On North Franklin Street just north of West Washington Street, on the left when traveling north.
The first attempt at a settlement by Whites in this county was in 1828, twenty-five years after the Louisiana Purchase and three years after extinction of the Indian title. Settlers from Howard County decided to locate on the east side of the . . . — — Map (db m144764) HM
On Campbellsville Street (Kentucky Route 55) at Lindsey Wilson Street, on the left when traveling north on Campbellsville Street.
Frank Lane Wolford (1817 - 1895). Adair County native, organized 1st Kentucky Cavalry (US) in 1861. His men knew little about the drill and discipline but had the utmost confidence in Wolford and he in them. The soldiers supplied their own horses . . . — — Map (db m170508) HM
On Burkesville Street (Kentucky Route 80) at Hudson Street, on the left when traveling north on Burkesville Street.
John Hunt Morgan entered Kentucky July 2 with about 2,500 men who swam the rain swollen Cumberland River - many naked, not to be encumbered with soggy clothes. The rebel yell of the on-coming nude men took the Union scouts by surprise.
Columbia . . . — — Map (db m170510) HM
Near Kentucky Route 114 0.1 miles east of Route 404, on the right when traveling east.
Son of a Frankfort lawyer, Monroe led the charge which decided the battle's outcome. He and his regiment later saw action at Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, Champion Hill, Thompson's Hill, and other important battles. In 1864 Monroe assumed command . . . — — Map (db m69141) HM
Benjamin Franklin Wheeler, namesake for the Ben Wheeler Community, contributed to the development of communications across the region in his mail-carrying career and influenced land ownership in the area. He was born in 1818, in Adair County, . . . — — Map (db m255899) HM
On North Baltimore Street (Business U.S. 63) south of Crown Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Kirksville, distinguished as the site of Missouri's first State teachers college and the world's first college of osteopathy, was settled by pioneers mainly from Kentucky and Tennessee about 1828. First known as Long Point, then as Hopkinsville, . . . — — Map (db m267552) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
