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By Ginger Drenning, July 16, 2008
First State Capital Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| On Ohio River Scenic Byway (State Road 62) 0.3 miles east of State Road 135, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Corydon became the first state capital of Indiana in 1816. The first constitution was drawn up and the first sessions of the state legislature and supreme court convened here. — — Map (db m9712) HM |
| On North Capitol Avenue near East Cherry Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Capital of Indiana Territory was moved to Corydon from Vincennes, 1813.
This building became first State Capitol, 1816.
Offices were moved to Indianapolis in 1825. — — Map (db m9626) HM |
| On West Main Street (U.S. 36) west of Cross Street (State Road 39), on the right when traveling west. |
| | (Side One) Residential district bounded by Main, East, Cross, and Marion streets. Nineteenth and early twentieth century homes reflect social and economic diversity of residents, including town’s prominent citizens. Listed in National Register of . . . — — Map (db m237) HM |
| On National Road (U.S. 40) west of West Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported missing. |
| | Knightstown—first town platted on National Road after survey, 1827—named after noted surveyor Jonathan Knight.
Home of American Communications Network founded, in 1966, to preserve and perpetuate the “Ideals that built . . . — — Map (db m139247) HM |
| On Jefferson St. 0 miles north of State St. (Road Hunting). |
| | This city, township and county were named for Samuel Huntington, signer of the Declaration of Independence and important political figure in the Revolutionary War era. Records indicate the name was given by Elias Murray, Huntington's nephew, when he . . . — — Map (db m71299) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 231), on the left. |
| | The Old Courthouse has been, since its erection in 1878, a landmark in Lake County, Indiana. Construction of the central portion, including the clock tower, began with 500,000 hand-kilned bricks from the Henry Wise Brickyard in Crown Point, . . . — — Map (db m27806) HM |
| On East 9th Street at Madison Street on East 9th Street. |
| | This Public Square was part of Chief Anderson's Delaware Indian Village. In 1827, thirty acres were donated to Madison County by John and Salley Berry to relocate the county seat from Pendleton to Anderson. The remaining acreage was sold by the . . . — — Map (db m232) HM |
| Near U.S. 24 at County Road 800W. Reported missing. |
| | In 1821 the Indiana-Illinois state line was surveyed by General John Tipton for Indiana and Samuel McClintoc for Illinois. They ran the line and marked each mile of it from Vincennes to Lake Michigan. — — Map (db m64156) HM |
| On North Orange Street (State Road 9). |
| | Noble County formed by General Assembly 1836, named after James Noble first US Senator from Indiana. County seats Sparta 1836, Augusta, 1837, Port Mitchell 1844. Center later named Albion selected 1846 as county seat in runoff election. Arrival of . . . — — Map (db m3387) HM |
| On East Market St at South Main Street on East Market St. |
| | Owen County formed by General Assembly, 1819. Spencer selected county seat, 1820. Neoclassical building designed by Jesse T. Johnson, Indianapolis and built by Christian Kanzler & Son, Evansville (1910-1911),was second courthouse on land donated by . . . — — Map (db m5088) HM |
| On County Road S600W south of Road W40S, on the right when traveling south. |
| | So named because armies of Gen. Wm. H. Harrison (1811) and Gen. Saml. Hopkins (1812) bivouacked nearby.
A busy village during waterpower days, court was held here before the county was judicially organized. — — Map (db m17285) HM |
| On State Road 120 at Fountain Road, on the left when traveling east on State Road 120. |
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(Front Side)
Indiana admitted by the U.S. Congress as nineteenth state 1816. Enabling Act moved northern boundary ten miles north of southernmost tip of Lake Michigan providing direct access to the lake. Boundary first surveyed 1817 by . . . — — Map (db m61519) HM |
| On 9th Street at East State Street, on the right when traveling north on 9th Street. |
| | Side One
Lafayette platted 1825. This area was first known as Prospect Hill. Wealthy families built country estates here 1850's - 1860's. Streetcar lines of 1880's transformed Hill into popular suburb. Area declined after World War II. . . . — — Map (db m8694) HM |
| On Public Square (North Side) (State Road 135) at North Main Street, on the left when traveling west on Public Square (North Side). |
| | Washington County Courthouse
County formed 1814 by General Assembly of Indiana Territory. Commissioners selected county seat and named it Salem. This third courthouse completed 1888 using locally quarried limestone. Designed in Richardsonian . . . — — Map (db m46643) HM |
| On Old National Road (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling west. |
| |
This Tablet Marks
the Boundary Line Between
Government and Indian Lands
fixed by
Gen. Anthony Wayne and
Twelve Tribes of Indians
in the Greenville Treaty 1795
also
The Site of Salisbury
1/3 mile south east ---- the first . . . — — Map (db m120635) HM |
| Near Interstate 80 at milepost 208, 3.6 miles west of County Highway V52, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, a native of Vermont, was the person to whom Horace Greeley gave his famous advice “Go West, young man, go West.” Grinnell took that advice and in 1854 founded the city that now bears his name. A leader in state . . . — — Map (db m33683) HM |
| On N Clark Street at W J St on N Clark Street. |
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On January 15, 1851, Gov. Stephen Hempstead approved an act of the Iowa legislation creating 50 new counties out of the unorganized territory in the Western portion of the state. One section of that act provided: "That the following shall be . . . — — Map (db m133489) HM |
| On Pearl Street at Broadway, on the right when traveling east on Pearl Street. |
| | Cottonwood Falls has been the Chase county seat since both town and county were established in 1859. The first log cabin-courthouse was replaced in 1873 by this stately building of native limestone and walnut, which today is the oldest Kansas . . . — — Map (db m49505) HM |
| | Chase County, named after Salmon P. Chase, who was a United States Senator from Ohio and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was organized in 1859 in the Kansas Territory.
James Fisher, from Columbiana County, Ohio was the . . . — — Map (db m45683) HM |
| On Walnut Street near 4th Street (U.S. 73), on the left when traveling east. |
| | After passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, May 30, 1864, this area was swiftly settled. The county was organized in 1855, taking its name from Gen. Henry Leavenworth who established the nearby fort in 1827.
In a county seat war, Leavenworth was . . . — — Map (db m46777) HM |
| |
Near Kansas City, Union troops clashed with Price's army in a series of battles:
• October 19 in Lexington
• October 21 at the Little Blue River
• October 22 at the Big Blue River
• October 23 in Westport . . . — — Map (db m67400) HM |
| On Pearl Street near Miami Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 1803 - Louisiana Purchase, Native American Lands
1854 - Kansas Territory established & open settlement began
1861 - Kansas Statehood - Miami County renamed from Lykins County
1873 - First courthouse on this site converted . . . — — Map (db m34418) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 56) near Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The wall was built primarily because of the controversy between Council Grove and Parkerville and their fight to secure the permanent location for the county seat.
Jobs were created by both towns and workers were imported to swell the number of . . . — — Map (db m45451) HM |
| Near Interstate 70 10 miles west of S Lawrence Trafficway (State Highway 10). |
| | In 1855, the new town of Lecompton was named the capital of Kansas Territory. President James Buchanan appointed a governor and officials to establish government offices in Lecompton, and construction began on an elegant capitol building. In the . . . — — Map (db m88763) HM |
| On West Main Street (Kentucky Route 2152) west of South Cemetery Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | For Lieut. Col. John Allen, born in Va., 1771, came to Ky., 1779. Practiced law in Shelby County. State Representative, 1801-07, and State Senate, 1807-13. Killed in battle at River Raisin, Jan. 22, 1813, and one of nine officers at that battle for . . . — — Map (db m131262) WM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 460), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Named for the royal French family who aided the colonies in the War of Independence. Bourbon was one of nine Virginia counties formed before Kentucky became a state in 1792. From its original area all of twenty-four counties and parts of ten other . . . — — Map (db m43621) HM |
| On North Main Street at EGL Smith Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | For Gen. Richard Butler, b. 1743, Ireland. Came to America, 1760. Officer during Revolutionary War. Indian agent, 1784; Supt. Indian Affairs for Northern Dist., 1785. With Geo. Rogers Clark negotiated Indian treaty, 1786. As Maj. Gen., second in . . . — — Map (db m123929) 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 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 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 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 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 |
| On U.S. 641 0.1 miles south of Hastings Lane, on the right when traveling south. |
| | County seat, 1804, of the original Livingston County. A Presbyterian Church was started, 1797, by the Rev. Terah Templin. County seat moved to Salem, 1809. U.S. Army used earlier buildings as supply depot on the "Trail of Tears," Cherokee . . . — — Map (db m123795) HM |
| On New Hartford Road (U.S. 231) just south of Spring Bank Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Formed in 1815 out of Ohio County. Named for Col. Joseph Hamilton Daveiss. As US attorney for Ky., he prosecuted Aaron Burr in 1806 for treason, in plotting to seize Spanish territory, a friendly nation; but he did not obtain a conviction. Joined . . . — — Map (db m159320) HM |
| On Broadway Street (Kentucky Route 2461) at Main Street (Route 89), on the right when traveling east on Broadway Street. |
| | For Captain James Estill, gallant soldier and frontiersman. Fought one of bloodiest Indian battles, Estill's Defeat, on March 22, 1782, in what is now Montgomery County. He and 7 of his 25 pioneers were killed in violent combat with a band of . . . — — Map (db m136805) HM |
| On West Main Street (U.S. 421). |
| | One of the three original counties formed when Kentucky Co., Virginia, was divided by Va. Act in 1780. Included area north and east of Ky. River, 37 persent-day counties and parts of 7 others. Reduced to its present boundaries by 1799.
Named . . . — — Map (db m14016) HM |
| Near Louisville Road (U.S. 60) 0.3 miles north of Lafayette Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Taken from portions of Woodford, Mercer and Shelby counties. Ky. had become a state 3 years earlier, with Frankfort as capital, 1792. First meeting of the legislature's second session met here, 1793. Frankfort made county seat, 1795. Named for . . . — — Map (db m62243) HM |
| On West Wellington Street at East Moulton Street on West Wellington Street. |
| | Formed, 1845, out of Hickman Co. Part of Jackson Purchase from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. Named for Robert Fulton, whose Clermont, best known of early steamboats, went up the Hudson River in 1807. Far western part of the county, known as Madrid . . . — — Map (db m18415) HM |
| On Public Square at North Main Street (U.S. 62), on the left when traveling south on Public Square. |
| | For Col. William Grayson, 1740-90,
aide de-camp to Gen. Washington.
Lawyer; in Revolutionary Army,
1776-79; Board of War, 1780-81;
Virginia Assembly and Continental
Congress, 1784-87; State Convention
ratifying Federal Constitution . . . — — Map (db m123269) HM |
| Near W. Court Street at S. Main Street. |
| | Formed from parts of Lincoln and Nelson counties. The last of seven formed during first legislature. Named for Gen. Nathaniel Greene, who, in the Revolutionary War, commanded a unit at Boston, 1776; helped plan defense of New York; fought at . . . — — Map (db m96930) HM |
| On Main Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Hancock County and Hawesville were created by Ky. law Jan. 3. 1829. County seat was named for Richard Hawes who donated land for town. His son, Richard Jr., became Confederate governor of Kentucky, 1862. Hancock's first cannel coal produced . . . — — Map (db m160228) HM |
| On State Road 144 at Quisenberry Road, on the right when traveling east on State Road 144. |
| | Crossroads was site of 19th-century town of Patesville. It was named for William Pate, who bought land and operated an inn about two miles east of here. A post office established, 1813. During Civil War, area was site of a gun battle pitting CSA . . . — — Map (db m160239) HM |
| On 4th Street at Pell Street (Kentucky Road 334), on the right when traveling south on 4th Street. |
| | Formerly called Little Yellow Banks, town was renamed Lewisport in 1839 in honor of John Lewis, one of the first permanent settlers in area. He was an early surveyor of land between Salt and Green rivers. Original town plat drafted by James and John . . . — — Map (db m160213) HM |
| On State Road 144 at State Road 2181, on the right when traveling west on State Road 144. |
| | Settlement of Pellville, originally called Bucksnort, began on the Hardinsburg-Owensboro Trail. The first post office established 1851 under name of Blackford, changed to Pellville 1868 in honor of Samuel P. Pell, state legislator (1855-1856) and . . . — — Map (db m160237) HM |
| On South Elm Street at Center Street, on the right when traveling south on South Elm Street. |
| | By Kentucky Statute, Dec. 1798, effective, May 1799, the county of Henderson was formed out of part of Christian. Named to honor Col. Richard Henderson, founder of the Transylvania Land Company, which was granted land on Green and Ohio Rivers by Va. . . . — — Map (db m88971) HM |
| On North Main Street (U.S. 421) near East Cross Main Street (Kentucky Route 573), on the right when traveling north. |
| | County named, 1798, for Patrick Henry, 1736-99, patriot, orator. “Give me liberty or give me death.” Va. House of Burgesses, 1765, the Continental Congress, 1774-76; Gov. of Va., 1776-79 and 1784-86. Opposed Va. ratification of U.S. . . . — — Map (db m136188) HM |
| On Washington Street (U.S. 51) at Clay Street (State Highway 58), on the right when traveling south on Washington Street. |
| | For Capt. Paschal Hickman who was massacred by Indians after River Raisin battle, Jan., 1813, one of nine Ky. officers killed in that action for whom counties named. Resided Franklin County, extensive landowner. Originally, Hickman comprised the . . . — — Map (db m36945) HM |
| On W Jefferson Street near S 5th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
One of three original counties formed when Kentucky Co.,Virginia, was divided by Va. Act in 1780. Other 2 counties were Lincoln and Fayette. Jefferson included 19 present-day counties; parts of 11 others. By 1811 reduced to present noundaries. . . . — — Map (db m104488) HM |
| On Court Street south of 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | County named, 1843, for Richard M. Johnson, native of Kentucky, U.S. Vice-President, 1837 to 1841, U.S. Representative, 1807-19, 1829-37, U.S. Senator 1819-29, intimate of President Jackson. His tactics as Colonel of Kentucky Mounted Riflemen, War . . . — — Map (db m145756) HM |
| On Broadway Street (Kentucky Route 40) at South Mayo Trail (Kentucky Route 321), in the median on Broadway Street. |
| | The second oldest settlement in
Eastern Kentucky, at first named
Paint Lick Station. Established
in 1790 by Col. John Preston. Dr.
Thomas Walker probably camped at
mouth of Paint Creek, near some
abandoned log cabins, in 1750.
Rev. Henry . . . — — Map (db m145761) HM |
| On Crescent Avenue north of Erlanger Road and Dixie Highway (U.S. 42), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Erlanger Depot. The Cincinnati Southern Railroad
built depot, and it opened in 1877.
This is the last wooden depot
between Cincinnati and Chattanooga.
Passenger service between these
two cities started in 1880. After
depot had served for . . . — — Map (db m136039) HM |
| On Mountain Life Museum Road 0.3 miles north of Travis Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Formed in 1825 out of portions of Clay, Rockcastle, Whitley, and Knox counties. The abundance and beauty of laurel shrub impressed the early pioneers so much that they named the county for it. Dr. Thomas Walker's party, exploring for the Loyal Land . . . — — Map (db m136800) HM |
| On Main Street at Walnut Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | For Gen. Robert E. Lee, 1807-70. “…he was fearless among men. As a soldier, he had no superior and few equal.” West Point graduate, 1829. Declined command U.S. Army and resigned, 1861. Named military adviser to CSA Pres. Davis, 1861. . . . — — Map (db m49245) HM |
| On Dryhill Road (State Highway 257) at Main Street (State Highway 80), on the right when traveling south on Dryhill Road. |
| | Created 1878, from Clay, Harlan, and Perry counties. Named for Preston H. Leslie, Governor of Kentucky, 1871-75. Montana Territorial Governor, 1887-89, U.S. District Attorney, 1894-98, appointed by President Cleveland. Died 1907, buried in Montana. — — Map (db m84395) HM |
| On State Highway 160 1.1 miles north of State Highway 7, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | For Robert P. Letcher, during term as Governor of Kentucky, 1840-44. Born Va., 1788; came Ky. in 1800. Ky. Mounted Militia, War of 1812. Legislature, 7 years, Speaker of House, two years. U.S. Congress 1823-35. Presidential elector in 1836. During . . . — — Map (db m97123) HM |
| On Main Street (Business U.S. 150) at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
| | For Benjamin Lincoln, 1733-1810. Born Mass. In War of Revolution took Mass. Regts. to reinforce New York, 1776; at Saratoga, 1777, cut Burgoyne's communications with Canada; 1778, command of Southern Department. Commissioned by Washington to receive . . . — — Map (db m49734) HM |
| On 3rd Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on 3rd Street. |
| | Benjamin Logan built Logan's Fort at St. Asaphs, mile to west, 1776. Kentucky County, Virginia, formed 1776. First land court, St. Asaphs 1779. Kentucky made into Lincoln, Jefferson, Fayette counties, 1780. In 1785 part of Lincoln taken for Madison . . . — — Map (db m105390) HM |
| On Court Street (State Highway 453) 0.1 miles east of Adair Street (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling east. |
| | For Robert R. Livingston, 1746-1813 N.Y. provincial convention 1775; Continental Congress 1775-77, 1779-81; one of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. Sec. of Foreign Affairs, 1781-83. Administered oath to Washington, first . . . — — Map (db m159390) HM |
| On Park Square (Business U.S. 68) at West 4th Street, on the left when traveling south on Park Square. |
| | Here November 20, 1861, Confederate leaders from 64 Kentucky counties seceded from the Union. The state was admitted as the 13th into the Confederate States of America Dec. 10, 1861. — — Map (db m123371) HM |
| Near West Dale Avenue south of East Commerce Street. |
| | 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 |
| On East Main Street (U.S. 25) at North 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | (Side A) For James Madison, Virginia patriot whose political foresight led to the formation of many of our basic democratic principles. He was a member of Virginia's Constitutional Convention and her First Assembly, 1776. He was also . . . — — Map (db m30883) HM |
| On Maple Street at Coal Branch Road, on the right when traveling east on Maple Street. |
| | For Beriah Magoffin, born 1815, Harrodsburg. Centre College, 1835; Transylvania Law School in 1838. State Senate, 1850-52. Governor of Ky., 1859. Disagreement with the legislature over enforcement of Ky. armed neutrality act caused resignation 1862, . . . — — Map (db m121351) HM |
| On Poplar Street at East 12th Street, on the left when traveling north on Poplar Street. |
| | For John Marshall, 1755-1835, Chief Justice of the United States, 1801-1835, "principal founder of judicial review and of American system of constitutional law."
Area first settled about time of the Jackson Purchase in 1818. First church west . . . — — Map (db m123672) HM |
| On Huntley-Brinkley Road (Kentucky Route 292) 2.8 miles north of North Big Creek Road (Kentucky Route 468), on the left. |
| | So named after Chet Huntley, a former NBC
News Correspondent and part of NBC’s ‘Huntley-Brinkley Report’ team, whose publicity in 1965
aided a small group of Eastern Kentuckians
in building a badly needed road which is now
known as the . . . — — Map (db m146057) HM |
| On Hode Road at Main Street (Kentucky Route 40) on Hode Road. |
| | Warfield
First Martin County seat, 1870. Established about 1850 as a coal, salt and lumber community by George Rogers Clark Floyd and John Warfield of Va. mountains. Products shipped by river boats to Catlettsburg. Floyd was son of one . . . — — Map (db m136653) HM |
| On East Third Street (Kentucky Route 8) at Business U.S. 62, on the left when traveling east on East Third Street. |
| | Established by the Va. Legislature,
original county taken from Bourbon;
included area of 16 present-day
counties and parts of 3 others.
Named for George Mason, Virginian,
author of the Va. Declaration of
Rights, 1776, foundation for the
US . . . — — Map (db m136415) 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 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 Main Street (Kentucky Route 1651) at Court Street/Geary Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| |
Taken from parts of Pulaski, Wayne, and Whitley counties, it was last formed of Kentucky's 120 counties.
Named for James B. McCreary, 1838-1918. Lawyer, Col., 11th Ky. Cavalry, CSA. State legislature, 1869-75. Twice governor of Kentucky, . . . — — Map (db m73738) HM |
| On Highway 431 at Old Island-Livermore Road (State Route 138), on the right when traveling south on Highway 431. |
| | When this structure was built, a unique contribution to history was made. It is claimed to be only river bridge in the world which begins and ends in the same county (McLean), spans two rivers (Green and Rough), and crosses another county (Ohio), a . . . — — Map (db m123534) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 460) west of Kentucky Route 36, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Formed 1869 out of part of five joining counties; named for Richard H. Menefee, regarded as one of Kentucky's great orators. Born in Owingsville, 1808. Elected Commonwealth Attorney of 11th Judicial district, 1831; State Representative, 1836-37; . . . — — Map (db m121228) HM |
| | Named for Gen. Richard Montgomery, Revolutionary War officer. Born in Ireland, 1738. An advocate of colonial freedom, he commanded continental forces in the north, capturing first British colors in war, Fort Johns, 1775. Killed in Quebec attack, . . . — — Map (db m73850) HM |
| On Rochester Road (Kentucky Route 70) 0.3 miles from Browder Cemetery Lane, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This house was built ca. 1792 by Henry Rhoads, Jr., a capt. in Rev. War under Gen. John Muhlenberg. Rhoads led settlers from Penn. to Green River area of Ky. in 1785. He laid out town of Rhoadsville, now called Calhoun. In 1798, as state legislator, . . . — — Map (db m123461) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 62) near East Main Cross Street (State Route 176), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Formed 1798 out of parts of Logan and Christian counties. Named for Gen. Peter Muhlenberg, 1746-1807, of Pa. Ordained minister, 1768. "A time to preach and a time to fight." Entered Revolutionary Army as Col., Eight Va. (German) Regt. Active from . . . — — Map (db m123522) HM |
| On U.S. 31E/150, on the left when traveling north. |
| | For Thomas Nelson, 1738 - 89. Member Va. House of Burgesses. In the first Provincial Convention, 1774; Continental Congress, 1775 - 77 and 1779. Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Commander of Va. Militia, 1777 - 81. Governor of Va., 1781. . . . — — Map (db m74282) HM |
| On Boston Road (U.S. 62) at Airport Road (State Road 2737), on the right when traveling west on Boston Road. |
| | Site of station located on 1,000-acre tract "marked and improved" in 1775 by Col. James Rogers. Born Va., 1742; died Ky., 1828. Fought in Dunmore's War, 1774, and Revolutionary War. Appointed Colonel of Nelson Co., Ky. Militia and a Justice of the . . . — — Map (db m30984) HM |
| On South Main Street (U.S. 231) just north of Washington Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | For the Ohio River, originally its northern boundary. From this territory has been formed Butler, Grayson, Daviess, Hancock, McLean Counties. Two settlements were Hartford Station, about 1785, and Barnett's Station, founded by Col. Joseph Barnett in . . . — — Map (db m159282) HM |
| On Kentucky Route 11 at Kentucky Route 28, on the right when traveling north on State Route 11. |
| | For Judge William Owsley, who was prominent in the Old Court – New Court Controversy, 1823. Born in Virginia, 1782. Came with parents to Lincoln County, 1783. Studied law with Judge John Boyle. State Legilature, two terms. Appointed Court of . . . — — Map (db m49188) HM |
| On East Shelbiana Road (U.S. 460) 0.9 miles east of Chloe Road (Kentucky Route 1460), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Kentucky legislature established
Pike County Dec. 19, 1821. First
county seat was located near here
on the Peyton Justice farm and
named Liberty. No courthouse was
built here due to opposition to
site. On Dec. 24, 1823, new county
seat . . . — — Map (db m146229) HM |
| On Division Street east of Main Street. |
| | For Zebulon M. Pike, 1779-1813.
Born New Jersey. Entered army,
1794; served on frontier. Sent to
trace Mississippi River source,
1805, and to explore headwaters
of Arkansas and Red Rivers, 1806,
when he discovered Pikes Peak.
Brig. Gen. Pike . . . — — Map (db m146146) HM |
| On East Walnut Street at Court Street, on the left when traveling east on East Walnut Street. |
| | County named, 1867, for George Robertson, 1790-1874.
Born in Kentucky. In Congress, 1817-21,
sponsored organization territory
of Arkansas. Ky. Legislature eight
years, six as Speaker: promoted
the common school system. Member
Ky. Court of . . . — — Map (db m136349) HM |
| On South Main Street (Kentucky Route 92) at Lewis Alley, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. |
| | Established, 1825, out of parts of Adair, Wayne, Cumberland. Named for Col. Wm. Russell (1758-1825). Lieut., Revolution; came Fayette Co., Ky. In Indian campaigns of 1791 and '94. At Tippecanoe, 1811. Succeeded Gen. Wm. H. Harrison in command Ind., . . . — — Map (db m83427) HM |
| On West Main Street (Kentucky Route 44) at Water Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | For Capt. Spear Spencer, Kentucky "Corn Stalk" Militia, 1792-1801. With St. Clair and Wayne Indian campaigns. Captain of Militia of Harrison Co., Ind., 1809. Formed Spencer's "Yellow Jackets", joined Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison's command in Tippecanoe . . . — — Map (db m136832) HM |
| On Main Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | For Col. Stephen Trigg, Virginian. Came to Ky. as member of Court of Land Commissioners, 1779. Settled Trigg's Station near Harrodsburg, 1780. In Va. Legislature was active in establishing town of Louisville, 1780. Justice of Peace, on first Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m123641) HM |
| On South Morgan Street (U.S. 60) south of West Main Street (State Route 130), on the right when traveling south. |
| | The 55th Kentucky county created, it was formed entirely out of Henderson County. "It was possibly so named because of the unanimity of its citizens for division of the old county."
Morganfield made county seat. Named for Gen. Daniel Morgan, who . . . — — Map (db m123603) HM |
| On East 10th Avenue at College Street, on the left when traveling north on East 10th Avenue. |
| | Bicentennial time capsule placed in the lawn of the Warren County Courthouse on March 7, 1998.
To be opened March 7, 2098 by the governments of Bowling Green & Warren County.
(reverse) Warren County, the 24th county formed in Kentucky, . . . — — Map (db m139488) HM |
| On East 10th Avenue at College Street, on the right when traveling east on East 10th Avenue. |
| |
Warren County
Established by Legislature, 1796, as the 24th county of Kentucky. Formed from part of Logan County. Parts of Barren, Allen, Edmonson, and Simpson counties later taken from original Warren boundaries. Named for Maj. Gen. . . . — — Map (db m83350) HM |
| On Bardstown Road (U.S. 150) at Old Frederickstown / Bardstown Road (County Route 1872), on the left when traveling west on Bardstown Road. |
| | The first county formed by first Assembly of Kentucky, 1792. Named for Geo. Washington. Springfield, county seat, laid off, 1793, by Matthew Walton; veteran of War of Revolution, legislator. Courthouse built in 1816, oldest used as such in state . . . — — Map (db m121609) HM |
| On Main Street (Alternate U.S. 41) north of Riddle Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | For Daniel Webster, 1782-1852, "Defender of the Constitution." Born in New Hampshire. Eight years United States House of Representatives, nineteen years U.S. Senate. A skilled legislator, persuasive debater, eloquent orator and constitutional . . . — — Map (db m123563) HM |
| | Formed from parts of Breathitt, Morgan, Owsley, Powell counties. It was the 110th created.
Named for Nathaniel Wolfe, 1810-65, a native of Virginia, reported to be first graduate of the University of Virginia. In Kentucky, he was . . . — — Map (db m73874) HM |
| On Veterans Memorial Boulevard east of I-10 Service Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A military post established by the Federal Government for the protection of Louisiana against illicit border warfare following the Louisiana Purchase. — — Map (db m146934) HM |
| Near Oxford Avenue near Amherst Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Highland Ridge which borders Bayou Fountain and extends to Ward's Creek was settled as early as 1784 by predominantly German and Acadian folk through Spanish land grants. Be it recorded here that the names of early settlers to "The Highlands" . . . — — Map (db m143779) HM |
| On Old Scenic Highway (State Highway 964) north of Church Street (Highway 64), on the right when traveling north. |
| | Delegates from the Districts of Baton Rouge, Feliciana, St. Helena and Tangipahoa-Tchefuncte met near here on July 25-27 and August 13-15, 1810, John Rhea presiding, and set forth their grievances under Spanish rule. The meeting led to the . . . — — Map (db m132956) HM |
| On Charter Street (State Highway 10) east of Church Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This stop on the Old Republic Trail honors the wildly independent, freedom loving settlers of Spanish West Florida's Districts of Feliciana, Baton Rouge, St. Helena and St. Ferdinand for their remarkable role in Louisiana history.These early . . . — — Map (db m108626) HM |
| On Eighth Street (State Highway 158) at Main Street (Alexandria-Colfax Highway) (State Highway 8), on the right when traveling north on Eighth Street. |
| | Grant Parish was formed in 1869 from parts of Winn and Rapides parishes by Act 82 of the Louisiana legislature and named for President U.S. Grant.Colfax, incorporated in 1878, was named for Vice President Schuyler Colfax. Once known as Calhoun's . . . — — Map (db m136239) HM |
| On U.S. 90 west of West Bank Expressway (Business U.S. 90), on the right when traveling east. |
| | On Feb. 11, 1825, Governor Henry S. Johnson signed legislation creating the Parish of Jefferson out of the Third Senatorial District. It is named for President Thomas Jefferson, who died the following year, July 4. — — Map (db m148816) HM |
| On Route 1 east of Willow Lane, on the left when traveling east. |
| | At Southernmost tip of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana's only inhabited barrier island appears in 18th century land-grants. At first part of Orleans Territory, but often administered by Lafourche Parish. Officially part of Jefferson Parish since 1825. . . . — — Map (db m100149) HM |
| On State Highway 1 east of Land Fill Lane, on the right when traveling east. |
| | On Feb. 11, 1825, Governor Henry S. Johnson signed legislation creating the Parish of Jefferson out of the Third Senatorial District. It is named for President Thomas Jefferson, who died the following year, July 4. — — Map (db m100007) HM |
| On North Scenic Drive north of Downs Boulevard. |
| | On Feb. 11, 1825, Governor Henry S. Johnson signed legislation creating the Parish of Jefferson out of the Third Senatorial District. It is named for President Thomas Jefferson, who died the following year, July 4. — — Map (db m112786) HM |
| On Jefferson Highway (State Highway 48) at Henfer Ave., in the median on Jefferson Highway. |
| | Concession 1720's-1730's On the old Chemin de la Metairie Birthplace Jacques Phillipe Roi de Villeré 1761-1830 First native born Governor of Louisiana 1816-1820 — — Map (db m93237) HM |
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