General John Hunt Morgan, his second in command Col. Basil Duke, and other senior officers were adjourning a meeting at the Hamilton Hall House near Lebanon Junction when their command of 4,000 was surprised by an attack made by 3,000 Union troops . . . — — Map (db m121972) HM
In Honor of Our Veterans. An eight year old Reagan innocently asked, "Where is the American Flag?" While a four year old James saluted.
This marker is for all of those who served in the Armed Forces from the grateful citizens of Kentucky. — — Map (db m255995) WM
In 1783 the first notable attempt to raise awareness of the anti-slavery movement in Kentucky was organized by a Presbyterian minister named David Rice. In 1833, Kentucky passed a law that prohibited the importation of slaves, however, due to the . . . — — Map (db m286365) HM
This 24th bishop of A. M. E. Zion Church was born in Bardstown and educated under church auspices. Local A.M.E. Zion Church sponsored him for ministry. Licensed to preach, 1877; elected bishop, 1892. Served as president of National Afro-American . . . — — Map (db m171594) HM
An Early Turnpike. The Bardstown Louisville Turnpike Company, chartered by the Kentucky Legislature in 1831, was capitalized at $130,000, increased to $200,000. Shares owned half by individuals, half by state. Turnpike completed July 1, 1838, . . . — — Map (db m72337) HM
Austin Hubbard owned this house until his death in 1823. He left the house to his reputed daughter Narcissa, enslaved by Dr. William Elliott. Hubbard wanted her to inherit his estate, but knew that she needed to be emancipated first. Her freedom was . . . — — Map (db m205027) HM
Side A Bardstown area was explored in mid-1770s. William Bard came here in 1780 as agent for his brother David, and John C. Owings and laid off the town. Settlement was first called Salem. A land grant of 1000 acres was issued by the . . . — — Map (db m74262) HM
Developed by Samuel Beall, son of Walter Beall, who made the first lot & street addition to Bardstown's original plan by 1845. Lots 65 & 66 south along Third St. held a solid half-block of brick storehouses stretching to Raspberry Alley. This corner . . . — — Map (db m267892) HM
Well-known representative and state senator Ben Johnson (1858-1950) was born and lived most of his life here. This native son was a member of Congress for 20 consecutive years and served on Ky. Highway Commission under 4 administrations. The house . . . — — Map (db m171391) HM
A priest for 62 years, the "First Bishop of the West" became Bishop of Bardstown, 1810; of Louisville, 1841. Jurisdiction embraced area of Ky., Tenn., and old Northwest Territory. Flaget directed founding of colleges, congregations, and St. Joseph's . . . — — Map (db m74281) HM
Began 1819, when Bishop Flaget asked the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth to open elementary school in Bardstown area. Sisters Harriet Gardiner, Polly Beaven, and Nancy Lynch started school which Father David named Bethlehem. Served as elementary and . . . — — Map (db m171372) HM
Named by Lexington Rifles, under John Hunt Morgan, who camped here, Sept. 1861. Friendly people took no pay for food. With additional recruits, horses and supplies they joined Confederates at Green River Sept. 30. The Rifles were mustered in as . . . — — Map (db m25145) HM
(Side A) One mile south, site of The First Cedar Creek Baptist Church, second Baptist church consituted in Ky., July 5, 1781, fifth anniversary of Declaration of Independence. Pioneer settlers of nearby Rogers Station, 1780, Col. James . . . — — Map (db m30945) HM
Water collected by the mansion's gutter system was piped into this large underground brick holding tank, known as a cistern. The collected water was used for daily purposes including drinking, washing clothing, and watering nearby vegetable . . . — — Map (db m286088) HM
(obverse)
On October 4, 1862, Terry’s Texas Rangers, CSA, under the command of Col. John Wharton, were posted north of Bardstown at Fairgrounds crossroads on the Louisville Pike, to intercept units of Buell’s Union Army of the Ohio, . . . — — Map (db m72338) HM
Confederates Here
On CSA Invasion, Bragg's army of 28,000 camped here, Sept. 20 to Oct. 3, 1862. Moved to Harrodsburg, then met Buell's Union army in Battle of Perryville, Oct. 8.
CSA Gen. John H. Morgan, on raid, camped here, Dec. . . . — — Map (db m74301) HM
For Thomas Nelson, 1738 - 89. Member Va. House of Burgesses. In the first Provincial Convention, 1774; Continental Congress, 1775 - 77 and 1779. Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Commander of Va. Militia, 1777 - 81. Governor of Va., 1781. . . . — — Map (db m74282) HM
Crume Drug Store has been in operation
as a dispenser of drugs for over 150 years, located in this quarter of a block. Its owner for the first 53 years was David S. Wood. He was joined in 1900 by its second owner, J. Robert Crume, who ran the store . . . — — Map (db m283298) HM
Explore the remarkable life of Daniel
Arthur Rudd, a pioneering entrepreneur, author, and advocate.
Born into slavery in 1854 in Bardstown, KY, he established the Ohio Tribune, the inaugural newspaper dedicated to the Black
Community. Despite . . . — — Map (db m283304) HM
Daniel Rudd was a lay leader within the Catholic Church during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He used his experience and influence to usher in black consciousness among Catholics in the United States and to advocate for the . . . — — Map (db m223308) HM
Right wing built, 1815, main part, 1819, by Ben Hardin, noted lawyer, statesman, member Kentucky Legislature and U.S. Congress. Hardin born in Penn., 1784; his daughter married John L. Helm, twice Ky. Governor and President L&N R.R. Their son . . . — — Map (db m171368) HM
Inspiration for the state song of Kentucky by Stephen Collins Foster in 1853. Judge John Rowan, cousin, owned and had built back wing in 1795 and the front in 1818. Federal Hill became renowned as a center of legal, political and social activity. . . . — — Map (db m100770) HM
Three miles north is site of first
church in area, erected ca. 1792
under Joseph Ferguson's leadership.
He led Methodist movement after
settling in Nelson Co. Church was
nucleus around which Salt River
circuit was formed. Original . . . — — Map (db m162507) HM
Froman’s Road and Station
One mile to the northwest, Paul Froman, grandson of pioneer Joist Hite, cut his wagon road in 1781 from the Salt River stations near Bullitt’s Lick to his new station (1782) on the east side of Froman’s Creek. . . . — — Map (db m72335) HM
After a fresco in the Capitol at Washington which depicts John Fitch at work on the model of his first steamboat to effect a successful voyage
Beneath this monument are interred the mortal remains of John Fitch, Soldier and Inventor, . . . — — Map (db m158418) HM
Near here is site of Kincheloe's Station. Named for Capt. William Kincheloe, one of the leaders who established station in early 1780s. Later called Polke's Station for Chas. Polke, who claimed the land. Indians made a surprise attack in Sept., . . . — — Map (db m122024) HM
Bardstown was founded in 1780 with 33 lots offered to start. Ms. Lydia Patrick was the first known resident by 1784, on lot 50 at the north end near Blackberry Alley. In the loss of her Husband to the Indians on the exodus trip to Kentucky, she . . . — — Map (db m255862) HM
Lt. General (USA-ret) Harold G. (Hal) Moore Jr.
Born on 2-13-1922 and raised in Bardstown Kentucky
Graduated from West Point 1945
Served in the Korean War as a Company Commander and Regimental S3 (7th Div.)
Fought in the following . . . — — Map (db m255864) HM
Mack Brown, a talented artisan, excelled in boot and shoe making. Born into slavery in 1820 with a clubfoot, he used his difference as motivation and became an artisan. Mack married and enjoyed a respectful life until peacefully passing at 103. . . . — — Map (db m286369) HM
This remarkable commercial building was built for the brothers Samuel & Hector McLean, patterned on circa 1800 examples found in Philadelphia & Baltimore. Each ground floor room could serve a separate purpose, with the southwest room designed for . . . — — Map (db m74287) HM
Dedicated July 4, 1923
State Commissioners
Gov. Edwin P. Morrow • Harry Giovanoli • A. T. Hert • Mrs. Clement French • Arch. H. Pullmam • Marvin H. Lewis • Young E. Allison • Mrs. A. T. Hert • Robt. W. Bingham • Mrs. S. Tescaton Ballard • C. Lee . . . — — Map (db m4770) HM
Mother House of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth since 1822. The first establishment was made in 1812 at St. Thomas Plantation five miles southwest of Bardstown. The site of Nazareth Academy, now Nazareth College of Kentucky, founded 1814, . . . — — Map (db m72336) HM
World War II Guy Baldwin • Miles Ballard • Leroy Barnett • Lucien Beam • Joseph Boone • Thomas Bowling • Billy S. Bowman • Emmett Brown • Guy Brown • Samuel Hays Brown • Mike Burge • Henry Cecil • James Cheshire • John Clark • Joseph Clark . . . — — Map (db m214814) WM
Russell Cahoe • Chester Stewart • Charles Boblitt • Joseph L. Nally • James A. Clayton • WM T. Rapier • George B. Allen Korean War Raymond Cecil • Lewis P. Howard • Kenneth A. McAllister • Charles L. Newton • Clarence H. . . . — — Map (db m215311) WM
Dedicated to the Memory of Those who Offered their Lives in the Service of our Country during W.W. I - W.W. II - Korean and These During the Vietnam Conflict.
SP4 Raymond S. Ford Feb. 20, 1966 •
CPL William Russell Taylor Aug. 28, 1966 •
PVT . . . — — Map (db m74347) WM
This log school house (circa 1840) was located 1 mile from Cox's Station which was the first fort built in Nelson County. The 1882 Precinct Map shows the original location of school in the midst of agricultural fields, not in town. The location . . . — — Map (db m242481) HM
Replica of the first steamboat
built by Lt. John Fitch in 1786.
One twenty-fifth the size of the
original boat.
Product of the John Fitch Chapter D.A.R.
— — Map (db m283302) HM
Site of station located on 1,000-acre tract "marked and improved" in 1775 by Col. James Rogers. Born Va., 1742; died Ky., 1828. Fought in Dunmore's War, 1774, and Revolutionary War. Appointed Colonel of Nelson Co., Ky. Militia and a Justice of the . . . — — Map (db m30984) HM
Site in valley to east, one of most famous duels in Kentucky because of prominent men involved. John Rowan, later jurist, and US Senator. His second, George M. Bibb, Kentucky Chief Justice, US Senator, Secretary of Treasury. Dr. James Chambers was . . . — — Map (db m122026) HM
Saint Joseph Cathedral. Planned by Bishop Flaget and designed by John Rogers, the cathedral was dedicated Aug. 8, 1819. It is constructed of locally
quarried stone, hand-made bricks, and pillars hewn from nearby trees. Catholics and . . . — — Map (db m171359) HM
The cradle of the Catholic Church in Ky., 1/2 mile east. In 1811, became residence of Bishop Flaget and Father David, when pioneering Saint Joseph's Cathedral, Saint Joseph's College and the old Bethlehem Academy in Bardstown. First home, 1812, of . . . — — Map (db m122027) HM
Bardstown's first school, 1788, formed by Va. act. James Priestley, the noted educator, in charge. One class of Kentuckians later noted in life consisted of John Rowan, Judge and US Senator; Joe Daveiss, lawyer and hero in Battle of Tippecanoe; John . . . — — Map (db m325) HM
In 1830, slaves working at Federal Hill tended to the daily maintenance and cleaning of the mansion, in addition to assisting, serving, sewing, and cooking for the Rowan family and the enslaved population. Slaves could expect to preform duties . . . — — Map (db m286266) HM
In 1833, a cholera epidemic sweeping the region struck Federal Hill. During a celebration of John Rowan Sr.'s son William Rowan, water contaminated with cholera was served to the Rowans and to slaves resulting in the deaths of many slaves and 8 . . . — — Map (db m286264) HM
Born in Ireland, 1776, Samuel Smiley became a major Bardstown merchant, building this brick storehouse before
1815. He supplied the carpet in 1819, as a donation for Bishop Flaget's new St. Joseph Cathedral. Part of Beall's
row of brick stores, it . . . — — Map (db m255860) HM
W. T. Spalding established this dry goods retail store before the civil war. It is still operated by the same family and remains one of the oldest commercial
clothing stores of this type in all of Kentucky.
Under T. A. Spalding the business . . . — — Map (db m255298) HM
Erected 1826 and later named for Bishop M. J. Spalding. Until 1889, it was part of St. Joseph College, founded by Bishop B. J. Flaget. Jesuits took charge of celebrated college, 1848-68. During Civil War, St. Joseph was a military hospital. Spalding . . . — — Map (db m171419) HM
In Oct., 1788, he built boat which carried passengers on 20-mile trip from Philadelphia to Burlington. In 1790 constructed boat which ran regular schedule between those cities. On Aug. 26. 1791. patent granted to Fitch by US Congress. France also . . . — — Map (db m205146) HM
The first successful amputation of a leg at the hip joint in US. Done here by Dr. Walter Brashear in 1806 without any precedent to guide him. The patient was a seventeen-year-old boy whose leg had been badly mangled.
Dr. Brashear was born in 1776, . . . — — Map (db m74283) HM
In October 1774, the Dunmore treaty with the Shawnee Indians opened Kentucky up for white settlement.
Early in 1775, David Bard and his brother, William, came down the Ohio River, then to this area and selected this site for their 100 acre - . . . — — Map (db m223282) HM
Benefits of Wetlands
·Wetlands are bustling hubs of life, offering homes to a diverse range of animals like amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
·Acting like natural filters, wetlands clean up our water, trapping sediments and soaking . . . — — Map (db m286097) HM
About the Trail
This nearly one-mile loop trail takes you through the wetland area surrounding Town Creek and up and along a rock shelf and bluff that looks down into the valley before leafing back down to the creek where you started. . . . — — Map (db m286409) HM
This federal style brick house was probably built by Ben Chapeze (1787-1839), a respected Bardstown lawyer and son of Dr. Henry Chapeze (1759-1810) who had a log or frame office and residence in front of the surviving house by c. 1800. Dr. Chapeze . . . — — Map (db m267901) HM
One of the oldest paved roads in all Kentucky; by 1785 this was the original entry to Bardstown from the east and part of the legendary "wilderness road". Congress ordered the pioneer trace to be improved as a military road after 1792. The cobbled . . . — — Map (db m255895) HM
In 1796, John Rowan Sr. was taxed for owning one slave. In subsequent years, Rowan purchased additional slaves as he developed and increased the size of his farm. The highest number of documented enslaved people owned by the Rowan family totaled . . . — — Map (db m286271) HM
Organized July 4, 1781, as Cedar Creek Baptist Society. Constituted by Joseph Barnett, first pastor. Assisted by John Gerrard and John Whitaker. Early members and trustees included Col. James Rogers, Atkinson Hill, Evan Williams, Anthony Foster and . . . — — Map (db m30947) HM
One of the oldest houses in Bardstown, the west side stone portion has to date from before 1795. On one side of the "settled lots," improved by Samuel Duncan under the lottery terms of settlement, it was the residence of both William Pope Duval and . . . — — Map (db m74288) HM
Black's Store and Tavern operated here on Lot #64 by 1820. Moses Black, the tavernkeeper, was also a noted coppersmith who signed his craft-work and had his copper-works in a log shop at the rear of the tavern. The new name for Black's Tavern became . . . — — Map (db m74290) HM
This unusual commercial building was remarkable from the time it was built with four separate shops on the ground floor (most buildings had only one or two) and a series of four chimneys along the front
cornice eve to serve the 2nd floor
apartment . . . — — Map (db m283229) HM
The stone portion of the Talbott Tavern dates before 1790 --- probably built to serve as Salem Academy. The first owner of record about 1800, Wm. Rose Hynes began to add brick wings to the stone part. He started the tavern operation with the first . . . — — Map (db m223283) HM
Capt. Ralph Sheldon, leading several hundred Confederates of Company C, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, descended on Bardstown on Sunday morning, July 5, 1863. They drove the handful of Union troops occupying Bardstown into a livery stable two blocks . . . — — Map (db m74291) HM
This is the first brick church erected within the original city limits of Bardstown. The 1804 will of Samuel P. Jones directed that his possessions be sold and the money be used to build a church for all Christian denominations. His wishes were . . . — — Map (db m202210) HM
In Memory
Dedicated to These Men who Gave their Lives in Vietnam 1969 for the Preservation of Freedom.
SSG. Harold M. Brown •
1SG. Luther M. Chappel •
SP4. David B. Collins •
SP4. Joseph R. McIlvoy •
SSG. James T. Moore •
SGT. . . . — — Map (db m74355) WM
For over 25 years home of the Kentucky Colonels Annual Barbecue which has been attended by the Colonels and their guests on the Sunday after the Derby each year.
We acknowledge and appreciate the southern
hospitality extended by our gracious . . . — — Map (db m283352) HM
This Georgian-style house, built circa 1825-1828, has been the home of three governors.
Charles Anderson Wickliffe (1788-1869),
His son, Robert C. Wickliffe (1819-1895)
and his grandson,
John Crepps Wickham Beckham (1869-1940). . . . — — Map (db m283393) HM
This Georgian mansion, built ca. 1815 by Charles A. Wickliffe, is known as the home of 3 governors: the builder, gov. of Ky., 1839-40; his son, Robert C. Wickliffe, gov. of Louisiana, 1856-60; and his grandson, J. C. W. Beckham, gov. of Ky., . . . — — Map (db m324) HM
One of the oldest banks in Kentucky, founded in 1865, it operated first 1865 - 1867 under the name of Richard Shipp & Company, Bankers. From 1867 through 1869 it was the banking house of William W. George, Jr. & Company. From 1869 through 1976, the . . . — — Map (db m74289) HM
Prior to the Civil War, Ham Brown was “a free man of color.” On May 21, 1866, he purchased the cabin in Bloomfield and it remained in his family until 1980. Ham, a shoemaker, and Adeline Brown had seven children. Vacant and in disrepair, . . . — — Map (db m136828) HM
This railroad promoter and U. S.
Secretary of Treasury was born
near Bloomfield. Appointed, at
age 28, Commonwealth's Attorney by
Governor Adair. He represented
Jefferson Co. and Louisville in
General Assembly, 1827-40. Guthrie
served as . . . — — Map (db m250701) HM
(Front)
Jereboam Beauchamp and wife Anna buried here in same coffin at own request. To avenge her alleged seduction by Col. Solomon Sharp, Beauchamp murdered him at Sharp's Frankfort home, 1825. Beauchamp and Anna were held in Frankfort . . . — — Map (db m136823) HM
Front
Established in 1818 when Samuel Boone Merrifield and his wife, Frances Bemiss, purchased 333 acres on Simpson Creek. Farm was originally a 1,000-acre Virginia land grant, signed by Governor Patrick Henry, to Thomas Lewis on June 1, . . . — — Map (db m136826) HM
Established by Samuel Goodwin in 1780 at the site of Old Boston. Important link with other stations encircling future Bardstown, and became refuge for pioneers in area. Fort raided by Indians, July 1781. Peter Kennedy led the reprisal against . . . — — Map (db m122028) HM
CSA Gen. John H. Morgan ordered Col. D.W. Chenault's regiment to burn the railroad trestle here, Dec. 29, 1862. This and destruction of two trestles at Muldraugh's Hill, the previous day, put L&N railroad, the main USA supply line, out of use for . . . — — Map (db m30650) HM
The first settlement in Nelson County, KY. Three miles east of this spot stood Cox's Station, established in 1775 by Colonel Isaac Cox, a Colonial and Revolutionary War officer who came from Virginia to Kentucky and who was killed by the Indians in . . . — — Map (db m74267) HM
Begun in 1792, oldest parish in Nelson Co.
and third oldest west of the Alleghenies.
Home parish of Catherine Spalding, founder
of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCN);
Frances Gardiner, fourth Superior of SCNS;
Richard Miles, first Bishop . . . — — Map (db m250699) HM
Organized by William and Mordecai Miller and John Irwin in 1836. The blast furnace had two forty foot pyramidal stone stacks with six-foot hearths. Output of iron in 1857 was 12 tons daily. The Civil War boom in iron brought the merger with Belmont . . . — — Map (db m255270) HM
The 40-et-8 box car was a standard European Box Car made in France and used during WWI and WWII. During both wars, the
boxcar was used to transport 40 soldiers or 8 mules or horses around Europe.
After WWII the French people donated one car to . . . — — Map (db m267120) HM
This 34 ton 0-4-0T+T steam engine was built in April of 1923 by Vulcan Iron Works for the Louisville Cement Company of Speed, Indiana. This meter (narrow) gauge engine was coal fired. Number 11 was used to haul limestone from a quarry a few miles . . . — — Map (db m307598) HM
In the early morning hours of December 30, 1862, three companies of Gen. John H. Morgan’s 9th Kentucky Cavalry, supported by a single 12-pounder mountain howitzer, demanded the surrender of the Federal garrison at New Haven, Kentucky. The . . . — — Map (db m236706) HM
The "Official State Locomotive of Kentucky. Rogers Works of NJ built this 4-6-2 Light Pacific in Oct. 1905. Was donated to KY Railway Museum by the Louisville & Nashville RR in 1954 and was restored and put back in service in 1985. Engine reportedly . . . — — Map (db m255266) HM
