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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bracken County, Kentucky
Adjacent to Bracken County, Kentucky
▶ Harrison County (8) ▶ Mason County (47) ▶ Pendleton County (6) ▶ Robertson County (8) ▶ Brown County, Ohio (39) ▶ Clermont County, Ohio (77)
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| On Heather Renee French Boulevard (Kentucky Route 8) at Frankfort Street, on the right when traveling west on Heather Renee French Boulevard. |
| | Stephen Collins Foster, as youth, visited here, May 1833. His uncle, Dr. Joseph S. Tomlinson, was then President of Augusta College. The musical, harmonious voices from the old Negro church on the hill floated softly over the town. “It can . . . — — Map (db m136271) HM |
| On Frankfort Street north of East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In 1822 the trustees of Bracken Academy with conferences of the Methodist Church of Kentucky and Ohio, merged to found Augusta College. The first established Methodist college in the world. — — Map (db m85801) HM |
| Near Heather Renee French Boulevard (State Highway 8) 0.2 miles west of Park View Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In memory of eight unknown
Confederate soldiers
killed at Augusta, KY.
Sept. 27, 1862. — — Map (db m85979) WM |
| On Heather Renee French Boulevard (Kentucky Route 8) at Main Street, on the right when traveling west on Heather Renee French Boulevard. |
| | By Sept. 1862 6,000 Union troops had gone from this district. Only 100 Home Guards left, under Col. Bradford. On Sept. 27, Col. Duke with 350 Morgan Raiders attacked. Guards secreted in houses fought until Raiders penetrated area, burned and . . . — — Map (db m85877) HM |
| On East 2nd Street at Bracken Street, on the right on East 2nd Street. |
| | Lest We Forget World War I Andrew Ballinger • Ottie Case • Earl Fronk • Hobert Galbraith • Robert Gerhard • Virgil C. Hester • Herbert M. Hill • Hugh Jett • Willie Lucas • Eugene O. McAtee • Charles Teegarden World War II Tice C. Adams • . . . — — Map (db m85926) WM |
| On Augusta chatham Road (Kentucky Route 19) north of Mary Ingles Highway (Kentucky Route 8), on the left when traveling south. |
| | During the 1870s, leading wine-producing county of US, furnishing over 30,000 gallons annually, half the entire national production. Germans, finding soil here similar to that in France and Spain, brought grape cultivation and wine production to . . . — — Map (db m136283) HM |
| On Heather Renee French Boulevard (Kentucky Route 8) just west of Augusta Chatham Road (Kentucky Route 19), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Formed from parts of Campbell and
Mason. Named for William Bracken,
hunter, fisherman, Indian fighter,
came here 1773. Birthplace of John
Gregg Fee, founder of Berea College,
1855. Birthplace and home of Dr.
Joshua Taylor Bradford, . . . — — Map (db m136282) HM |
| On West Park Street south of West 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Captain Philip Buckner, an Englishman, was a Revolutionary War veteran. He came to Va., served adopted colony as issuing commissary, received extensive land grants, then settled here. In 1797, he donated this lot for Augusta Public Square as part of . . . — — Map (db m86656) HM |
| On Bradford Road (Kentucky Route 1109) south of Mary Ingles Highway (Kentucky Route 8), on the left when traveling south. |
| | A rare example of a one-room schoolhouse. First through eighth grades, with about 25 children per year, were taught by one teacher. This schoolhouse was used until 1929. In Kentucky there were an estimated 6,752 one-room schoolhouses in 1901, and . . . — — Map (db m136270) HM |
| On Mary Ingles Highway (Kentucky Route 8) at Foster Road (Kentucky Route 2228), on the right when traveling east on Mary Ingles Highway. |
| | In summer of 1793 Indians crossed Ohio River, hid canoes at mouth of Holt’s Creek, site of Foster, and proceeded to Bourbon County to steal horses. Simon Kenton secured a small group to ambush them on their return. After lying concealed for four . . . — — Map (db m136268) HM |
| On Bridgeville Road (Kentucky Route 875) south of Brooksville-Germantown Road (Kentucky Route 10), on the right when traveling south. |
| | John Gregg Fee. Fee received degree from Augusta
College; went to Lane Theological
Seminary. Had spiritual experience
which began career as nationally
known and determined abolitionist.
A founder of Berea College who
wanted low-cost . . . — — Map (db m136344) HM |
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