On West Main Street (Kentucky Route 2200) east of Center Street, on the right when traveling west.
Coal oil first produced here 1851. Plant built 1857, reputed first of kind in world. Mine known for extensive veins of cannel coal. Coal loaded here, exported to England via New Orleans for gas manufacture. English-owned with Prince of Wales (King . . . — — Map (db m119795) HM
On West Main Street (Kentucky Route 2200) at Center Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Abraham Lincoln, then a lad of 7, with other members of the Thomas Lincoln family crossed the Ohio River on a log raft ferry near here in 1816. The Lincolns were moving to Indiana. — — Map (db m119796) HM
On 2nd Street (Business U.S. 60) at South Main Street (Kentucky Route 261), on the right when traveling east on 2nd Street.
For John Breckinridge, 1760-1806. Attorney General of Kentucky, 1793-97. Representative in Kentucky Legislature, 1797-1801. Coauthor with Jefferson of 1798 Kentucky Resolutions, opposing U.S. Alien and Sedition Acts. Appointed Attorney General of . . . — — Map (db m119798) HM
On 2nd Street (Business U.S. 60) west of South Main Street (Kentucky Route 261), on the right when traveling east.
Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side.
Dec. 28, 1864, guerrillas set fire to courthouse at . . . — — Map (db m119797) HM
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