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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lyon County, Kentucky
Adjacent to Lyon County, Kentucky
▶ Caldwell County (17) ▶ Crittenden County (10) ▶ Livingston County (6) ▶ Marshall County (10) ▶ Trigg County (12)
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| On West Dale Avenue west of East Commerce Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born in Lyon County Kentucky, Corporal Andrew Jackson Smith (1843-1932) served as a member of the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the United States Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary valor in the face of deadly enemy . . . — — Map (db m124038) HM |
| On Overlook Drive 0.1 miles north of Lake Shore Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Lyon was the son of Matthew Lyon. He represented Caldwell County in the Kentucky House of Representatives during 1822-24 when Lyon County was still a part of that county. As a Jacksonian he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives serving . . . — — Map (db m124036) HM |
| Near West Dale Avenue south of East Commerce Street. |
| | The 102nd Kentucky county. Formed from a part of Caldwell, it was named for Col. Chittenden Lyon. Born in Vermont, 1787. Came here with father, Col. Matthew Lyon, in 1801. Had large mercantile and farming interests. Member state legislature, . . . — — Map (db m123684) HM |
| On Overlook Drive 0.1 miles north of Lakeshore Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Grave of Matthew Lyon (1750-1822). Soldier, politician, pioneer. Protested Sedition Acts. Moved to Eddyville 1801. Kentucky Representative 1802; Congressman 1803-1811. Died Spadra Buff, Ark. Reinterred, Eddyville Cemetery 1833. — — Map (db m123758) HM |
| On Kentucky Route 93 at Gregory Road, on the right when traveling south on State Route 93. |
| | Site of the home of Willis B. Machen, 1810-93, farmer, manufacturer, lawyer, legislator. A courageous leader of strong convictions and unimpeachable integrity. Member Ky. Constitution Convention 1849, State Senate 1853, House of Rep. 1856-60, . . . — — Map (db m123742) HM |
| On The Trace at County Road 301, on the right when traveling north on The Trace. |
| | Andrew Jackson Smith
This Medal of Honor recipient was born a slave in Lyon County, Ky., on September 3, 1843. Andrew Jackson Smith escaped to Union Army at 19 and fell in with 41st Illinois. Wounded at Battle of Shiloh. Recuperated at . . . — — Map (db m62855) WM |
| On Lake Shore Drive at Cedar Street, in the median on Lake Shore Drive. |
| | One of many kettles made in this area by William Kelly, used for making sugar down South. In 1851, Kelly discovered process, known as Bessemer, for manufacture of steel. An Englishman, Bessemer, obtained patents on same process in England 1855 and . . . — — Map (db m123674) HM |
| On Lake Barkley Road (Kentucky Route 295) at 1st Street, on the right when traveling east on Lake Barkley Road. |
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New Union Forge
Stood ¼ mile SE. Built 1846-47 on site of older facilities by Wm. Kelly to process pig iron from nearby blast furnaces. Kettles to refine sugar, boiler-plate iron among products. Here Kelly began to develop the so-called . . . — — Map (db m123680) HM |
| On Kentucky Route 810 near U.S. 62, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Suwanee Furnace
Built by 1851, 200 yds. NW, by William Kelly, whose experiments there perfected his invention of the so-called Bessemer method of making steel, for which Kelly was granted the patent. The blast furnace was a brick stack 35 . . . — — Map (db m123677) HM |
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