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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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