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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX68_marine-ways_Paducah-KY.html
Paducah's first heavy industry was a marine ways to build and repair river craft. Elijah Murray of St. Louis got a contract in 1843, but it did no materialize until 1853. These works have been in continuous operation ever since, with a brief inter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX67_iced-solid-clear-to-illinois_Paducah-KY.html
Still recovering from the flood that was the worst disaster experienced in the United States up to that time, the new year, 1938, started with what many feared was a prelude to another debacle. At Paducah, the Ohio River froze solid. The riverfron…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUC_first-county-seat-braxton-small_Paducah-KY.html
Established in 1827, Wilmington served as the first County Seat. During the flood of February 1832, Braxton Small, serving as the first County Court Clerk for McCracken County (1825-1858), removed all records to Paducah from the original Courthous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWUA_chickasaw-tribe-in-kentucky_Paducah-KY.html
The Chickasaw tribe claimed all of Kentucky and Tennessee west of the Tennessee River until a treaty in 1819. Therefore, on November 11, 1803, traders, trappers and Chickasaw natives took little notice of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Corps of d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWU9_woodland-and-mississippian-indians_Paducah-KY.html
Woodland Tradition Indians, around 2,000 years ago, developed exotic mortuary cults, built burial mounds and effigy earthworks, and traded great distances for obsidian, copper, mica, and conch shells. They explored and exploited the caves of south…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWU8_paleo-and-archaic-indians_Paducah-KY.html
Evidence of Native Americans in the lower Ohio Valley includes the Paleo Indians, who lived in this area near the end of the last Ice Age, about 13,000 years ago. Often called Big Game Hunters, they were efficient, nomadic, hunters, fisherman, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWU5_the-a-boom-in-paducah_Paducah-KY.html
On October 18, 1950 the U.S. Atomic Energy commission approved the site of the former Kentucky Ordinance Works as the location for a new facility in the nation's rapidly growing nuclear production complex. Construction of the Paducah Gaseous Diffu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWU4_welcome-to-the-atomic-city_Paducah-KY.html
Today, the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant is the nation's only uranium enrichment facility. Operated by USEC, Inc., the plant is a global supplier of enriched uranium for electricity production. The Shawnee Steam Plant, on the bank of the Ohio Ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWU1_dawn-of-the-atomic-age_Paducah-KY.html
Urgency was the order of the day, as construction of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, TVA's Shawnee Steam Plant, and Electric Energy Inc.'s Joppa, Il Steam Plant all began early in 1951. Recognizing the importance to national security, workers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWP5_evening-roll-call_Paducah-KY.html
The Boy Scouts of America began in February of 1910. During the first year, The Reverend Clinton S. Quin, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church, organized a a troop, which his parish sponsored, to serve the boys of Paducah. Troop 1 is recognized as one…