Chapel. Later erected this house for his wife. Maj. Bibb freed 29 of his slaves in 1829 and sent . . . — — Map (db m123348) HM
Church became known as a temple after a news story praised its windows during 1917 renovation. Its first pipe organ was provided by matching funds from Andrew Carnegie. Here, on Christians Heritage Day 1965, Logan Countians honored the memory of . . . — — Map (db m123353) HM
One of three churches of Rev. James McGready, a Presbyterian minister, in Logan County-Gasper River, Muddy River, and Red River-around which the great frontier revival of 1797 to 1805 began. — — Map (db m123375) HM
Organized 1807, as Gasper Society of United Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. Building program started and trade established in textiles, seeds, mill products, and purebred cattle. Peak membership 350; acreage 6,000. Most prosperous period . . . — — Map (db m123415) HM
The cemetery was established soon after
South Union was founded in 1807.
Encompassing six acres of land, the tract
eventually held the graves of nearly five
hundred Shakers who died between
1810 and 1921.
After the village closed in . . . — — Map (db m199270) HM
Built 1869, nine years after the completion of the Louisville and Nashville railroad thru South Union land. Members approved tax to build line thru here, furnished material and constructed depot. Visitors increased and trustees built the hotel, . . . — — Map (db m123413) HM
This structure is a former
jail erected in Belle Center
in 1880. It is thought to have
been last used May 25, 1933
then retired by the City
Fathers. It was restored by
the Richland Township
Trustees in March 2005 and
relocated to . . . — — Map (db m83029) HM
Stone #1
In Memory of All Veterans
(American Legion logo)
Stone #2
(flag logo)
Belle Center and Richland
Township
Killed in Action
World War I
Ray Schafer •
Willard E. Stout
World War II
Emery . . . — — Map (db m217847) WM
In memory of
Lewis Eugene Hughes II
LCPL H+S Co 5th Marine 1st Marine Division
killed in action Republic of Viet Nam
June 13, 1970 — — Map (db m83089) WM
In tribute to:
Village Marshall Murray Griffin
whose life was taken during the late
evening hours of July 5, 1986, while
performing his sworn duty of protecting
those in his community.
presented by:
the Law Enforcement Officers of . . . — — Map (db m83064) HM
Belle Center was platted April 1846 by D. Colvin R. Hemphill & R. Mitchell. Plentiful wood & water made this site an important stop on the Lake Erie & Mad River Railroad - first railroad in Ohio. Legend has it that many pretty girls lived in the . . . — — Map (db m245479) HM
In 1891 Bartholomew convinced the City of Bellefontaine to Allow him to pave an 8' wide section along the Main Street across from the Court House with the promise that it would hold up to horse and buggy traffic. The city approved when Bartholomew . . . — — Map (db m199664) HM
Bartholomew founded the Buckeye Portland Cement Co. in 1887 at Marl City south of Rushsylvania because of the native marl pits in the area. Marl is a mixture of clay, sand, limestone, and shells. — — Map (db m199666) HM
Bartholomew utilized a small laboratory in the rear of his childhood friend George Kalteyer's drug store at 124 South Main Street (opposite Court Ave.) where he developed his formula for durable paving concrete. — — Map (db m199667) HM
Initially Bartholomew's concrete could withstand 5,400 lbs./sq. in. and originally cost $2.15 per sq. yd. It was later found to have large amounts of air entrained within the concrete which made it more durable. — — Map (db m199660) HM
Bartholomew's concrete pavement worked so well that in 1893 the City contracted to have the streets surrounding the Courthouse Square paved with concrete. Bartholomew donated the concrete for the paving, Today only Count Avenue remains. — — Map (db m199663) HM
(plaque #1)
In recognition of
Lawrence E. Rausenberger
pioneer designer and builder
of aircraft engines
first flight off this
field Aug. 1, 1912
(plaque #2)
Pylon dedicated by
Bellefontaine Air Squadron
No. 2 August 1, 1948
on . . . — — Map (db m76555) HM
Donated by
Bellefontaine Elks #132
So Long as there are Veterans,
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Will Never Forget Them — — Map (db m199487) WM
This memorial is dedicated in honor of all Bellefontaine High School students, and residents of Logan County, who have fought to defend and serve our great Country in time of war.
We especially recognize those listed who made the ultimate . . . — — Map (db m173161) WM
Campbell Hill is named for Charles D. Campbell of Bellefontaine, who owned this land from 1896 to 1937. A marble stone marker atop the hill, set in 1900 by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, marks it as the highest point in Ohio at an elevation of . . . — — Map (db m61994) HM
Clarence L. Knowlton and Vertura Mae Knowlton
came to Bellefontaine in 1917 when Clarence L. Knowlton had contracted to build the first phase of the Mary Rutan Hospital. During this time Clarence and
Vertura Knowlton liked the people of . . . — — Map (db m82407) HM
United States of America
Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
State of Ohio Logan County
Civil War
Brown, Wilson W. 2nd Lt Georgia 1862
Seaman, Elisha B. Private Virginia 1863
Smith, Otis W. Corporal Tennessee 1864
Indian . . . — — Map (db m22068) WM
In honor of
Dr. Earl S. Sloan
1848 - 1923
Earl Sloan was born in Zanesfield, Ohio, where he was trained as a harness maker. That early skill proved to be the springboard for other accomplishments, and he eventually came to be the . . . — — Map (db m204165) HM
Representative of the patriotic spirit of the homefront during World War II, the Big Four Route Veterans Association Women's Auxiliary No. 3 operated a free canteen service for troops in a small white building on the platform of the New York Central . . . — — Map (db m43906) HM
Distinguished citizen, legislator, public servant, and historian born in Bellefontaine, January 23, 1840. A Civil War hero, he was promoted to brigadier general at only 25 years of age. Admitted to the bar in 1866, he practiced in Bellefontaine . . . — — Map (db m75545) HM
The paving of concrete streets in Bellefontaine, Ohio during the 1890's resulted principally from one man's efforts, George Bartholomew.
This statue was presented to the citizens of Logan County by the Concrete industries of Ohio and the United . . . — — Map (db m156663) HM
George W. Bartholomew perfected and patented a new process for making concrete that withstood the wear and tear of horse and carriages, and later automobiles, yet it was relatively cheap to produce. — — Map (db m199668) HM
Initially a grid indentation pattern was used to provide traction for horses when it rained or snowed and can be seen here along the north curb. Later indentation's spaced at 2" intervals were drilled into the top of the concrete slabs. — — Map (db m199661) HM
Gunn's Tavern. 500 yards west →. About 1797, John Gunn, a land agent from Canada, came to the head of McKee's Creek to start a town. His two story log house, licensed as a tavern in 1805, became the county's first hotel. . . . — — Map (db m178532) HM
The building was erected in 1912 to house the new H.M. Annat Dry Goods which for many years was doing business in the Opera Block. The second floor of the store was used by the Deisel Wemmer Company for a branch cigar factory. The company became to . . . — — Map (db m217848) HM
Harmon Field
this playfield was made ours
through the assistance of the
Harmon Foundation
1923
dedicated forever to the plays
of children, the development of
youth, and the recreation of all
“The gift of land is the gift . . . — — Map (db m80989) HM
Hull's
Army In 1812
encamped on this land
owned by
Col. James McPherson
a Revolutionary Soldier
who lies buried in the
adjoining cemetery — — Map (db m58638) HM
Bartholomew was awarded first prize for engineering technology at the International Exposition of 1893 in Chicago for his paying materials. The street was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and designated a National Historic . . . — — Map (db m199658) HM
