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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «carter county» AND «kentucky»

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By J. J. Prats, October 18, 2019
Beckham County Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Kentucky, Carter County, Olive Hill — 1177 — Beckham County —
On W Tom T. Hall Boulevard (U.S. 60) at Kentucky Route 2078, on the right when traveling west on W Tom T. Hall Boulevard.
Created from parts of Carter, Lewis and Elliott Counties with county seat here by legislative act signed Feb. 9, 1904, by Gov. J.C. W Beckham for whom it was named. C. C. Brooks appointed County Judge. On April 29, 1904, the Court of Appeals . . . — — Map (db m145288) HM

2 ► Kentucky, Floyd County, Prestonsburg — A Desperate Fight, but Few Casualties —
Near State Highway 114 0.1 miles east of State Highway 404.
Compared to battles fought later in the war, Middle Creek produced very light casualties. Though more than 3,000 participated in the fight, only fifteen men were killed. Union losses at Middle Creek were three killed and eighteen wounded. . . . — — Map (db m97547) HM

3 ► Texas, Calhoun County, Port Lavaca — 2746 — Jefferson Beaumont — In Memory of —
Near Martin Luther King Drive at Nueces Street.
In Whose Honor Jefferson County, Texas Was Named Chief Justice of Calhoun County 1848-1856 Born in Kentucky March 12, 1801 Died July 25, 1865 — — Map (db m237452) HM

4 ► Kentucky, Carter County, Willard — 2301 — Eastern Kentucky Railway — Willard —
On Kentucky Route 1 just north of Route 1496, on the left when traveling south.
In 1873, line was extended from Grayson to Willard. Located here were a turntable, water tower, railroad scales, & engine house. Near-by, the Lick Branch & Lost Creek spurs, as well as EK coal mines and coal camp existed. In 1892, an angry . . . — — Map (db m145353) HM

5 ► Tennessee, Johnson County, Mountain City — 1A-96 — Roderick Random Butler —
On North Church Street at Butler Street, on the left when traveling south on North Church Street.
Born in Wythesville, Virginia, April 8, 1827, he came to this county at the age of 14 as a tailor apprentice. During the Civil War, he served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 13th Tennessee Cavalry. First elected in 1867, he was for 10 years a member of . . . — — Map (db m104364) HM

6 ► Kentucky, Boyd County, Catlettsburg — 2136 — Mary Elliott Flanery —
On 28th Street at Panola Street, on the right when traveling west on 28th Street.
The first woman elected to Kentucky legislature, 1921. Mary E. Flanery elected to House of Representatives from Boyd County. She had worked for woman suffrage; was concerned with marriage and divorce laws and educational reform. At her death, . . . — — Map (db m126102) 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.
 
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