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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q9L_tilghman-house_Paducah-KY.html
This was the home of Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman. Tilghman was born in Claiborne, Maryland in 1815. His family had a long and distinguished history in Maryland. He graduated from West Point with the Class of 1836 and was a veteran of the Me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q9K_forrests-headquarters_Paducah-KY.html
In a grove of trees at this site, CSA Gen. Nathan B. Forrest had headquarters, Battle of Paducah, March 25, 1864. USA Fort Anderson attacked, warehouses burned, about 60 homes destroyed by USA after battle. CSA lost 300 men, withdrew that night. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXL1_george-rogers-clark-1752-1818_Paducah-KY.html
George Rogers Clark, 1752-1818, a Virginia surveyor, came to Kentucky to seek his fortune. In 1776, he thwarted the claim of Richard Henderson and Daniel Boone to the territory wet of the Appalachians by persuading the Virginia legislature to crea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXKZ_robert-s-davis_Paducah-KY.html
In 1884, Robert S. Davis recalled that the first building was a round-log cabin, about sixteen feet square, erected by the Pore brothers, James and William, in April of 1821. Davis identified four families living at the site at that time. Records …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXKY_paducah-1873-birds-eye-view_Paducah-KY.html
It was common practice in post-Civil War America for communities to be depicted in bird's-eye views showing buildings, people, animals boats, rivers, streams and railroad lines. This mural recreates an 1873 Bird's -Eye View Map of Paducah which no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXKX_paducahs-architecture_Paducah-KY.html
Paducah architecture reflected the settlers' different religious faiths. These institutions helped unite the early settlers of the community. Broadway United Methodist Church is the oldest, founded 1832 at 4th and Broadway. It relocated to the sou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXKV_paducahs-river-industry_Paducah-KY.html
Paducah's River Industry was the city's lifeblood. Steamboats and tobacco were critical to the area's economy in the late 1880's. Mule-drawn transfer wagons moved hogshead barrels of tobacco that weighed around 1,600 pounds each. Nearly 20,000 bar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXKU_union-gen-u-s-grant_Paducah-KY.html
Union Gen. U.S. Grant occupied Paducah on Sept. 6,1861, building a pontoon bridge across the Ohio River to the Illinois shore. Ft. Anderson was built and named after Kentuckian and Ft. Sumter commander Maj. Robert Anderson. Attacked March 25 and A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXKT_the-august-8th-emancipation-celebration-at-stuart-nelson-park_Paducah-KY.html
Nelson was a graduate of Lincoln High School, commissioned officer in WWI, and president of several major universities. He marched with Ghandi in India and with Dr. King in Alabama.
Burks Chapel AME,7th and Ohio, ran the first school for Negro …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXKS_market_Paducah-KY.html
Gen. William Clark, the founder of Paducah, designated the Second Street area as a location for public affairs. The original name for Second Street was "Market" reflecting its use as a trading center. The original Market House was built of logs in…