Born in Lyon County Kentucky, Corporal Andrew Jackson Smith (1843-1932) served as a member of the 55th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the United States Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary valor in the face of deadly enemy . . . — — Map (db m124038) HM
Lyon was the son of Matthew Lyon. He represented Caldwell County in the Kentucky House of Representatives during 1822-24 when Lyon County was still a part of that county. As a Jacksonian he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives serving . . . — — Map (db m124036) HM
Home of G.M. Huggans (1815-1866), an
early doctor of Eddyville. He was
asked to judge sanity of Wm. Kelly.
Kelly's dream of a material more
malleable and stronger than iron
and experiments using cold air led
to charges of insanity. . . . — — Map (db m169117) HM
Several brisk skirmishes took place in this area because of the importance of Cumberland River navigation. Oct. 17, 1864 Gen. H. B. Lyon with small CSA force attacked Union garrison, which surrendered and was taken from town. Union gunboat "Silver . . . — — Map (db m169115) HM
Overlooking site, now underwater,
where last significant Civil War
skirmish east of the Miss. River
occurred, Apr. 29, 1865. US force
under Capt. S. M. Overby driven
back after attacking about 140
Confederates from Army of Northern
Virginia, . . . — — Map (db m169111) HM
The 102nd Kentucky county. Formed from a part of Caldwell, it was named for Col. Chittenden Lyon. Born in Vermont, 1787. Came here with father, Col. Matthew Lyon, in 1801. Had large mercantile and farming interests. Member state legislature, . . . — — Map (db m123684) HM
Mammoth Furnace
Built ¾ miles west in 1845 by Charles and John Stacker, a stone stack 31½ ft. high, 9 ft. across inside at widest. Steam-powered, charcoal-fueled, it made white, unusually hard pig iron from ore deposits near furnace, . . . — — Map (db m169129) HM
Site of the home of Willis B. Machen, 1810-93, farmer, manufacturer, lawyer, legislator. A courageous leader of strong convictions and unimpeachable integrity. Member Ky. Constitution Convention 1849, State Senate 1853, House of Rep. 1856-60, . . . — — Map (db m123742) HM
Home of Willis B. Machen (1810-93). He was a member of the Kentucky Constitutional Convention 1849, Ky. Senate 1853, Ky. House of Rep. 1855-61, Confederate Congress
1861-65, US Senate 1872-73. He was one of only a few that served in both CSA and . . . — — Map (db m169118) HM
St. Stephen Church stands as a reminder of the power and potential of community spirit, a spirit that has now extended into a second century. The church's origin ties directly to a group of German immigrants that settled in this area in the late . . . — — Map (db m169131) HM
Moved from Nashville to a site
one mile west, 1845-46, by Thomas
Tennessee Watson, Daniel Hillman.
Pig iron from charcoal-fueled
blast furnaces in this vicinity
was processed into boiler plate,
sheets, beams and other articles
here for . . . — — Map (db m169108) HM
The Battle of Sarataga
The confrontation at Saratoga was
one of the earliest Civil War
actions in Kentucky. On Oct. 26,
1861, 300 Union soldiers
surprised 160 Confederate recruits
stationed here, which resulted in
7 CSA deaths & 3 . . . — — Map (db m169110) HM
Andrew Jackson Smith, Medal of Honor Recipient
This Medal of Honor recipient was born a slave in Lyon County, Ky., on September 3, 1843. Andrew Jackson Smith escaped to Union Army at 19 and fell in with 41st Illinois. Wounded at Battle of . . . — — Map (db m62855) HM WM
Here William Kelly (1811-1888) discovered a steel making method, later known as the Besssemer process, which made it possible for civilization to pass from the Iron Age to the Steel Age. — — Map (db m169125) HM
Eddyville Furnace
Also, called Jim and I. A brick
blast furnace for smelting iron,
burning charcoal fuel, built 1832
by John and Samuel Stacker, and
Thomas Tennessee Watson. Later
owned by members of Cobb family,
then by William Kelly, . . . — — Map (db m169120) HM
One of many kettles made in this area by William Kelly, used for making sugar down South. In 1851, Kelly discovered process, known as Bessemer, for manufacture of steel. An Englishman, Bessemer, obtained patents on same process in England 1855 and . . . — — Map (db m123674) HM
New Union Forge
Stood ¼ mile SE. Built 1846-47 on site of older facilities by Wm. Kelly to process pig iron from nearby blast furnaces. Kettles to refine sugar, boiler-plate iron among products. Here Kelly began to develop the so-called . . . — — Map (db m123680) HM
Suwanee Furnace. Built by 1851, 200 yds. NW, by William Kelly, whose experiments there perfected his invention of the so-called Bessemer method of making steel, for which Kelly was granted the patent. The blast furnace was a brick stack 35 ft. . . . — — Map (db m123677) HM
