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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIX_pioneer-surveyor_Bowling-Green-KY.html
General Elijah M. Covington of the Kentucky Militia came here from North Carolina in 1795 to farm and survey. Acquired 23,000 acres in Warren, Logan, Edmonson counties. He became Warren County's first sheriff and surveyor. Helped to select the ear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIW_jacob-skiles-and-three-springs_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Pioneer merchant Skiles started to Ky. in 1790 by Ohio River flatboat, surviving Indian capture en route. He settled in Bowling Green, 1803, and later moved to Three Springs on the Cumberland Trace. Here he established a thriving mercantile busine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIV_james-t-morehead-1797-1854_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Ky.'s first native son to become governor was born in Bullitt Co. but reared in Logan Co. He read law under John J. Crittenden; began practice in Bowling Green. Served in Ky. House of Rep., and elected lt. gov. At Gov. Breathitt's death, Morehead …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIU_warren-countys-chief-usa-civil-war-officers-warren-county-awards_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Warren County's Chief USA Civil War Officers
Brig. Gen. William E. Hobson, 1st Brig., 2nd Div., 23rd Corps
Col. Benj. C. Grider, 9th Ky. Inf.
Col. J. H. Grider, 52nd Ky. Inf.
Col. P. B. Hawkins, 11th Ky. Inf.
Col. Atwood G. Hobson, 13th …
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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. Joseph War…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIS_long-hunters_Bowling-Green-KY.html
An exploring party of 13 "Long Hunters," so named because of the long periods of time spent away from home, camped along Barren River in 1775. Their names were carved on a beech tree, a silent record of the first white men in this area. Henry Skag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIR_mcfadins-station-cumberland-trace_Bowling-Green-KY.html
McFadin's Station
The first in this area, 1785. On north bank of Barren River, built by Andrew McFadin (McFadden), one of 8 brothers from N.C., all of whom fought in Revolutionary War. Five of them later came to Ky., settled along Barren River.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIF_home-of-thomas-hines_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Capt. Thomas Henry Hines enlisted in the Confederate Army, 1861. With Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan, 1862-63. Captured, July '63, in Ohio with Morgan. Led escape from Federal prison, Nov. '63. Leader of northwest conspiracy '64. Termed most dangerous …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIE_shake-rag_Bowling-Green-KY.html
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This African American community was founded in the 1800s. Bordered by the river and High, Ky., and 7th Sts., the area grew to include hundreds of residents, two schools, businesses, and churches. The architecture of Shake Rag shows a gro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KID_ora-porter_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Ora Porter, born in Butler Co., in 1880, moved to Bowling Green at age 10. She graduated from Tuskegee Institute School of Nursing and was among the earliest registered nurses in Ky. She was an organizer of the George Washington Carver Community C…