In December 1862, Gen. John Hunt Morgan was sent by the Confederate command to shut down the L&N Railroad, thereby cutting off one of the Union's major supply lines. Morgan's target was one of the railroad's most vulnerable points, the trestles at . . . — — Map (db m25156) HM
Philip Arnold was one of Elizabethtown's most notorious characters of the 19th
century. A native of Elizabethtown, Arnold served in the Mexican War before prospecting for gold in the west. He returned to Elizabethtown in 1854, married Mary E. . . . — — Map (db m170852) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Hardin County Historical Society
A Kentucky Landmark — — Map (db m208503) HM
"...here was the place of battle. You who have never known the scour and pierce of battle may only remember moments by name, places by monuments, but I who was born by the battlefields cannot escape a sorrow that dwells, a valor that lingers. A . . . — — Map (db m171016) WM
Dedicated in honor of the bicentennial observance of the birth of
President Abraham Lincoln
Upon these stones stood the log house where the wedding vows of his father, Thomas Lincoln and a good and kind stepmother, Sarah Bush . . . — — Map (db m208511) HM
Bond-Washington School
This site purchased in 1869 by the
trustees of the African School of
Elizabethtown. It was the location
of District A School from 1888-
1923, when East Side High School
was built with aid from the local
African . . . — — Map (db m223268) HM
The oldest brick business building in town, built circa 1812/1815 by Major Benjamin Helm, housed the mercantile of Helm and his partners. Businesses in this alley were at one time referred to as 'Green Row.'
The building has been remodeled . . . — — Map (db m208602) HM
This Georgian mansion was built in 1825 by John Y. Hill. It is known as "Hill House" and as "Aunt Beck Hill's Boarding House." Jenny Lind sang here in 1851 and George Armstrong Custer and wife boarded here, 1871-73. Doctors William Allen and Robert . . . — — Map (db m171013) HM
(side 1 – Commodore Joshua Barney)
Famous American privateer and naval hero in War of 1812. Barney owned many acres of land in Hardin CO. A friend of George Washington, John Paul Jones and Napoleon Bonaparte. His greatest desire . . . — — Map (db m119791) HM
Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan on his second raid into Kentucky, with 3,900 men, was met by 652 Union troops under Lt. Col. H.S. Smith, Dec. 27, 1862. Object of raid was destruction of L & N R.R. main artery for U.S.A. troop movement south. . . . — — Map (db m223266) HM
This is to certify that
Elizabethtown City
Cemetery
was entered in
the National Register
of Historic Places
on
August 18, 1997
upon nomination by Kentucky's State Historic Preservation Officer by the United States Department . . . — — Map (db m170699) HM
Sergeant George E. Larkin, Jr., a native of Colesburg, Hardin Co., took part in Doolittle's raid on Japanese mainland, April 18, 1942. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and decorated by the Chinese government; won award for being first . . . — — Map (db m171010) HM
Cavalry and infantry battalions under Gen. George Custer, assigned here, 1871-1873, to suppress Ku Klux Klan and carpetbaggers, to break up illicit distilleries. Those gangs becoming inactive, he was sent to Chicago to maintain order after big fire. . . . — — Map (db m25138) HM
Formed from Nelson County by first Legislature, 1792. Named for Col. John Hardin, veteran of Dunmore's War, 1774, Am. Rev., Gen. Clark's Wabash Exped., 1787 and Maumee Indian campaign, 1780. Murdered by Ohio Indians while U.S. peace envoy to them in . . . — — Map (db m171115) HM
During the War Between the States, Hardin County men aligned themselves with the Confederacy, with the majority serving in John Hunt Morgan's Cavalry and the First Kentucky Brigade, also known as "The Orphan Brigade.” This brigade fought in . . . — — Map (db m170695) HM
This pioneer cemetery includes the graves of John LaRue Helm, who served two incomplete terms as Governor of Kentucky, and his son, Confederate Gen. Ben Hardin Helm, who fell at battle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863. Gen. Helm and Abraham . . . — — Map (db m171344) HM
This Hardin Co. native was one of Kentucky's most celebrated lawyers. In legislature 17 yrs.; rose to House Speaker. Elected lt. gov., he became gov. when John J. Crittenden resigned, 1850. Pres. of L & N R. R., 1854-60, when main line completed. A . . . — — Map (db m171342) HM
Born at Elizabethtown (Claysville
section), this Ky. statesman and
orator was admitted to bar, 1857
and began law practice here. Brown
was a state elector on Douglas
ticket l860. He was elected to
Congress four times and . . . — — Map (db m171336) HM
Pioneer homes of the Hardin Thomas family. One-room log cabin built ca. 1789. Thomas Lincoln, father of 16th President, did the carpentry and cabinet work on the four-room log structure built ca. 1805. For several years Thomas Lincoln was a resident . . . — — Map (db m171351) HM
Here along Severn's Valley Creek, Samuel Haycraft, Sr. built mill, raceway in 1796. Thomas Lincoln, father of Pres. Lincoln, employed in building it, received his first monetary wages when about 21 years of age. Abraham Lincoln, age 7, with his . . . — — Map (db m25137) HM
In a house which stood upon this lot were married on December 2, 1819
Thomas Lincoln
the father and
Sarah Bush Johnston
the foster-mother of
Abraham Lincoln — — Map (db m208510) HM
North of here, Morgan's Raiders destroyed two of the most important L & N R.R. trestles Dec. 28, 1862, rendering line impassable for two months. Circling this area, they returned to Tenn. on Jan, 2, 1863. In eleven days they destroyed $2,000,000 in . . . — — Map (db m223269) HM
Major James Crutcher erected the first public tavern in the town. After its sale he erected a second tavern, about 1798, on this corner of the public square. Crutcher hoisted a sign of a lion rampant on each side of the board to mark the . . . — — Map (db m209168) HM
Interred in this cemetery are the remains of Samuel Haycraft, Jr. who was born in a double round-log cabin in Elizabethtown during the pioneer period. His father, Samuel Haycraft, Sr., a revolutionary soldier and pioneer was the donor of the . . . — — Map (db m223270) HM
A memorial to the most famous step-mother in American History. This cabin is a close replica of one lived in by local woman Sarah Bush Johnston and her three children in the early 1800's.
Sarah married Thomas Lincoln on Dec. 2, 1819, in . . . — — Map (db m120044) HM
The oldest continuing Baptist congregation west of Allegheny Mts., organized June 17, 1781, near Hynes Station. Preceded by log structures, this edifice completed, 1834, by John Y. Hill. Sold to First Baptist Church, 1897, and services held until . . . — — Map (db m171349) HM
"The Parrott gun was placed in the pike; it was opened as soon as the last message from Colonel Smith was received; and, as suddenly as if its flash had ignited them, Palmer's four guns roared out from the hill on the left of the road, about six . . . — — Map (db m170819) HM
Gen. John Hunt Morgan's Raiders arrived in Elizabethtown on December 27, 1862, appearing on the brow of the hill that is now the City Cemetery. The main objective of the Christmas Raid was to burn two huge Louisville and Nashville Railroad trestles . . . — — Map (db m25159) HM
Lived in Elizabethtown from the time of their marriage, June 12, 1806, until their removal, in the fall of 1808, to the farm near Hodgenville, where Abraham Lincoln was born. Sarah, their first child, was born here. A year after the death of Nancy . . . — — Map (db m171114) HM
Elizabethtown began in 1780, when three forts were built by Samuel Haycraft, Sr., Col. Andrew Hynes and Capt. Thomas Helm for common defense against Indians. The forts were one mile apart, the only settlements between falls of Ohio and Green River. . . . — — Map (db m223267) HM
Site of fort, erected 1780, by
Jacob Van Meter, Sr., who led a
party of 100 settlers from Va.
to "the Falls of the Ohio.” They
made their journey on 27 flatboats
and suffered many hardships during
their trip. One member of . . . — — Map (db m171227) HM