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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Campbell County, Kentucky
Adjacent to Campbell County, Kentucky
▶ Kenton County (34) ▶ Pendleton County (6) ▶ Clermont County, Ohio (77) ▶ Hamilton County, Ohio (180)
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| On Fairfield Avenue (Kentucky Route 8) near Patchen Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Incorporated March 15, 1870, on part of original land grant to Gen. James Taylor, pioneer, for whose farm this city was named. A general in War of 1812, banker, and statesman, whose farm was an underground railroad station.
President of the first . . . — — Map (db m49115) HM |
| On Alexandria Pike (U.S. 27) at Woodfill Avenue on Alexandria Pike. |
| | “Outstanding soldier of the AEF,"
Gen. Pershing. “The first soldier
of America,” Marshal Foch. Given
Congressional Medal of Honor, the
French Croix de Guerre and Legion
of Honor. Alone he destroyed three
machine gun nests, . . . — — Map (db m135046) HM |
| On East Third Street near Monmouth Street. |
| | Brig. Gen. John T. Thompson, USA, inventor of Thompson submachine gun, was born here in 1860. A West Point graduate of 1882, he was early advocate of automatic weapons and improved many small arms. Awarded Distinguished Service Medal as Director of . . . — — Map (db m98032) HM |
| On East Third Street at Overton Street, on the right when traveling west on East Third Street. |
| | Underground Railroad station. Mansion built by General Taylor, pioneer, banker, statesman. General in the War of 1812. Original house designed by H.B. Latrobe. Present house build, 1837. — — Map (db m135084) HM |
| On West 5th Street (Kentucky Route 8), in the median. |
| | Built three blocks east in 1859 by Swift's Iron and Steel Works. As rebuilt in 1869, it was 65 feet high, with a maximum diameter inside of 16 feet. Its annual capacity was 17,000 tons of iron, using Connellsville coke as fuel. Iron mostly converted . . . — — Map (db m49114) HM |
| On Louie B Nunn Drive west of University Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
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Northern Kentucky University began as an
extension center of University of
Kentucky, 1948. It became community
college, 1962, and by 1976 was a
state university. It moved here
from Covington in 1972. The 300-acre NKU campus is part of . . . — — Map (db m135013) HM |
| On East Southgate Street east of Saratoga Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1870, the Newport City Council purchased property for a school for African Americans, and three years later a frame house was constructed. Elizabeth Hudson was appointed first African American teacher at salary of $35 per month. Two major events . . . — — Map (db m135078) HM |
| On Mary Ingles Highway (Kentucky Route 8) west of 4 Mile Road (Kentucky Route 547), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Said to have been first white woman in Kentucky. Captured by Indians in Virginia, July 1755, and taken to Ohio. Later she escaped a salt-making party at Big Bone Lick and made her way across the Kentucky wilderness back to Virginia. — — Map (db m135043) HM |
| On Alexandria Pike at Beverly Hills Drive, on the right when traveling east on Alexandria Pike. |
| | Site of Beverly Hills Supper Club, popular night spot from 1930s—70s. Burnt May 28, 1977 killing 165.
Third worst nightclub fire in US;
changed building-code enforcement.
First disaster case tried as class
action suit, merging 300 . . . — — Map (db m134541) HM |
| On Alexandria Pike (U.S. 27), on the right when traveling south. |
| | One of youngest Kentuckians to receive the Medal of Honor for service during the Civil War is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Horsfall, born in Newport, 1847, was a drummer in Company G, First Ky. Infantry (USA). Medal was awarded for saving the life . . . — — Map (db m62013) HM |
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