Mineral springs discovered circa 1840 by Mr. and Mrs. Noah Parker, who found water unusual in taste and of medicinal value. The Parkers soon erected hotel and, with son Nathan, owned and managed noted antebellum health resort, which . . . — — Map (db m136156) HM
County named, 1836, for Robert Trimble, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1826-28, appointed by Pres. John Quincy Adams. Born in Va., 1777, came to Ky., 1780. Capt., Bourbon County regiment, 1796. Practiced law in Paris, Ky., 1800. Member State . . . — — Map (db m136154) HM
Old stone jail erected ca. 1850 on site of original jail; second story added in 1899. For some 133 years, until 1983, this building was physical symbol of law and order in Trimble County. Its most noted prisoner, ardent abolitionist Delia Webster, . . . — — Map (db m65676) HM
“Underground railroad” station,
a mile west, run by Delia Webster
on land bought with funds provided
by Northern abolitionists, 1854.
Slaveholders filed charges against
her. After refusing to leave Ky.,
she was imprisoned. . . . — — Map (db m136153) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
The Rowlett House
1855 — — Map (db m223353) HM
