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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «meade county» AND «kentucky»

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By Cosmos Mariner, September 17, 2017
County Named, 1799 Marker (tall view; looking east toward South Main Street)
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1 ► Kentucky, Breckinridge County, Hardinsburg — 1170 — County Named, 1799 —
For John Breckinridge, 1760-1806. Attorney General of Kentucky, 1793-97. Representative in Kentucky Legislature, 1797-1801. Coauthor with Jefferson of 1798 Kentucky Resolutions, opposing U.S. Alien and Sedition Acts. Appointed Attorney General of . . . — — Map (db m119798) HM

2 ► Kentucky, Meade County, Brandenburg — Underground Railroad Statue —
The Underground Railroad conducted slaves to freedom. Meade County’s location on the Ohio River made it a major artery into Indiana. The Brandenburg Ferry, owned by the Bell family was an important station on the Underground Railroad. In 1857, a . . . — — Map (db m123344) HM

3 ► Kentucky, Hardin County, Elizabethtown — Men of Distinction —
Governor John LaRue Helm 1802-1867 John LaRue Helm, born July 4, 1802, was the eldest child of George and Rebecca LaRue Helm. Although he excelled in academic studies, he had to leave school when he was 16 to go work on the family farm. . . . — — Map (db m249571) HM

4 ► Kentucky, Breckinridge County, Hardinsburg — 584 — Courthouse Burned —
Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side. Dec. 28, 1864, guerrillas set fire to courthouse at . . . — — Map (db m119797) HM

5 ► Kentucky, Boyle County, Danville — C.S.A. 1861 - 1865 — Reported permanently removed
(North Face) Erected by the U.D.C. and veterans of Boyle Co. The Confederate Dead (South Face) "What They Were The Whole World Knows" — — Map (db m265928) WM
 
 
 
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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