On Kentucky Route 29 at Buckhorn Lane, on the left when traveling east on State Route 29.
Harvey Short Murdoch, 1871-1935, came from Brooklyn, N.Y. and, as Field Secretary of E. O. Guerrant’s
Society of Soul Winners founded Witherspoon College, 1902. Became Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency.
Log Cathedral built 1907. Murdoch was pastor . . . — — Map (db m39150) HM
On State Highway 699 0.3 miles south of State Highway 3348, on the right when traveling south.
Forces of Harlan Co. BRN (US) clashed with company B of Caudill’s Army (CS). Numerous casualties resulted. (US) Forces captured (CS) supplies and held the saltworks a short time before abandoning the site. — — Map (db m97061) HM
Elijah Combs and seven brothers came with parents to Kentucky, 1790. He was first settler here; leader in forming county, named for Com. Oliver Hazard Perry, 1821. He deeded land on which Hazard stands to trustees, 1826. Member of Legislature, 1840. — — Map (db m73219) HM
Rev. Asbel S. Petrey, born 1866, Whitley County, Ky. Ordained, 1891. Came here 1897, organized First Missionary Baptist Church of Hazard, 1898. Founder, 1902, and President of Hazard Baptist Institute, a public school since 1941. He organized 12 . . . — — Map (db m73894) HM
Formed from parts of Clay and Floyd counties. Both Hazard, the county seat, and the county named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, 1785-1819, the commander and hero in battle of Lake Erie, 1813, which he reported in famous message: "We have met the . . . — — Map (db m73221) HM
On State Highway 7 south of Jeff Lane, on the right when traveling north.
The Ira Combs Memorial Church — Little Zion Church, built in 1909 on land settled in 1790 by Mason Combs. Ira, a grandson, was Civil War veteran. Born 1844. In 1874 began preaching. For 60 years, without pay, he ministered to the Old Regular . . . — — Map (db m97059) HM
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