108 entries match your criteria. Entries 101 through 108 are listed.
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Richmond is the county seat for Madison County
101 ► Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond — The Skirmishers — The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky — |
On Battlefield Memorial Highway (U.S. 421) 0.4 miles south of General Nelson Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
18th Century Tactics Movies, paintings and drawing of battles often show Civil War battles being fought by two lines of men standing shoulder to shoulder, firing their weapons at close range. These tactics were developed during the Napoleonic . . . — — Map (db m210643) HM |
102 ► Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond — The Union Trail — |
Near Battlefield Memorial Highway at Hayes Fork Lane, on the left when traveling north. |
The Union Trail interprets Phase I of the Battle of Richmond from the Union perspective. Pleasant View and this property were between the lines - Union troops and artillery were one-half mile north, near Mt. Zion church. Confederate troops and . . . — — Map (db m128811) HM |
103 ► Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond — 77 — Twitty's or Little Fort — Three Quarter Mile West — |
On Berea Road (U.S. 25/421) at Pace Ramsey Road, on the left when traveling south on Berea Road. |
Site of the first fort in Kentucky. Built March 1775 by Daniel Boone and party. Named for William Twitty killed by Indians and buried by his slave Sam, near the fort. — — Map (db m30990) HM |
104 ► Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond — Union Artillery — |
Near Battlefield Memorial Highway (U.S. 421) at Hays Fork Lane, on the right when traveling south. |
"Shells burst with great force about us and their solid shot shrieked close to our heads with fearful accuracy." Sam Thompson, Douglas' Texas BatteryThe Battle of Richmond began on a hot and hazy August . . . — — Map (db m86277) HM |
105 ► Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond — 2185 — White Hall — |
Near White Hall Shrine Road (Kentucky Route 3055) 0.4 miles south of Fox Town Road. |
In 1799, Gen. Green Clay completed Georgian-style home, Clermont, which was converted in the 1860s to an Italianate-style structure and renamed White Hall by his son Cassius M. Clay. While he served as U.S. minister to Russia, Cassius' wife, Mary . . . — — Map (db m202729) HM |
106 ► Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond — White Hall State Historic Site — |
Near White Hall Shrine Road (Kentucky Route 3055) 0.4 miles south of Fox Town Road. |
[Side A} Cassius Clay Cassius Marcellus Clay was a man with determination to change the world, and not by taking the easy road. Born October 19, 1810, Cassius M. Clay was a public figure, politician, newspaper editor, and . . . — — Map (db m202766) HM |
107 ► Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond — 1979 — White Oak Pond Church — |
On Barnes Mill Road west of Goggins Lane (a.k.a.: Willis Branch Road), on the right when traveling west. |
Original log church built here by 1790 became worship and community center for settlement of Milford, first county seat. Named for early minister J. R. Pond, church joined Tates Creek Baptist Assoc. in 1802. In the Civil War, J. R. Pond's nephew, . . . — — Map (db m67799) HM |
108 ► Kentucky, Madison County, Valley View — Valley View Ferry — |
On Tates Creek Road (KY 169). |
The Valley View Ferry has been operating since 1785 making it the oldest continuously operating business in Kentucky and perhaps the oldest ferry in America. Valley View Ferry was chartered near the community of Valley View, a thriving river town . . . — — Map (db m92819) HM |
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