On South Main Street (U.S. 231) at Washington Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
This memorial erected
by the veterans and
citizens of Ohio County
and dedicated to
the memory of the boys
who gave their lives
in World War I and II
World War I 1917-18 ☆ World War II 1941-45
War I
Alsip, Samuel • . . . — — Map (db m160164) WM
On Amelia Street at Clark Lane, on the right when traveling north on Amelia Street.
The Earp Family. The Earp family settled in Ohio County, Kentucky in 1827, where they stayed for 20 years. Nicholas Earp and Virginia Cooksey married in Hartford, Kentucky in 1840. While in Ohio County. Nicholas and Virginia farmed and had . . . — — Map (db m290225) HM
On Main Street (Kentucky Route 69) at Madison Street ( Route 69), on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
For John Hancock, 1737-93. Patriot, statesman and soldier. President of Continental Congress, 1775-77, and bold first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Mayor-general of Mass. militia in Revolutionary War, member of the Mass. Constitutional . . . — — Map (db m119794) HM
On U.S. 40 at Shadyside Drive, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 40.
Side A Fulfilling President George Washington's desire to “open wide the gates of the West,” in 1796 Congress authorized the Zane brothers of Fort Henry (at present day Wheeling) to clear a path through the dense woods of Appalachian . . . — — Map (db m13351) HM
Pioneer area settler John Peter Smith (1831-1901), who donated twenty acres for the establishment of this cemetery, came to Fort Worth from Kentucky in 1853. He served the community as a teacher, clerk, surveyor, and attorney, and became a noted . . . — — Map (db m264153) HM
Founded 1879 by John Peter Smith, one of Fort Worth's first settlers, who became a civic leader, mayor, philanthropist. He gave 20 acres to city; cemetery since enlarged to 100 acres. The area contains three cemeteries: Oakwood, Calvary, Trinity. . . . — — Map (db m264151) HM
On Main Street just west of South 2nd Street, on the left when traveling west.
The American Civil War was in its second year, and Confederate forces were advancing in the east and in the west. Confederates led by General Edward Kirby Smith had defeated a Union Force at Richmond, Kentucky on August 30, 1862. Word was received . . . — — Map (db m135372) HM
On 5th Street west of North Front Street, on the right when traveling west.
Like so many of the early American settlers, John and Jane Fulton, along with their family, traveled the Ohio River via a flatboat in search of a better life. One night in 1798, they pulled on shore to spend the night and upon waking they saw the . . . — — Map (db m201076) HM
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