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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I6A_the-dinsmore-homestead_Burlington-KY.html
Side A
James and Martha Macomb Dinsmore
moved from La. to raise their three
daughters here. Completed in1842,
the main house served as the center
of a typical large, antebellum Boone
Co. farm. tenants and slaves raised
grains, grapes, sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I68_tanners-station-1789_Petersburg-KY.html
Tanner's Station 1789
First settlement in Boone County.
Rev. John Tanner built blockhouse,
and town began on 2000 acres he
and John Taylor owned. Shawnees
captured Tanner's 9-year-old son
here, held him until grown. An
ardent Baptist, Tanne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I3Q_passage-to-freedom-from-slavery_Burlington-KY.html
In memory of all the slaves in Boone County,
those who helped them, and the slaves' descendants
who remember & honor them and their legacy.
Dedicated 21 March, 2005 by the Problem Solving Team, a diverse
group of students, grades five throug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I3F_rabbit-hash_Burlington-KY.html
Side A
Rabbit Hash
Kentucky
circa 1813
Ohio River Mile 506.1 below Pittsburg
one of only a few
remaining early 19th century towns along the 981-
mile course of the Ohio River. The Rabbit Hash
National Registry encompasses 33 acres of
this…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I1B_piatts-landing_Union-KY.html
Side A
Piatt's Landing
Near here on the north bank of the
Ohio River at mile 510.5 was a
riverboat landing, ferry, and road
to the courthouse at Burlington.
The landing and large brick home
that once stood near, later called
Winnfield Cott…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I02_big-bone-lick_Union-KY.html
Discovered in 1739, by the French
Capt. Charles Lemoyne de Longueil
this famous saline- sulphur spring
was frequented for thousands of
years byIndians and vast herds of
buffalo, deer and other animals.
The first English explorers found
h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I01_mary-ingles_Union-KY.html
Reputed first white woman in Ky.
Shawnees captured her and two sons
in July 1755 at site Roanoke, Va.
Led to village at mouth of Scioto River,
separated from sons, taken to Big
Bone Lick. compelled to make salt
here; adopted by chief; given …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I00_mary-drqper-ingles_Union-KY.html
In celebration & commemoration
of
the 250th anniversary of the daring escape of
Mary Draper Ingles
from her Shawnee captors here at
Big Bone Lick, Kentucky in the fall of 1755
Her direct descendants met here for a family reunion
to honor …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HZZ_big-bone-lick_Union-KY.html
Scientists consider William Clark's
dig at Big Bone Lick in 1807 as
establishing American vertebrate
paleontology. Bones found here
by Clark included mastodon and
mammoth. Prehistoric native
American artifacts found were given
to Dr. Wm. G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HZY_lewis-and-clark-in-kentucky_Union-KY.html
In Oct. 1803, while traveling down
Ohio River to meet Wm. Clark for
expedition to Pacific, Meriwether
Lewis visited Big Bone Lick. He
was to gather fossilized bones for
Pres. Thomas Jefferson. In Sept.
1807, clark supervised a 3-week
dig fo…