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Kentucky Historical Society Historical Markers
Markers (some 3,000) of the Kentucky state historical markers program administered by the Kentucky Historical Society.
By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 25, 2020
Skirmish at Grubb's Crossroads Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Hopkinsville Road (State Road 91) at Friendship Road, on the right when traveling south on Hopkinsville Road. |
| | Most Caldwell County Confederates enlisted in Gen. Adam Johnson's Co. K, 10th Ky. Partisan Rangers. His purpose was to gather recruits and supplies, to secure state for
CSA. In August, 1864, he attacked a Union regiment here, was blinded . . . — — Map (db m158706) HM |
| On Hopkinsville Street (State Road 91) at University Drive, on the right when traveling south on Hopkinsville Street. |
| | Established by Ky. legislature in 1924 as Western Ky. Sub-experiment Station of the Univ. of Kentucky College of Agriculture. Original 400 acres donated by Caldwell Co.
citizens. S. J. Lowry was supt., 1924-63. First office / service building was . . . — — Map (db m158710) HM |
| On North Franklin Street at East Market Street, on the right when traveling north on North Franklin Street. |
| |
William Prince
1752-1810
Born in Virginia, his family moved to Spartanburg Co., S.C. in 1768. During the Revolutionary War, he served as captain in Col. Benjamin Roebuck’s S.C. Spartan regiment. After completing his military duty, he . . . — — Map (db m123867) HM |
| On South 4th Street (Business U.S. 641) just north of Maple Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | For Col. Richard Callaway. Came to Ky. With Daniel Boone, 1776. One of the founders of Boonesboro, he instilled confidence in success among other settlers. In one year, 1777, appointed Col. Of Militia; Justice of the Peace; elected a representative . . . — — Map (db m151224) HM |
| On State Highway 121 at Cypress Trail, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 121. |
| | Confederate fort erected in 1861. Federals occupied 1862. Seized by CSA Gen. Forrest in fall 1864. With field cannon his cavalrymen sank 2 Union river transports. Captured another and a gunboat, and commandeered them. Due east, this side of Kentucky . . . — — Map (db m37939) HM |
| On State Highway 121 at Cypress Trail, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 121. |
| | (Front): Gerard Furnace Built 2¼ miles east in 1854 by Browder, Kentucky and Co. Inside it was 24ft. high and 10½ ft. across at widest point, burning locally made charcoal fuel. Its air blast machinery was powered by steam. In 34 . . . — — Map (db m37941) HM |
| 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. |
| |
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 |
| On Elm Street (U.S. 51/62), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Jan. 1862, Brig. Gen. U.S. Grant sent 5,000 USA troops from Cairo as a demonstration against Columbus, a Confederate stronghold on the Miss. River. Combined forces led by Brig. Gen. J.A. McClernand from Ft. Jefferson at Wickliffe through here to . . . — — Map (db m18487) HM |
| On Highland Avenue (U.S. 42) east of Martin Road (Route 2350), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Grave of one of founders of Port
William (now Carrollton). Craig
laid off town on 613 acres which
he and James Hawkins owned; the
legislature incorporated it in
1794. He erected the first brick
house in county, 1792. Born in
Virginia, 1751, . . . — — Map (db m136133) HM |
| On U.S. 42 east of Ware Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | First settled 1792, incorporated as Port William 1794. Carroll County formed and name of town changed to Carrollton by the Kentucky Legislature, 1838, both honoring "Charles Carroll of Carrollton" of Maryland, bold signer of the Declaration of . . . — — Map (db m22149) HM |
| Near General Butler Park Road east of 11th Street (Road 320). |
| | Marker Front:
Col. Percival Butler was appointed Ky.'s first adjutant gen. in Gov. Isaac Shelby's first term. Born in Penn., he was with Washington at Valley Forge and Lafayette at Yorktown. Immigrated to Jessamine Co., Ky., then moved to . . . — — Map (db m22097) HM |
| On Highland Avenue (U.S. 42) at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Highland Avenue. |
| | In 1754 James McBride canoed down the Ohio to the mouth of this river—now Kentucky. Here, as first explorer, he carved his initials and the date on a tree, a landmark for 30 years. Cited for part in defense of Bryan Station and Battle of Blue . . . — — Map (db m136145) HM |
| On Fifth Street north of U.S. 42, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Gen. William O. Butler, born Kentucky 1791, died here, 1880. War of 1812: River Raisin, Pensacola, and New Orleans. Gen. Andrew Jackson's staff 1816-17. Cited for heroism in Mexican War 1846-48. Practiced law here. Congressman 1839-43. Defeated as . . . — — Map (db m22131) HM |
| On Highland Avenue (U.S. 42) at 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on Highland Avenue. |
| | The Old Kentucky River Toll Bridge first surveyed November 1897 and incorporated Nov. 1898. J.F. Jett, M.I. Barker, John J. Orr, and Martin L. Downs were instrumental in obtaining bridge. Contract was let to Indiana Bridge Company, July 1899; bridge . . . — — Map (db m136142) HM |
| On Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Blockhouse built here, 1789, by
Gen. Charles Scott for protection
of settlers against Indians who
had massacred and driven off
earlier families. Scott came
from Va., 1785. He was in the
French and Indian Wars. Organized
first company south of . . . — — Map (db m77353) HM |
| On U.S. 42 east of Carraco Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Side A Oldest brick house still standing in county, this was home of Richard and Sarah Masterson. Bricks laid in Flemish bond. House was center of town's activities. Mastersons, leading Methodists, opened their home for services before . . . — — Map (db m22128) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 42) south of Main Cross Street (Kentucky Route 47), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Known as McCool’s Creek Settlement
it was laid off in 1809 on land
of Samuel Sanders, whose father
was here early as 1795. Thirteen
families came from Virginia, 1800.
Traditionally, on visit here about
1816, Henry Clay a member of . . . — — Map (db m136129) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 42) at Ann Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | Birthplace of poet, humorist,
columnist, raconteur, soldier.
He brought pleasure to thousands
with his dialectal stories and
banjo songs of the Blue Grass, and
his unique fictional character of
“Uncle Rambo.” For 20 years . . . — — Map (db m136132) HM |
| On Ghent-Eagle Station Road south of Dividing Ridge Road (Kentucky Route 2984), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Home and family cemetery of Lewis
Sanders, 1781-1861. House built
1819, on land wife inherited from
Col. George Nicholas, key drafter
of Kentucky Constitution and the first
state Attorney General. Sanders
organized first Kentucky fair on . . . — — Map (db m136122) HM |
| On Kentucky Route 467 at Pike Street (Route 36), on the right when traveling east on State Route 467. |
| | Gen. George Rogers Clark used
route through here, circa 1780s,
called Clark’s War Road,
Drennon’s Lick to Ohio River.
First called Rislerville, then
Liberty Station. In 1874, renamed
Sanders, for “Wash” Sanders, local
citizen . . . — — Map (db m136125) HM |
| On U.S. 60 at Grahn Rd (Kentucky Route 182), on the left when traveling south on U.S. 60. |
| | Matthew Sellers is among first to experiment with gliding and power flight. Did this research at his home and laboratory, 6 miles south, 1897-1911. Built most advanced wind tunnel of his day, 1903, to study lift and drag of various wing designs; and . . . — — Map (db m145292) HM |
| On East Main Street (US 60). |
| | As Gen. George W. Morgan's Union force, 8,000 when here, retreated from Cumberland Gap, they were harassed from West Liberty by CSA Gen. John H. Morgan's Raiders. Failure of reinforcements to reach here caused Confederates to leave Oct. 1, 1862 and . . . — — Map (db m73803) HM |
| On Kentucky Route 7 at Kentucky Route 1496, on the left when traveling south on State Route 7. |
| | Retreating from Cumberland Gap General George W. Morgan’s Union force of 8,000 men camped here Sept. 1862. CSA Morgan’s Raiders harassed USA, 30 miles along here; skirmishing, felling trees across roads and preempting food and supplies. Covering 200 . . . — — Map (db m145350) HM |
| On Landsdown Avenue at College Street on Landsdown Avenue. |
| | In their blue and gray uniforms for over forty years, Civil War veterans gathered here annually, around campfires, with song and story, friends and former foes, revived war memories, and always a pilgrimage to graves of their comrades in cemetery of . . . — — Map (db m73788) WM |
| | For Col. William Grayson Carter, state senator, 1834-36. The 88th Ky. county formed, 32nd in size. Carter was created from Greenup and Lawrence. Noted in early years for 5 iron furnaces, its clay products, industry developed in late 1800's. Carter . . . — — Map (db m73789) HM WM |
| On Carol Malone Boulevard (Kentucky Route 7) just north of East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | E. K. Railway purchased 25,000
acres of land in Little Sandy
Valley at close of the Civil War.
Tracks laid to this site June 10,
1871. Grayson was location of depot
and repair shops. Stinson Branch
was laid, 1893, with more straight
track . . . — — Map (db m144463) HM |
| On Hitchens Road (Kentucky Route 1) south of East Main Street (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Six miles south, site of famous iron
furnace, erected, 1848, by R. M.
Biggs and others. Operated 37 years,
averaging 15 tons pig iron daily
which was hauled by ox teams to
Ohio River for shipment. Iron
produced here was used for rails,
plows, . . . — — Map (db m144955) HM |
| On Carol Malone Road (Kentucky Route 1) 1 mile north of Interstate 64, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Pactolus Furnace Built in 1824 by Joseph McMurtry and David L. Ward, on the site of an earlier bloomer forge. Its stone stack used charcoal fuel, and its air blast machinery was powered from a dam, 5 1/2 ft. high, in Little Sandy River. Capacity . . . — — Map (db m73787) HM |
| On Route 773 0.1 miles west of Hitchens Rd (Kentucky Route 1), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Here the EK had a junction with
the Elizabethtown, Lexington &
Big Sandy Railway that connected with
the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway in
Denton. January 1882 both would
become part of Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway. The EK and C&O shared a
depot . . . — — Map (db m145351) HM |
| On W Tom T. Hall Boulevard (U.S. 60) at Kentucky Route 2078, on the right when traveling west on W Tom T. Hall Boulevard. |
| | Created from parts of Carter,
Lewis and Elliott Counties with
county seat here by legislative
act signed Feb. 9, 1904, by Gov.
J.C. W Beckham for whom it was
named. C. C. Brooks appointed
County Judge. On April 29, 1904,
the Court of Appeals . . . — — Map (db m145288) HM |
| On Ridge Drive at Old US 60 Road (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling east on Ridge Drive. |
| | “Honest Bill from Olive Hill.”
Home of Gov. William Jason Fields,
34th Governor of Kentucky, 1923-27.
Promoted Kentucky’s first grant of
Federal aid for road construction,
consolidation of schools, teacher-training colleges at . . . — — Map (db m145260) HM |
| | Saltpeter mined here from which gunpowder was made that was used by Kentucky riflemen during the war of 1812. There are remains of those works in cave, reputed rendezvous for counterfeiters in early years, artifacts and Indian graves found in cavern. — — Map (db m73805) HM WM |
| On U.S. 60 just west of Clay Hollow Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Built in 1848 by A. McCullough and Lampton Brothers. Its stone stack was 36 feet high. 11½ feet across inside at widest point, and burned “stone coal” rather than charcoal. It was served by its own railroad spur. In 1866 it produced . . . — — Map (db m144425) HM |
| On Kentucky Route 1 just north of Kentucky Route 1496, on the left when traveling south. |
| | In 1873, line was extended from
Grayson to Willard. Located here
were a turntable, water tower,
railroad scales, & engine house.
Near-by, the Lick Branch & Lost
Creek spurs, as well as EK coal
mines and coal camp existed. In
1892, an angry . . . — — Map (db m145353) HM |
| On Courthouse Square at Campbellsville Street (Kentucky Route 70), on the right when traveling south on Courthouse Square. |
| | Present seat of justice, built 1888, was preceded by log building, 1809, and brick structure, 1837. Architects for current courthouse were the noted McDonald Bros. of Louisville. Its asymmetrical design and lavish use of stone trim (by T. D. . . . — — Map (db m83438) HM |
| On Campbellsville Street (Kentucky Route 70) at Courthouse Square, on the right when traveling east on Campbellsville Street. |
| | A spirited USA Civil War leader. Enlisted July 11, 1861. Aided Col. Frank Wolford with recruiting of lst Ky. Cav. Distinctive service many campaigns. Succeeded Wolford in command, Mar., 1864. Mustered out, Dec. 31, 1864. Born, 1839, Pulaski Co. . . . — — Map (db m83441) HM |
| On Campbellsville Street at Courthouse Square, on the right when traveling east on Campbellsville Street. |
| |
First Kentucky Cavalry
Casey County, home of one-third of this Union regiment and of its commanders Col. Frank L. Wolford and Col. Silas Adams. Others came from eight nearby Ky. counties. Recruited July 1861, trained at Camp Dick . . . — — Map (db m83439) HM |
| On U.S. 127 at State Route 817 on U.S. 127. |
| | Entered land on Carpenter's Creek 8 miles north, 1780, on a Treasury Warrant for service in Revolution. Land Grant signed, 1783, by Gov. Benj. Harrison. Engaged in Battle of Point Pleasant, 1774. Served in Rockingham Militia, Va., during Revolution. . . . — — Map (db m83446) HM |
| On Lafayette Road (Kentucky Route 107) at Jago Thomas Road, on the right when traveling south on Lafayette Road. |
| | First practice of no-tillage crop production in Ky. occurred on this farm in 1962. Harry and Laurence Young, of Christian Co., were among first in nation to experiment with no-tillage techniques, which use herbicides in providing seed bed in residue . . . — — Map (db m123637) HM |
| On Herndon Oak Grove Road (Kentucky Route 117) 0.6 miles south of Lafayette Road (Kentucky Route 107), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Adlai Ewing Stevenson, 1835-1914, one of four Kentuckians - more than any state, except New York -
who were U.S. Vice Presidents. Others were Richard M. Johnson, John C. Breckinridge and Alben W. Barkley. Stevenson, born here, moved to Illinois, . . . — — Map (db m123634) 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 |
| 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 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 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 East 6th Street at Liberty Street on East 6th Street. |
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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. . . . — — Map (db m88903) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 41) at Clark Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
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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, . . . — — 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 |
| On Court Street at South Main Street (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling north on Court Street. |
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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 . . . — — Map (db m88909) 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 m88914) HM |
| | He covered major civil rights stories of his era and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1949. Poston received numerous other awards, including the George Polk Award in Journalism for national reporting. His book of short stories, The Dark Side . . . — — Map (db m105693) 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 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 |
| On Cleveland Avenue west of South Main Street (U.S. 60), on the left when traveling west. |
| | CSA Gen. John H. Morgan's cavalry first raided Kentucky July, 1862. Took Cynthiana but, faced by large USA forces, withdrew. Destroyed arms here on 19th and went to Richmond. On last raid, June 1864, after two battles at Mt. Sterling, they moved by . . . — — Map (db m67760) HM |
| On West Lexington Avenue (U.S. 60) just east of Hospital Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Came from Va. to Boonesborough, 1776. Builder of Strode's Station, 1779, the largest and most important fortified area in Clark County during the early settlements and bloody Indian wars. Indians attacked station 1781, and later. Two men killed . . . — — Map (db m159696) HM |
| On South Main Street south of Cleveland Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Side 1:
Clark County, named in honor of Revolutionary War hero General George Rogers Clark, was created in 1792. A two-room log cabin courthouse built here in 1794 on land donated by John Baker. Replaced by two-story brick bldg. in 1797. . . . — — Map (db m67785) HM |
| On Lexington Road (U.S. 60) west of Clintonville Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | One of the ten Bluegrass counties which produced over 90 percent of the entire country's yield in late 1800s. Production increased from 155 tons in 1869 to over 1,000 tons in 1889, valued at about $125 per ton. In 1942, Winchester selected as site . . . — — Map (db m67704) HM |
| On Bucknerville Road south of Colby Road (County Route 1927), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1820s by Colby Taylor as a place of rest and entertainment on stage road from Winchester to Lexington. In 1832, President Andrew Jackson visited here on his trip to Winchester. During antebellum heyday in late 1840s, popular stop for those . . . — — Map (db m67745) HM |
| On Cleveland Street west of South Main Street (U.S. 60), on the left when traveling west. |
| | For General George Rogers Clark, who came to Kentucky territory from Virginia, 1775. He commanded expedition into Illinois territory in 1778-79, taking the British forts which held the northwest for future U S settlement, and capturing commander of . . . — — Map (db m67757) HM |
| On East Broadway Street at Park Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East Broadway Street. |
| | In 1833 town trustees bought about an acre for $45 for public burial ground. First cholera epidemic in U.S. reached here. Seventy-five victims were buried here in 1833. John Ward, town trustee and a leader in forming cemetery, and his wife were both . . . — — Map (db m67786) HM |
| On South Burns Ave at Beckner Ave on South Burns Ave. |
| | Home and monument of James Clark 1779-1839. Governor of Kentucky, 1836-1839. Member of Congress; Judge, Court of Appeals. As Circuit Judge he rendered his famous decision which set off the old and the new court fight in 1821. — — Map (db m67748) HM |
| On West Lexington Avenue east of Olde Potomac Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Here lived five Hanson brothers, Civil War soldiers, USA and CSA. For USA: Col. Charles S., hero of Battle of Lebanon, July, 1863; Pvt. Samuel K.-died in service. For CSA: Brig. Gen. Roger, mortally wounded in the Battle of Stone's River, Jan. 2, . . . — — Map (db m67753) HM WM |
| On Lexington Road (U.S. 60) west of Clintonville Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Hemp in Kentucky - First crop grown, 1775. From 1840 to 1860, Ky.'s production largest in U.S. Peak in 1850 was 40,000 tons, with value of $5,000,000. Scores of factories made twine, rope, oakum to caulk sailing ships and cotton bagging. State's . . . — — Map (db m67705) HM |
| On College Street west of Wheeler Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Side 1:
Homer Ledford (1927-2006) was a master craftsman, musician, and teacher. Born in Tennessee, he came to Kentucky to attend Berea College & graduated from Eastern Ky. University. Ledford founded the Cabin Creek Band in 1976 & led . . . — — Map (db m67751) HM |
| On Boonesboro Road (Kentucky Route 627) at Old Stone Church Road, on the right when traveling south on Boonesboro Road. |
| | Daniel Boone attended, Squire, Jr., Samuel, and Mary Boone baptized here. Church name changed, 1790, from Howard's Creek to Providence. William Bush, a member of Boone's second Ky. expedition, built the present stone structure of native limestone. . . . — — Map (db m30831) HM |
| On Ironworks Road west of Morris Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In the burial ground, one-fourth mile east, are two rare Carrara marble tombstones carved in Italy by Joel Tanner Hart, the world renowned sculptor. He brought the stones to America, 1860, at time of unveiling of his great statue of Henry Clay in . . . — — Map (db m67788) HM |
| On Colby Road (KY1927) west of Basin Springs Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Site of home and farm from which Cluke enlisted in the Confederate army. Commissioned Colonel of 8th Regt. Ky. Cavalry CSA, Sept. 1862. Immediate action in Ky. won the confidence of Gen. John H. Morgan; was with Morgan in Dec. 1862 and July 1863 . . . — — Map (db m67706) WM |
| On Mount Sterling Road south of Veterans Memorial Parkway, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Birthplace of Joel Tanner Hart, 1810, sculptor and poet. Began as stone-cutter, 1830. Went to Florence, Italy, 1840. Famed for busts: John Jordan Crittenden, Cassius M. Clay, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson. Marble statues: Woman Triumphant, Il . . . — — Map (db m67787) HM |
| On Kentucky Route 11 0.4 miles south of U.S. 421, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Gen. George W. Morgan's Union forces occupied Cumberland Gap June 18 to Sept. 17, 1862. Cut off from supplies and surrounded, Morgan with 9,000 men withdrew. They camped here Sept. 19-21, to perfect organization for march. Made fruitless supply . . . — — Map (db m73926) WM |
| On County Route 11, on the left when traveling north. |
| | For Gen. Green Clay, 1757-1826. Born in Va. Came to Ky., 1777. Va. Legislature, 1788-89, and Va. Convention that ratified Federal Constitution. From 1793 t0 1808 in Ky. House, Senate, Const. Conv. May, 1813,Gen Clay with 3000 Kentuckians, at Ft. . . . — — Map (db m49184) HM |
| On Kentucky Route 11 0.4 miles south of U.S. 421, on the right when traveling south. |
| | On Oct. 23, 1862, 22nd USA Brig. including 1st, 2nd and 20th Ky. Infantry moved here in wake of retreating CSA forces. 500 men worked 36 hours to destroy salt works mainly owned by unionists but used by Confederates. Loyal USA citizens allowed to . . . — — Map (db m73925) WM |
| On Town Branch Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | (Front): Gov. Bert T. Combs (1959-1963)
Accomplishments during Comb’s administration included highways connecting eastern and western Ky., expansion of state parks system, a statutory merit system for state employees, an end to . . . — — Map (db m49185) HM |
| On State Highway 66 0.6 miles north of U.S. 421, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Was a legendary Cherokee Indian for whom this fork of the Kentucky River is named. He and another Indian, Jack, whose name was given creek to the south, were friendly with early settlers and permitted to hunt in area. Allegedly they were killed in . . . — — Map (db m87567) HM |
| On State Highway 66 0.6 miles north of U.S. 421, on the right when traveling south. |
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Named in honor of first white man to settle on Red Bird River, at the mouth of Gilbert’s Creek. A veteran of Revolutionary War, John Gilbert came here to hunt and trap. He surveyed and claimed much of Clay, Leslie and Harlan . . . — — Map (db m87568) HM |
| On College Street south of River Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The land for what became Oneida Baptist Institute was donated by Martha Coldiron Hogg and S.P. Hogg in September 1899. The school was founded by James Anderson Burns, December 20, 1899, as Mamre Baptist College to meet the social, educational, and . . . — — Map (db m39148) HM |
| On Cumberland Street at South Cross Street, on the left when traveling west on Cumberland Street. |
| | Champ Ferguson born here in 1821. Guerrilla leader with Confederate leaning, but attacked supporters of both sides thruout Civil War in southern Ky., Tenn. Over 100 murders ascribed to Ferguson alone. Hunted by both CSA and USA. Taken after end of . . . — — Map (db m136581) HM |
| Near Clear Fork Road 0.1 miles east of County Road 1150K, on the left when traveling east. |
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Isaac Denton, Sr., first preacher in region, 1798. He founded the Stockton Valley Church, 1801, and constituted Clear Fork Baptist Church, April 1, 1802; founded Stockton Valley Assn., 1805. Organized first school in area, 1806. . . . — — Map (db m136773) HM |
| On North Washington Street at Cumberland Street, on the left when traveling north on North Washington Street. |
| | For DeWitt Clinton, 1769-1828. In New York Senate, nine years; U.S. Senate, 1802-03, where he introduced XII Amendment, present method of electing U.S. president, vice president. Mayor, New York, nine years; leader, tax supported school movement. . . . — — Map (db m136583) HM |
| On Jefferson Street at South Cross Street (Business U.S. 127), on the left when traveling east on Jefferson Street. |
| | 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. The courthouse at Albany was burned by guerrillas late in . . . — — Map (db m136768) HM |
| Near South Clearfork Road 0.3 miles north of Cedar Knob Road (Kentucky Route 969), on the right when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Thomas E. Bramlette born near here on Jan. 3, 1817. State legislature in 1841. Appointed by Gov. John Crittenden as the commonwealth's attorney, 1848. Circuit judge, 1856-1860. Accepted Federal Army commission in 1861. Raised and commanded 3rd Ky. . . . — — Map (db m136585) HM |
| On North Washingtgon Street at Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north on North Washingtgon Street. |
| | William Wood (1773-1851), native of Virginia, was a founder of Cumberland and a leader in Clinton Co. He represented Cumberland Co. (when Clinton was part of it) in the General Assembly for 23 years. One of the founders of Clear Fork Baptist Church, . . . — — Map (db m136771) HM |
| On Kentucky Route 70 at Axel Creek Road, on the left when traveling north on State Route 70. |
| | Built a mile west by Gideon D. Cobb in 1847, 9 feet across inside, 30 feet high, charcoal-fueled, with steam-powered machinery. In 1855 made 1300 tons of iron. Named for newly formed county, it was last of several ironworks operated by the Cobb . . . — — Map (db m136457) HM |
| On Chapel Hill Road (Kentucky Route 688) 0.3 miles west of Twin Lake Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
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Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church
Organized in 1883 at the home of John A. Hill. Services were held in an old school house until this building was constructed on T. M. Hill's land in 1884. Rev. A. J. Thomson was first pastor. Provision for . . . — — Map (db m123791) HM |
| On Kentucky Route 91 0.1 miles east of Court Street, on the left when traveling west. |
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For John J. Crittenden, 1787-1863, one of Kentucky’s great statesmen. 15th Governor of the state. Attorney General under three Presidents.
US Senator five times. Noted for Crittenden Compromise, 1860, futile effort to avert Civil War and . . . — — Map (db m79187) HM |
| On Carlisle Street 0.1 miles east of Court Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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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.
The courthouse at Marion was burned by guerrillas in . . . — — Map (db m79179) HM |
| On North Walker Street north of East Bellville Street (Kentucky Route 120), on the left when traveling north. |
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F. Julius Fohs (1884-1965)
F. Julius Fohs was born in N.Y. but moved to Marion, Ky. in 1890. He graduated from Marion High School. Managed fluorspar mining operation, 1900-1904; served as assistant state geologist for Ky., 1905-12. . . . — — Map (db m123766) HM |
| On West Bellville Street (Kentucky Route 91) at North Weldon Street, on the right when traveling west on West Bellville Street. |
| | T. J. Nunn, 1846-1917, represented Crittenden and Livingston counties in 1890 Convention which framed present constitution of Kentucky. He was Judge of Kentucky's Court of Appeals, 1903-1914; resigned because of ill health. His son, C. S. Nunn, . . . — — Map (db m123768) HM |
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