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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW20_st-josephs-historic-district_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Railroad Workers' NeighborhoodMuch of downtown Bowling Green west of Louisville & Nashville tracks owes its development to the railroad and to nearby industries. Most railroad workers stayed in downtown hotels prior to the mid-1880s when smaller a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRAB_baker-hill_Bowling-Green-KY.html
One of nine hills fortified by CSA making Bowling Green a strong Confederate defense center, 1861. Feb. 14, 1862, day after CSA left the area, USA forces in command of Gen. Ormsby Mitchell bombarded the town from here. It continued until a civilia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQSZ_hobson-house_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Located at the West end of Main St. Home of Col. Atwood G. Hobson, lawyer, banker and Union officer, begun, 1860. During Confederate occupation of Bowling Green, 1862, CSA Gen. Simon B. Buckner saved house at request of his friend, USA General W. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIZ_fort-webb-and-civil-war-earthworks_Bowling-Green-KY.html
In 1860, Bowling Green was a thriving city of about 2500 inhabitants with many local businesses, a woolen factory, a candle factory, several mills, an iron foundry, and a newspaper. This city was vital to the war effort of both sides because of it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIY_lost-river-cave-and-valley_Bowling-Green-KY.html
At various times during the Civil War, the Confederate and Union armies were garrisoned in Bowling Green. Many encamped around Lost River Cave. Soldiers on both sides recorded their impressions of Lost River Cave and Valley in diaries and letters.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIX_fort-c-f-smith_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Construction of this strong defensive work began in 1862 during the Confederate occupation of Bowling Green. After the Confederates abandoned the city the Union Army completed the fortification, named Fort C. F. Smith in honor of General Charles F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIW_morgans-command-organized_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Fall 1861On September 20, 1861 John Hunt Morgan left Lexington, Kentucky with two wagons full of arms he had taken from the Lexington Armory. Eight days later he and his men, the Lexington Rifles arrived in Bowling Green and began his service in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIV_defending-the-l-n-railroad_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Building a Defence Stockade for the L&N Trestle on the Big Barren River
Railroad tracks, trestles and tunnels were frequent targets of Confederate cavalry raids and infantry attacks. During his "lightening raids" into Kentucky, Confederate Gene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIU_the-civil-war-in-bowling-green_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Because of its important transportation routes, both armies recognized Bowling Green's strategic location during the Civil War. The city was occupied briefly by Confederate troops, who used many of the surrounding hills for fortifications. For the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIT_the-limestone-bluffs_Bowling-Green-KY.html
The Barren River's bluffs generally consist of oolitic limestone. Subterranean erosion has resulted in a very unique karst topography which includes a proliferation of caves and sinkholes. High quality limestone was once quarried in Warren County …