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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Todd County, Kentucky
Adjacent to Todd County, Kentucky
▶ Christian County (25) ▶ Logan County (30) ▶ Muhlenberg County (12) ▶ Montgomery County, Tennessee (57) ▶ Robertson County, Tennessee (39)
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| On Allensville Road (Kentucky Route 102), on the left when traveling east. |
| | First rural free delivery of mail in Kentucky was established at Allensville Post Office on Jan. 11, 1897. Three carriers, with horse and buggy, over dirt roads, traveled 15 miles per day; covered an area of 24 square miles with population of 220, . . . — — Map (db m137051) HM |
| On South Main Street (Kentucky Route 181) at Garth Lane, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street. |
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Bristow, The Soldier Birthplace
Benjamin Helm Bristow, 1832-1896, Federal officer and staunch Unionist during secession. Active recruiter of 25th Volunteer Militia, of which he was Lt. Col., and 8th Ky. Cavalry, which . . . — — Map (db m137050) HM |
| On Public Square at South Main Street, on the left when traveling north on Public Square. |
| | For Col. John Todd. Born Pa., 1750. In battle of Point Pleasant, 1774. Came to Kentucky, 1775; in Va. legislature, 1776. On expedition led by Gen. George Rogers Clark that captured Illinois country from British, 1778. Named Civil Commandant of . . . — — Map (db m136782) HM |
| On Goebel Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Side 1 In 1835, residents opened the Green River Female Academy to provide a local education for girls. To fund the school, trustees sold subscriptions of stock. They commissioned the erection of this three-story brick Federal and Greek . . . — — Map (db m136783) HM |
| On S. Main Street at McReynolds Drive, on the right on S. Main Street. |
| | Justice James Clark McReynolds born here 1862. Home thru life. Law practice: Nashville, New York. Asst. U.S. Atty. General, 1903-1907. As U.S. Attorney General 1913-1914, known for enforcement of Sherman Anti-Trust Law. For 27 years a distinguished . . . — — Map (db m31369) HM |
| On West Main Street (Business Route 68), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Side 1 Erected in 1927-28, this colonial revival mansion was built in memory of local resident Rebecca Wells Milliken, by her philanthropist daughter. Mary Louis Milliken and husband Samuel Canning Childs also built hospitals and churches . . . — — Map (db m136779) HM |
| On Jefferson Davis Highway near Pembroke-Fairview Road (Kentucky Route 115), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Here the only President of the Confederate States of America was born June 3, 1808, the son of Samuel and Jane Cook Davis. The family moved to Mississippi during his infancy. — — Map (db m3032) HM |
| | "Kentucky, my own, my native land. God grant that peace and plenty may ever run throughout your borders. God grant that your sons and daughters may ever rise to illustrate the fame of their dead fathers and that wherever the name of Kentucky is . . . — — Map (db m3035) HM |
| On Jefferson Davis Highway near Pembroke-Fairview Road (Route 115), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Zero Milestone
Jefferson Davis Highway
Fairview, Ky. - Biloxi, Miss.
Erected 1930 by
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Born June 3, 1808
in Christian, now Todd Co. KY.
Died December 6, 1889
in New Orleans, . . . — — Map (db m3034) HM |
| On Cherry Street at 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east on Cherry Street. |
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A native of Guthrie, Warren was one of the nation's most prolific writers, a world-renowned man of letters. Graduate of Vanderbilt Univ., member of the Fugitives (writers group). Rhodes scholar at Oxford, 1928-1930; and twice a . . . — — Map (db m108850) HM |
| On Graysville Road (County Route 1270) at Guthrie Road (Kentucky Route 181), on the right when traveling west on Graysville Road. |
| | In 1833 Major John Gray, Founder of Elkton, built an inn here as a relay house for his stage coach lines. Legend states that Andrew Jackson, Jenny Lind, and Jesse James were patrons. It was a Civil War Confederate hospital. Most of original inn . . . — — Map (db m92103) HM |
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Farmers throughout Western Ky. and northern Tn. gathered in Guthrie on Sept. 24, 1904, in response to the tobacco growers' economic hardship. Five thousand farmers participated in the formation of a cooperative to pool their crops in . . . — — Map (db m103550) HM |
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