Paducah's river industry was the city's lifeblood. Steamboats and tobacco were critical to the area's economy in the late 1880's. Mule-drawn transfer wagons moved hogshead barrels of tobacco that weighed around 1,600 pounds each. Nearly 20,000 . . . — — Map (db m233415) HM
Paducah's Riverfront was a critical break-in-bulk point on the nation's inland waterways system. Cargo from deeper draft vessels, as well as passengers and mail, would be loaded and unloaded on to packet boats that ran regular routes on the . . . — — Map (db m49177) HM
On South Water Street at Broadway Street, on the left when traveling south on South Water Street.
Evidence of Native Americans in the lower Ohio Valley includes the Paleo Indians, who lived in this area near the end of the last Ice Age, about 13,000 years ago. Often called Big Game Hunters, they were efficient, nomadic, hunters, fisherman, and . . . — — Map (db m48704) HM
USA, USN, USAF, USMC, USCG
Purchase area service men who lost their lives in Vietnam.
Beard, Leon •
Bradley, Given W. •
Clements, Robert A. •
Colson, Ronald S. •
Cruse, James D. •
Doom, Charles L. •
Dunigan, Jerry W. •
Emerson,Robert . . . — — Map (db m47524) HM
On Park Avenue just east of North 5th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Melinda Bula made this quilt using fusible appliqué and heavy thread painting after her only son became a United States Marine. As quilters, we work out our life changes and challenges in cloth. Melinda had no idea of the impact this quilt would . . . — — Map (db m174540) HM
On Park Avenue just west of North 4th Street, on the left when traveling west.
won the AQS Best of Show at the AQS Quilt Show in Paducah. This quilt was the first machine-quilted quilt to to win the top award. It was voted one of the 100 Best Quilts of the 20th Century and has been . . . — — Map (db m174539) HM
This riverfront park is dedicated to Raymond C. Schultz, celebrated public official who served as McCracken County Judge Executive from 1974 to 1985. An Ohio county native, Judge Schultz was born July 8, 1911. He was a graduate and lecture at the . . . — — Map (db m47240) HM
On The Foot of Broadway east of Water Street, on the right when traveling south.
Ride Round the Rivers
This unique pleasure-boat tour is an eighty-mile loop from Paducah up the Tennessee, through Kentucky Lock, up Kentucky Lake, through the Land-Between-The-Lakes Canal, down Barkley Lake, through Barkley Lock, down the . . . — — Map (db m154961) HM
On South Water Street south of Kentucky Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Riverside Hospital was founded at the Civil War site of Fort Anderson by the municipality in 1905. That location, at the corner of Forth and Clay Streets, was the hospital's home for many years. The Fourth Street wing of the hospital had to be . . . — — Map (db m48504) HM
In 1884, Robert S. Davis recalled that the first building was a round-log cabin, about sixteen feet square, erected by the Pore brothers, James and William, in April of 1821. Davis identified four families living at the site at that time. Records in . . . — — Map (db m233439) HM
On Kentucky Avenue east of Marine Way, on the right when traveling east.
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Established in 1915 as the 2nd Rotary Club in Kentucky and 139th in the world. The Club met first at the Palmer House, then the Irvin S. Cobb Hotel and then the Carson Center. From an initial membership of 55 men, the Club grew . . . — — Map (db m154669) HM
On Kentucky Avenue at Marine Way, on the left when traveling east on Kentucky Avenue.
First courthouse at Wilmington, 1824~32. Second courthouse, a two story brick structure, 36 feet square, built near here at a cost of $3,049, on land given by Gen. William Clark, founder of Paducah. Courthouse also provided meeting place for various . . . — — Map (db m47243) HM
"You triumphed over obstacles which would have overcome men less brave and determined."
President McKinley
458,151
Erected in honor of the veterans of the Spanish-American War — — Map (db m47269) HM
On Broadway Street east of South 6th Street, on the right when traveling east.
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church is the oldest church in Paducah located on original site. Property purchased May 8, 1848, for $225 by Father Elisha Durbin. First church built 1849 and was enclosed with a fence as livestock roamed at large . . . — — Map (db m154671) HM
On St. John Church Road at Mayfield Road (Kentucky Highway 1241), on the right when traveling east on St. John Church Road.
St. John the Evangelist Church
Roots of the first Catholic parish in McCracken Co. go back to German immigrants who settled in this area about 1839. Fr. Elisha Durbin said Mass in homes until log church
was built in 1849. A frame church was . . . — — Map (db m158893) HM
On Kentucky Avenue at South 21st Street, on the right when traveling east on Kentucky Avenue.
Organized on Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 1868, by Rev. B. Sickel. The Congregation was incorporated January 26, 1869. First church building on South Fourth Street dedicated January 7, 1872. Present early English Gothic building dedicated November . . . — — Map (db m158834) HM
On North Water Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north on North Water Street.
In the early 1940's, Paducah-McCracken County was known as the strawberry capital of the world. Schools excused students to pick berries. Entire families were involved in this agricultural event. Freight cars carried thousands of crates of berries . . . — — Map (db m49519) HM
On Joe Clifton Drive (U.S. 60) at Madison Street, on the right when traveling north on Joe Clifton Drive.
An organized Jewish community has existed in Paducah since 1864 when Paducah Chevra Yeshurun Burial Society was chartered. The first Jewish house of worship in Paducah was established in 1871, located on the east side of South Fifth between Clark . . . — — Map (db m158842) HM
Paducah: Mid~America's Gateway to the Gulf
This historic waterway reaches from Paducah to Mobile, providing a navigational artery between the upper Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and the Gulf of Mexico's east~west Intracoastal Waterway and . . . — — Map (db m47241) HM
On South Water Street at Kentucky Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South Water Street.
On October 18, 1950 the U.S. Atomic Energy commission approved the site of the former Kentucky Ordinance Works as the location for a new facility in the nation's rapidly growing nuclear production complex. Construction of the Paducah Gaseous . . . — — Map (db m168260) HM
On Jefferson Street just west of North 29th Street, in the median.
The Ohio Valley Flood of 1937 was the greatest natural disaster in the history of the U.S. and drove over one million citizens from their homes. This location marks the water's western edge in Paducah at the height of the flood, Feb. 2, 1937. . . . — — Map (db m158841) HM
Nelson was a graduate of Lincoln High School, commissioned officer in WWI, and president of several major universities. He marched with Ghandi in India and with Dr. King in Alabama.
Burks Chapel AME,7th and Ohio, ran the first school for Negro . . . — — Map (db m49753) HM
On Park Street at North 4th Street on Park Street.
The Flood Wall
Paducah's $8,000,000 flood wall was built by the U.S. Corps of Engineers, is twelve miles long and protects the city to a height three feet above the 1937 flood level. The Flood of 1937 could not occur again in Paducah . . . — — Map (db m154725) HM
On Lone Oak Road (U.S. 45) at Lovelaceville Road (Kentucky Highway 1322), on the right when traveling south on Lone Oak Road.
On this site stood the massive tree for which the town of Lone Oak was named in 1900. The town, first known as Pepper's Mill, was renamed to obtain a local post office. The tree was cut down in 1903 and was used for a bonfire on Christmas night . . . — — Map (db m158867) HM
This scene depicts a captain, a highly trained and skilled professional, standing his normal 6-hour navigation watch in a typical pilothouse. He is looking out over a 15-barge town with 24,000 tons of cargo. His location is down bound, passing the . . . — — Map (db m49192) HM
On North Water Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north on North Water Street.
Through the depression, a struggling telephone industry crept along with advancing technology. In 1940 progress stopped. Most personnel and materials were used to win W.W.II. The local telephone system became outdated. In 1945 the boys came home and . . . — — Map (db m49516) HM
On The Foot of Broadway east of South Water Street, on the right when traveling east.
Home to thousands of men, women, and children, the Cherokee Nation once spread across parts of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. The 1830 Indian Removal Act required that the Cherokee and other southeastern tribes surrender their land . . . — — Map (db m154722) HM
On Kentucky Avenue at 7th Street on Kentucky Avenue.
Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, soldier and rail builder, lived here, 1852~61. Born, Maryland, 1816. Graduated West Point, 1836. In the Mexican War (1846~48).
Chief engineer, 1855~56, New Orleans and Jackson Railroad, first to enter Paducah.
In Civil War . . . — — Map (db m47266) HM
On Kentucky Avenue at South 7th Street, on the left when traveling east on Kentucky Avenue.
This was the home of Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman. Tilghman was born in Claiborne, Maryland in 1815. His family had a long and distinguished history in Maryland. He graduated from West Point with the Class of 1836 and was a veteran of the . . . — — Map (db m91818) HM
On The Foot of Broadway, 0.1 miles south of South Water Street, on the left when traveling east.
This Riverfront Stage is dedicated to
Tom Wilson
Who initiated the summer festival in 1966 and who made this setting the focal point of the event. For 18 years he gave his service to this endeavor as chairman of the festival, guiding it . . . — — Map (db m174563) HM
On South Water Street south of Kentucky Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Founded by an act of Congress in 1798, the Marine Hospital Service was the first federal-level mechanism to provide public health care and disease prevention in the U.S. These hospitals were constructed at key river and sea ports across the nation . . . — — Map (db m48505) HM
Union Gen. U.S. Grant occupied Paducah on Sept. 6,1861, building a pontoon bridge across the Ohio River to the Illinois shore. Ft. Anderson was built and named after Kentuckian and Ft. Sumter commander Maj. Robert Anderson. Attacked March 25 and . . . — — Map (db m49754) HM
On Broadway Street west of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Because its location at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee rivers, and at the northern terminus of the railroad, Paducah was a strategic location throughout the War.
Large numbers of troops and supplies passed through Paducah on their way . . . — — Map (db m48461) HM
On South Water Street south of Kentucky Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Union labor helped build Paducah, including the flood wall on which this mural appears. Unions in construction, business, industry and government helped create a large middle class in Western KY especially after World War II. The region's earliest . . . — — Map (db m48502) HM
On Buckner Lane, 0.1 miles east of 47th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Organized August, 1874 as “German Evangelical Unity Church” with Rev. Daniel Eschenbrenner first pastor. German services held in “Old School House Church” on So. 3rd St. New church at 423 So. 5th St. dedicated August, 1894 . . . — — Map (db m158846) HM
Visitors coming to Paducah by boat in the early part of the twentieth~century would have been greeted by the hustle and bustle of a riverfront lined with hotels, warehouses, packet boat offices, lumber yards, supply houses, iron foundries, maritime . . . — — Map (db m174531) HM
On Park Avenue (Business U.S. 60) near Noble Park Street.
Hand chiseled from a local 56,000 pound Red Oak to honor the Chickasaw Indians who lived and hunted in this area until the Jackson Purchase, 1818.
By Sculptor Peter "Wolf" Toth
Dedicated May 26, 1985
to the City of Paducah and the Commonwealth . . . — — Map (db m4769) HM
On Washington Street west of South 7th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Organized 1855 in log cabin near this site, led by George Brent, member Paducah First Baptist Church. Second was frame building, built by slaves, under leadership of Rev. George W. (“Pappy”) Dupee, the first pastor constituted on February 4, . . . — — Map (db m158781) HM
On Richard Roof Drive, 0.1 miles west of Fisher Road (Kentucky Highway 724), on the right when traveling south.
Welcome to Paducah Ky.
Founded by Gen. William Clark, 1827, at confluence of Tennessee, Ohio Rivers. Named for legendary Chickasaw Indian Chief Paduke. County seat McCracken County. Home Vice President Alben W. Barkley, this airport named in . . . — — Map (db m158861) HM
On South Water Street at Kentucky Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South Water Street.
Today, the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is the nation's only uranium enrichment facility. Operated by USEC, Inc., the plant is a global supplier of enriched uranium for electricity production. The Shawnee Steam Plant, on the bank of the Ohio . . . — — Map (db m48699) HM
On H C Mathis Drive (U.S. 45) at North 14th Street, on the right when traveling north on H C Mathis Drive.
Ground broken for this college on Dec. 9, 1909, by Dr. Dennis H. Anderson, who had a determination to improve education for Negroes in Kentucky. Cornerstone for first building laid, 1911. Dr. Anderson failed to get bill passed in 1912 legislature . . . — — Map (db m158816) HM
On South Water Street south of Kentucky Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
On a warm Sunday afternoon in October 1953, Western Baptist Hospital was dedicated as the newest and most modern facility in Kentucky. The foresight of the original seven-member commission, formed in 1945, created a strategically important . . . — — Map (db m48501) HM
On Broadway Street (Business U.S. 45) east of South 28th Street (U.S. 45), on the right when traveling east.
Incorporated March 3, 1851, by act of Kentucky General Assembly as Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Merged with Presbyterian Church USA, 1906, and became Kentucky Avenue Presbyterian Church. In 1951 the congregation moved to modified . . . — — Map (db m158837) HM
Paducah, being located at the confluence of the ohio and Tennessee rivers and within close proximity of the Cumberland and Mississippi, is the hub of the river industry. Two major shipyards serve the Port of Paducah: James Marine and Walker Boat . . . — — Map (db m49183) HM
On Lone Oak Road at Interstate 24 on Lone Oak Road.
Side A Main part of house, two~story brick structure, built in 1860s by Edward Anderson. Edward Atkins bought it in 1903 and had noted Paducah architect A.L. Lassiter transform Victorian farmhouse into Classical revival mansion. He added the . . . — — Map (db m47238) HM
On Ogden Landing Road (State Highway 358) at Wilmington Road, on the right when traveling east on Ogden Landing Road.
Site of first McCracken County seat half mile south. Established in 1827, three years after county was formed. Town site covered 102 acres, on which there were only eight buildings. First court held home of Isaac Lovelace; courthouse completed, . . . — — Map (db m158860) HM
On South Water Street south of Broadway Street, on the left when traveling south.
Woodland Tradition Indians, around 2,000 years ago, developed exotic mortuary cults, built burial mounds and effigy earthworks, and traded great distances for obsidian, copper, mica, and conch shells. They explored and exploited the caves of south . . . — — Map (db m48705) HM
Dedicated to the military veterans who served our country in war and in peace.
To protect and preserve our freedom.
A nation conceived in liberty and justice.
November 9th 2007 — — Map (db m47525) HM
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