On Madison Street east of Columbus Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Built by A. H. Buel, who received a
deed to the lot 18 October, 1841 from
Daniel Field. Family members, some
of whom lived in the house until 1986,
thought Mr. Buel, a tanner, built the
house shortly after the deed was
executed.
The . . . — — Map (db m159835) HM
On South Washington Street east of Water Street, on the left when traveling east.
In 1796 Major James Vance Lusk, Revolutionary War veteran, and his wife Sarah, daughter of Gen. James McElwaine, led a party of 35 - half of them children - from Washaw, South Carolina to a site in Kentucky, opposite the mouth of Lusk Creek.
Lusk . . . — — Map (db m155008) HM
On East Main Street west of Columbus Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In the fall of 1803, Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clark passed this place with about twenty men on their way westward. At that time, there were a few residents and Lusk's ferry located nearby. Most likely, the Expedition party visited with . . . — — Map (db m154572) HM
On East Main Street west of Columbus Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In memory of Sarah Lusk
The brave pioneer woman who founded the town of Golconda, first called Sarahville, a century and a quarter ago.
She established the first ferry across the Ohio River at this place, which she operated with the . . . — — Map (db m155071) HM
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