On Cumberland Falls Road (Kentucky Route 90), on the left when traveling west.
Established 1963 by 4-H Clubs of McCreary County, the first such center in the U.S. developed by 4-H Clubs. The original log cabin built in this site in a 200-acre land grant to John Abbott, 1842. Abbott and Indian wife, Oocella, lived in cabin . . . — — Map (db m120111) HM
On U.S. 27 at Old U.S. 27 (State Highway 92), on the right when traveling south on U.S. 27.
Marker front: Born in Pine Knot, Ky. on Nov. 23, 1881. Enlisted in U.S. Army, 1901. In 1907, Cpl. Ward was assigned by the Signal Officer to take charge of "all matters pertaining to military ballooning, air machines, and all kindred . . . — — Map (db m30427) HM
On Henderson Street at Golf Course Road, on the left when traveling east on Henderson Street.
Over one hundred years ago, in 1902, Justus S. Stearns of Ludington, Michigan bought 30,000 acres of virgin timberland in Southern Kentucky. When coal was discovered soon afterwards, the Stearns Coal & Lumber Company was in business. The company . . . — — Map (db m233171) HM
On Kentucky Route 1651 at Kinne Street, on the left when traveling south on State Route 1651.
Burial site of daughter of Chief Doublehead. Legend is that as a young girl she accompanied her father at signing of Treaty of Sycamore Shoals, 1775, transferring Cherokees' land between Ohio and Cumberland rivers to Transylvania Society. As'Quaw . . . — — Map (db m73737) HM
On Henderson Street at Golf Course Road, on the left when traveling east on Henderson Street.
In 1989 a surface-mining company in Tennessee unearthed this stump buried 30 feet underground. The two-ton stump measures 15 feet in circumference and almost 6 feet in diameter. Geologists from the University of Kentucky indicate this is not a . . . — — Map (db m233172) HM
On Henderson Street at Kentucky Route 1651, on the right when traveling east on Henderson Street.
In 1902, Justus S. Stearns of Ludington, Michigan bought 30,000 acres of virgin timberland in southern Kentucky. When coal was discovered soon afterwards, the Stearns Coal & Lumber Company was established. The company built the town of Stearns to . . . — — Map (db m233173) HM
On Main Street (Kentucky Route 1651) at Gary Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
First Kentucky Oil Well In 1818, Marcus Huling and Andrew Zimmerman were drilling salt wells along South Fort of Cumberland River. On land leased from Martin Beaty they struck oil. Attempts to market it downriver were not successful, so . . . — — Map (db m73739) HM
On Main Street (Kentucky Route 1651) at Court Street/Geary Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Taken from parts of Pulaski, Wayne, and Whitley counties, it was last formed of Kentucky's 120 counties.
Named for James B. McCreary, 1838-1918. Lawyer, Col., 11th Ky. Cavalry, CSA. State legislature, 1869-75. Twice governor of Kentucky, . . . — — Map (db m73738) HM
