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

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By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 3, 2026
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1 ► Kentucky, Letcher County, Jenkins — More History —
The Battle of Leatherwood On October 19, 1962 Captain David J. Claudill, and his men from Company B of the 10th Mounted Rifles were guarding a salt works in Leatherwood, Kentucky. The production of salt was very important to the economy of . . . — — Map (db m304919) HM

2 ► Kentucky, Leslie County, Hyden — 213 — Leslie County —
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

3 ► Indiana, Spencer County, Troy — Ohio River Scenic Byway —
These markers were funded with a grant from Federal Highway Administration through the National Scenic Byways Program. The Hoosier National Forest - Then and Now This area has been inhabited continuously by humans for 12,000 years. . . . — — Map (db m178232) HM

4 ► Kentucky, Breckinridge County, Cloverport — 73 — Lincoln Family Trail —
Abraham Lincoln, then a lad of 7, with other members of the Thomas Lincoln family crossed the Ohio River on a log raft ferry near here in 1816. The Lincolns were moving to Indiana. — — Map (db m119796) HM

5 ► Ohio, Perry County, Somerset — 2-64 — A Seed of Catholic Education in Ohio / The Cradle of Catholicity in Ohio —
A Seed of Catholic Education in Ohio. In April 1830 four Dominican sisters from St. Catherine's, Kentucky, founded St. Mary's Academy, the first Catholic school in Perry County. Bishop Edward Fenwick, first Bishop of Ohio, donated a small . . . — — Map (db m11996) HM
 
 
 
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Nov. 12, 2026