On Cassidy Avenue at Shelby Street, on the right when traveling south on Cassidy Avenue.
Town founded 1835 as a voting precinct. Established between Princeton and Salem stage stops, it was first called Midway; name changed to Fredonia two years later. In 1887, the Ohio Valley Railroad ran one-half mile west of town. Kelsey was . . . — — Map (db m123802) HM
Near U.S. 641, 0.1 miles north of Mott City Road (State Road 70), on the right when traveling north.
Centreville Livingston Presbyterian Church cemetery. John Elder, Vet. of Rev. War, interred here 1799 on land given by Col. James Hawthorn. — — Map (db m244251) HM
On North Harrison Street at West Main Street, on the left when traveling south on North Harrison Street.
Here on December 1, 1906, began Black Patch War, which lasted to the end of 1908. “Night Riders” fought against non-cooperative farmers and businessmen who opposed the dark tobacco pool. — — Map (db m79151) HM WM
On East Washington Street west of Edwards Avenue, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
Saline, Eddy, and Varmint traces met at Big Spring (Princeton) and developed into today's roads. First forged by buffalo, later used by Indians and pioneers. A fork of Saline crossed Ohio River at Cave-in-Rock; another at Golconda, Ill. Eddy Trace . . . — — Map (db m124356) HM
On East Court Square at U.S. 62, on the left when traveling north on East Court Square.
For General John Caldwell.
Born Virginia; came Kentucky 1781.
Maj. Gen. in militia; Indian campaigns.
With George Rogers Clark, 1786.
Member Danville Conventions, 1787, 1788, which adopted petition “demanding admission into the . . . — — Map (db m79159) HM
On East Market Street (U.S. 62) at North Harrison Street (Kentucky Route 293), on the left when traveling west on East Market Street.
[front side] 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. US troops fled Princeton as . . . — — Map (db m79180) HM
On U.S. 62 at West Main Street, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 62.
Site of college founded March, 1826, by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. First president was Rev. F. R. Cossitt. School opened with six students on some 500 acres of land bought for $6,000. A manual-labor school, students required to work 2 hours . . . — — Map (db m123805) HM
On North Plum Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on North Plum Street.
Six educational institutions have flourished here since 1860. Local citizens gave $20,000 and Dr. T.L. McNary six acres to establish Princeton College, 1860-80. Youth also served by Princeton Collegiate Inst., 1880-1911; Princeton High, 1911-23; . . . — — Map (db m123800) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 62) east of South Cave Street, on the right when traveling east.
Congregation organized in 1818 as Methodist Episcopal Church at home of Richard Barnes, a tanner. First meeting house later built beside his home on S. Jefferson St. Became M.E. Church, South, 1845, when national church split over slavery. Renamed . . . — — Map (db m123845) HM
On South Jefferson Street (Kentucky Route 293) at Dogwood Lane, on the right on South Jefferson Street.
Bishop Asbury named two itinerant Methodist preachers to Kentucky in 1786. One, Rev. Benjamin Ogden, had dedicated himself to religion after the Revolution. He preached in what is now Ky. and Tenn. area. While inspiring countless pioneers, he . . . — — Map (db m123810) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 62) at North Cave Street, on the left when traveling east on West Main Street.
First Baptist Church, organized on March 30, 1850, under the leadership of the Rev. James Mansfield and a presbytery from Donaldson, Harmony, and New Bethel Baptist Churches, began with 11 members. The 1st church, built in 1851, stood on Vine . . . — — Map (db m123850) HM
On Hopkinsville Road (State Road 91) at Friendship Road, on the right when traveling south on Hopkinsville Road.
Confederate Gen. Adam R. Johnson with 1700 Partisan Rangers were in area seeking recruits and supplies. Learning of Union troops under Gen. E. H. Hobson camped at Grubb's Cross Roads, Johnson attacked. Aug. 21, 1864. In the skirmish that followed, . . . — — Map (db m158707) HM
On East Washington Street west of Edwards Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Shandy Hall, two-story stone home built on Bluff above Big Spring, built by William Prince on his 200-acre survey made in 1798. Prince, a Rev. War veteran from S.C., began town on waters of Eddy Creek. In 1817, Princetown became county seat of . . . — — Map (db m123817) HM
On East Main Street at North Franklin Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
Shandy Hall, two-story stone home built on Bluff above Big Spring, built by William Prince on his 200-acre survey made in 1798. Prince, a Rev. War veteran from S.C., began town on waters of Eddy Creek. In 1817, Princetown became county seat of . . . — — Map (db m123818) HM
On North Donnivan Street at Calvert Street, on the right when traveling north on North Donnivan Street.
In 1910, Princeton High School was the only high school in the vicinity for blacks. In 1920s name was changed to Dotson High School in honor of John Dotson, a prominent black businessman in Princeton. In 1938, Federal WPA officials approved . . . — — Map (db m166066) HM
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 Kentucky Route 672 north of Cobb Spur Road, on the right when traveling north.
Dr. David Amoss, leader of Night Rider movement, was born in Cobb, Ky. on October 19, 1857. Moved by compassion for his people, this country doctor provided leadership for tobacco farmers in Ky. & Tenn. He led an organized society of dark tobacco . . . — — Map (db m166061) HM
On East Washington Street west of Edwards Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
At this point on the "Varmintrace" Road from Princeton toward Cumberland River the Cherokee Indians in 1838 camped on the 1200 mile "Trail of Tears." The enforced trek began in the Great Smoky Mountains and led westward to Indian Territory, costing . . . — — Map (db m123861) 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 East Market Street at Hopkinsville Street, on the left when traveling east on East Market Street.
A Revolutionary War patriot - He served as a captain in Colonel Benjamin Roxbury Spartan Regiment - S.C. Organized a group from 96th S.C. District migrated through Cumberland Gap. Settled on Red River in NW Tennessee. In 1798 he explored land on . . . — — Map (db m244271) 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
