On Beaver Road (Kentucky Route 338), on the left when traveling west.
Big Bone Methodist Church was constructed in 1888
The original congregation, which was organized in 1887
and led by Reverend George Froh, helped in the construction.
As was the custom, a social order lodge shared the expense of . . . — — Map (db m79030) HM
In memory of all the slaves in Boone County,
those who helped them, and the slaves’ descendants
who remember & honor them and their legacy.
Dedicated 21 March, 2005 by the Problem Solving Team, a diverse
group of students, grades five . . . — — Map (db m79290) HM
On Kentucky Route 18 at Route 338, on the right when traveling west on Kentucky Route 18.
In June 1799, Boone County's first
court set Craig's Camp as county
seat. The next year, John H. Craig and Robert Johnson donated 74 acres at the Woolper Creek site for a town they called Wilmington. Court held here in a log courthouse in Jan. . . . — — Map (db m133144) HM
Near Sperti Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Born in Covington to Italian
immigrants, he graduated from
the University of Cincinnati
in 1923. He was the director of
Institutum Divi Thomae, a medical
research foundation, from 1935 to
1988. Sperti invented well-known
pharmaceutical . . . — — Map (db m133141) HM
On Brlngon Pike (Kentucky Route 18), on the right when traveling south.
James and Martha Macomb Dinsmore
moved from La. to raise their three
daughters here. Completed in1842,
the main house served as the center
of a typical large, antebellum Boone
Co. farm. tenants and slaves raised
grains, grapes, sheep, and . . . — — Map (db m79304) HM
On Front Street west of Tanner Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Lewis Loder (1819-1905). Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Petersburg in 1858 and lived in a c. 1840 house at Tanner & Front Sts. He served as justice of the peace and operated a tavern in his home for many years. Loder was hired as clerk & . . . — — Map (db m133205) HM
On U.S. 42 near Old Union Road, on the right when traveling west.
On Nov. 28, 1863, after escaping
from Ohio Penitentiary & taking a
train to Cincinnati, CSA Gen. John
Hunt Morgan & Capt. Thomas Hines
crossed the Ohio River to Ludlow.
Sympathetic Boone County residents,
as well as Big Bone Baptist . . . — — Map (db m136082) HM
On School Road at Alta Vista Drive, on the right when traveling south on School Road.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) company
3541 began here in July 1935 on a former ball
park site owned by John L. Vest. Known as
Camp Bean Ridge to the 200 men stationed
here, it was 1 of 44 CCC camps in Kentucky
In all, more than 89,000 . . . — — Map (db m133269) HM
On West Virginia Route 85 0.1 miles north of Country Estates Road, on the left when traveling south.
Born in 1810 in present-day Boone County, Methodist minister Robert Hager was a delegate to the state’s first constitutional convention in Wheeling. 1861-1863. He supported including a provision for gradual emancipation in WV and also a free school . . . — — Map (db m138447) HM
On Fourth Street at North Poplar Street, on the left when traveling east on Fourth Street.
African American Samuel Barkshire was freed from slavery in Boone County, Kentucky in 1833. He and his family moved here in 1836. The Barkshires defied fugitive slave laws to provide aid and comfort to those escaping bondage in the South. Their . . . — — Map (db m180716) HM
Near Providence Road (Missouri Route 163) south of Green Meadows Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
Jewell Cemetery is located on what was originally the farm of George Jewell. George, his wife, and their children first moved from Virginia to Kentucky, then Franklin, Missouri, and finally Columbia in 1822.
George, his son William, and . . . — — Map (db m59646) HM
On Tanner Street (Kentucky Route 0) at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Tanner Street.
First settlement in Boone County. Rev. John Tanner built blockhouse, and town began on 2000 acres he and John Taylor owned. Shawnees captured Tanner’s 9-year-old son here, held him until grown. An ardent Baptist, Tanner preached in Carolinas, . . . — — Map (db m79310) HM
Near Washington Street (Kentucky Route 18) at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west.
Boone County Courthouses Through the Years
1n 1817, Boone County replaced its first log courthouse with a brick structure, which was remodeled in 1828 and again in 1878. The present courthouse was built in 1889 for $19,740. The courthouse . . . — — Map (db m134040) HM
On Katy Trail north of Missouri Highway 94, on the left when traveling south.
Daniel Boone was legendary while he was alive, thanks to his exploits in leading American settlers to Kentucky and both fighting and befriending American Indians. Outwardly simple—an accomplished hunter and woodsman, conspicuously brave yet . . . — — Map (db m132894) HM
Near South Providence Road (Missouri Route 163) near Green Meadow Road.
Jewell Cemetery
This cemetery is part of the former farmstead of George Jewell (1769-1844). The Jewell family first moved from Virginia to Kentucky, then Franklin, Mo. And finally Columbia, Mo. In 1821.
George, his son William, and . . . — — Map (db m249832) HM
On Coal River Road (West Virginia Route 3) at Red Martin Lane, on the right when traveling west on Coal River Road.
War comes to the Big Coal River - Emboldened by a resounding victory against Confederates at Boone Court House (Madison), Union General Cox ordered Federal troops back into the Coal River Valley. This time the target was the Big Coal River. . . . — — Map (db m285300) HM
On State Highway JJ 0.6 miles south of State Highway Z, on the right when traveling north.
The July 28, 1862, Battle of Moore's Mill opened about one-eighth mile south along the Moore's Mill-Galbreath Mill road, near today's State Road JJ. This area then was heavily timbered.
Lying in ambush east of the road were about 260 . . . — — Map (db m207957) HM
On Lower River Road, on the right when traveling north.
One of only a few remaining early 19th century towns along the 981-mile course of the Ohio River. The Rabbit Hash National Registry encompasses 33 acres of this linear rural/agricultural/commercial village, characterized by its eclectic . . . — — Map (db m79231) HM
On South 4th Street at Cherry Street, on the right when traveling south on South 4th Street.
The first settlers of present-day Boone County, Missouri were American Indians who arrived more than 11,000 years ago. Their descendants slowly evolved culturally, settling in communities where they engaged in agriculture and developed pottery. . . . — — Map (db m169425) HM
Near Washington Street (Kentucky Route 18) near Jefferson Street, on the right.
From its earliest days, Burlington was the hub of a community rooted in farming. Prior to World War II, the majority of people in Boone County lived and worked on farms and the livelihood of nearly everyone else was somehow connected to farming. By . . . — — Map (db m134233) HM
On Coshocton Street (U.S. 62) at Woodgate Drive, on the right when traveling west on Coshocton Street.
Side A: Johnstown Cemetery
In 1810, Dr. Oliver Bigelow from Cayuga County, New York, purchased a 4,000-acre tract of land in Monroe Township from John Brown of Boone County, Kentucky, for the sum of $10,000. President John Adams had . . . — — Map (db m16711) HM
Near Perche Avenue (Missouri Route K) east of Katy Street, on the left when traveling east.
1800........
Nashville Born, Destroyed …
McBaine's history begins with Nashville, five miles downriver.
Ira Nash received a Spanish land grant in 1800, before the
United States owned the Louisiana Territory. Nash, a Virginian
and one . . . — — Map (db m252679) 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.
