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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVT7_5-bought-paducah_Paducah-KY.html
In 1827, Gen. Wm. Clark purchased 37,000 acres of land, including the site on which Paducah now stands, for $5. This land, part of a Revolutionary War grant to his brother, George Rogers Clark, was secured from George Woolfolk, of Louisville, who …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVT6_hanks-bros-and-jones-hardware_Paducah-KY.html
This Property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of The Interior Hank Bros and Jones Hardware 1897 G.E. Hank *Hank* Maj. T.T. Jones
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVT3_american-red-cross_Paducah-KY.html
Side AMcCracken County Chapter chartered May 14, 1917. Organized by Mrs. A.R. Meyers, with W. F. Paxton as first Chairman. Initial WWI fund drive raised $42,000. During great Ohio Valley Flood of 1937 carried on an amazing evacuation and relief pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVT2_dr-reuben-saunders_Paducah-KY.html
Side AOn this site stood the office of Reuben Saunders, M.D., credited with discovering that hypodermic use of morphine~atropine halted cholera during epidemic here in 1873. Telegraphed prescription to other plague~stricken areas. Accepted by Mate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVT1_irvin-s-cobb-said-alben-w-barkley-said_Paducah-KY.html
Irvin S. Cobb Said:"Here in Paducah one encounters, I claim, an agreeable blend of Western kindliness, and Northern enterprises, superimposed upon a Southern background. Here, I claim, more chickens are fried, more hot biscuits are eaten, more cor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVST_second-courthouse_Paducah-KY.html
First courthouse at Wilmington, 1824~32. Second courthouse, a two story brick structure, 36 feet square, built near here at a cost of $3,049, on land given by Gen. William Clark, founder of Paducah. Courthouse also provided meeting place for vario…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVSS_ann-i-baker-ann-i-baker-1873-1931_Paducah-KY.html
Ann I BakerAnn Baker had idea for professional women's club in Paducah. Business Women's Club held first meeting, Sept. 1920, chartered Oct. 1920. Name changed to Paducah Business and Professional Women. Baker also served as first president of Ky.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVSR_tennessee-tombigbee-waterway_Paducah-KY.html
Paducah: Mid~America's Gateway to the GulfThis historic waterway reaches from Paducah to Mobile, providing a navigational artery between the upper Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and the Gulf of Mexico's east~west Intracoastal Waterway and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVSQ_raymond-c-schultz-park_Paducah-KY.html
This riverfront park is dedicated to Raymond C. Schultz, celebrated public official who served as McCracken County Judge Executive from 1974 to 1985. An Ohio county native, Judge Schultz was born July 8, 1911. He was a graduate and lecture at the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVSO_whitehaven_Paducah-KY.html
Side AMain part of house, two~story brick structure, built in 1860s by Edward Anderson. Edward Atkins bought it in 1903 and had noted Paducah architect A.L. Lassiter transform Victorian farmhouse into Classical revival mansion. He added the Corint…