Historical Markers and War Memorials in Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Hopkinsville is the county seat for Christian County
Hopkinsville is in Christian County
Christian County(43) ► ADJACENT TO CHRISTIAN COUNTY Caldwell County(23) ► Hopkins County(24) ► Muhlenberg County(12) ► Todd County(15) ► Trigg County(28) ► Montgomery County, Tennessee(111) ► Stewart County, Tennessee(91) ►
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"We found them in the forest camped for the night by the road side under a severe fall of rain accompanied by heavy wind. With their canvas for a shield from the inclemency of the weather, and the cold wet ground for a resting place, after the . . . — — Map (db m245693) HM
On West 15th Street west of Bethel Street, on the left when traveling west.
Organized by the Bethel Baptist Association and opened in 1854 as Bethel Female High School. Used by CSA as hospital during Black Measles epidemic, 1861-1862. Bethel Women's Jr. College, 1917. Closed 1942-1945; rooms rented to Camp Campbell Army . . . — — Map (db m136778) HM
On West 13th Street at Ferrell Street, on the left when traveling west on West 13th Street.
Charles S. Morehead, 1802-1868
This Ky. governor and congressman was born near Bardstown. A graduate of Transylvania, he began law practice in Hopkinsville. Morehead served in state legislature, as attorney general, in U.S. House of . . . — — Map (db m88913) HM
By the early 1800's white settlers in present-day Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee wanted the Cherokee farms, especially after the discovery of gold on Cherokee land. In 1830 the U. S. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act; in 1835 three hundred . . . — — Map (db m105690) HM
On Cox Mill Road (State Highway 695) 0.3 miles south of Pierce Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Built 1878 by the Grange. Used ever since for public meetings. Kentucky's first farm cooperative, the Church Hill Grange operated a livestock market here. Leading this pioneer cooperative were two Christian County farmers, Winston J. Davie, first . . . — — Map (db m158702) HM
On South Main Street (U.S. 41) at Court Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
1861-1865
Erected by Christian County Chapter No. 590 United Daughters of the Confederacy
Soldiers from Christian County Kentucky
October 1911. — — Map (db m241836) WM
On South Main Street (U.S. 41) at East 6th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
For Col. William Christian, native Virginian, soldier, politician, and pioneer. Served as Colonel in Revolution, member Va. Legislature. Moved family to Jefferson County in 1785, where his Va. land grants totaled 9,000 acres. Killed 1786, defending . . . — — Map (db m88910) HM
On South Main Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
Gen. Hylan B. Lyon with 800 men invaded Ky., Dec. 1864, to enforce CSA draft law and divert USA from Nashville. In 23 days he burned seven courthouses used by Union forces. See map on reverse side. Courthouse at Hopkinsville burned Dec. 12. All . . . — — Map (db m88907) HM
On South Main Street at East 14th Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
1849: Constructed in 1848-1849, the Dillard Campbell House is the most sophisticated example of Greek Revival residential architecture in Christian County. Daniel Umbenhour of Bowling Green constructed the home inspired by nationally . . . — — Map (db m241875) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 41) at Clark Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Edgar Cayce-psychic counselor and healer. Accepted nationally, he was one of the best known in this field. A humble and religious man, Cayce never profited from his predictions. Used his reputed gift of extrasensory perception, including medical . . . — — Map (db m88918) HM
Near East 9th Street (Kentucky Route 109) at Liberty Street.
Organized in 1813, traditionally by the Rev. Gideon Blackburn, a pioneer minister and missionary to the Cherokee Indians. Present church building, not including later additions, was built during the period 1848-1852. Used as a hospital during severe . . . — — Map (db m88905) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 41) at Quarry Road, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
CSA Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest with 6 cavalry companies joined Gen. Charles Clark here Nov. 15, 1861. Forrest made reconnaissance and foraging expeditions out of here. See map on other side. When on one he defeated USA forces in Battle of . . . — — Map (db m88922) HM
On South Main Street at East 6th Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
Elected the 51st Governor of Kentucky in 1963, Breathitt, at age thirty-eight, was one of the Commonwealth's most progressive, modern governors, ushering in a new wave of programs and reforms. Governor Breathitt was a champion of civil rights for . . . — — Map (db m245690) HM
On East 6th Street at Liberty Street on East 6th Street.
Organized in 1831 by local laymen with aid of George P. Giddinge, Md. missionary, who became first rector, and Benjamin B. Smith, later first Bishop of Ky. and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. First church was built ca. 1850 on Virginia . . . — — Map (db m88903) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 41) at Clark Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Hdqrs. CSA Commander
Nathan Bedford Forrest, stationed in Hopkinsville during winter of 1861-62, resided, with wife and daughter, in log house, the third residence south. As colonel, in command 6 companies CSA Cavalry, reconnoitered . . . — — Map (db m88921) HM
On South Virginia Street (U.S. 41) at East 7th Street, on the right when traveling north on South Virginia Street.
Erected on this site, 1894, and named for Hopkinsville native and philanthropist, John C. Latham, Jr. Structure was Italian Renaissance style. It became a well-known tourist stop, social and civic center. Among famous guests: Vice President Charles . . . — — Map (db m88902) HM
Near Metcalfe Lane east of North Main Street (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling east.
[West side] This monument is erected at the place of his birth by a surviving comrade to commemorate the virtues of the Confederate Dead A.D. 1887
[North side] Beneath the sod is mingled the sacred dust of 101 unknown soldiers, . . . — — Map (db m241813) WM
On Court Street at South Main Street (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling north on Court Street.
William Clark
William Clark, coleader of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, and his family stopped at Allsbury’s Tavern in Hopkinsville on Oct. 2, 1809. In 1807 Clark was appointed militia brigadier general and chief Indian agent for the . . . — — Map (db m88909) HM
On West 9th Street (U.S. 68) at Justice Way, on the right when traveling west on West 9th Street.
Born in Hopkinsville in 1885, she was admitted to the KY Bar and was a member of the KY Equal Rights Assoc. As a suffragist and the first president of the KY League of Women Voters, she fought to secure . . . — — Map (db m166899) HM
On Trail of Tears Dr., 0.1 miles north of East 9th Street.
Chief White Path was a leader to his people. He led them in battle, alongside United States forces, at Horseshoe Bend. He served on the Cherokee Council, traveling to the city of Washington in 1830 to petition Congress to overturn the Indian Removal . . . — — Map (db m245695) HM
On East 9th Street (Kentucky Route 109) at South Campbell Street, on the right when traveling east on East 9th Street.
Bequest to city of Hopkinsville with funds for beautification and maintenance by John C. Latham of New York, a native of Hopkinsville. A generous and forgiving gift. Mr. Latham was owner of a large tobacco warehouse on this site that was destroyed, . . . — — Map (db m88897) HM
On West 13th Street, 0.1 miles west of Ferrell Street, on the left when traveling west.
Within this enclosure are buried 185 named persons, and many more unknown, all early settlers of Christian County. The land for this cemetery was donated in 1812 by Bartholomew Wood, the first settler in Hopkinsville. He also donated land and timber . . . — — Map (db m166890) HM
On Talbert Drive just west of North Elm Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Round Table and the Sword in the Stone, replicas from the Chivalric Age of King Arthur, were erected in the belief that the lofty ideals and standards of gentility that prevailed in Camelot can be renewed on the campus on Hopkinsville . . . — — Map (db m166895) HM
Theodore Roosevelt Poston was born on July 4, 1906, in Hopkinsville. He was a graduate of Attucks High School and Tennessee A&I State College. In 1936 he began freelance writing for the New York Post and was soon hired full-time. He retired in . . . — — Map (db m105693) HM
The Cherokee people once occupied much of the mid-Atlantic territory of North America. During the American Revolution they sided with the British against encroaching settlers and were forced to live in the mountains of Georgia, Tennessee, and North . . . — — Map (db m105691) HM
On U.S. 41 at Lovella Lane, on the right on U.S. 41.
A camping ground, Oct. 1838, for a part of the Cherokee Indians who were forcibly moved from their homes in the Smoky Mountain region of N. Car. and Tenn. to Indian Terr., now Okla. Badly clothed and fed, hundreds became ill and many died, among . . . — — Map (db m88883) HM
On East 9th Street (U.S. 41) at Lovella Lane, on the right when traveling west on East 9th Street.
In 1838 this lot, then in woods, was
used as camping grounds for 13,500
Indians removed along this route
from the southern states to
Oklahoma, in detachments of 1500.
Among those who died in camp
were two noted Cherokees
Chief . . . — — Map (db m88886) HM
On East 9th Street at Liberty Street, on the right when traveling east on East 9th Street.
It would seemingly be impossible to erect a better building. – Kentucky New Era, March 1, 1915
1915: The U.S. Post Office opened with great fanfare on Feb. 27, 1915. Constructed over a 15-month period, the . . . — — Map (db m241842) HM
On North Main Street at Clark Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Brig. Gen. James S. Jackson, USA, killed in battle of Perryville on Oct. 8, 1862, is buried in south end of cemetery. Born Woodford Co., Ky., 1823. First Lt., Mexican War, then practiced law in Greenup. He came Hopkinsville, 1855. Elected to . . . — — Map (db m88916) HM
Chief Whitepath served with Chief John Ross on the six-person Management Committee for Cherokee Removal and Subsistence, arranging for ration stops along the "Trail of Tears".
Cherokee Memorial Park in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, was one of the . . . — — Map (db m105687) HM
