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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNO_booker-t-washington-school_Ashland-KY.html
Booker T. Washington School. . In 1894 Ashland Board of Education assumed management of "Negro School," where African American William Reynolds was principal. In 1901 a bond issue passed with support of blacks and Superintendent J.G. Cra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNL_wiard-cannon_Ashland-KY.html
Wiard Cannon. . A former Canadian working for the United States during the Civil War invented several pieces of light ordnance which, although apparently excellent weapons, did not seem to have been particularly popular. Norman Wiard (1826-1896) w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNJ_norton-furnace-iron-made-in-kentucky_Ashland-KY.html
Norton Furnace, also, Iron Made in Kentucky. . Norton Furnace. In 1967, the world's oldest known operating blast furnace. Built by Norton Iron Works Co. in 1873, an iron shell stack 67 feet high with maximum inner diameter of 18 feet, burning &quo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNI_2017-inductees_Ashland-KY.html
2017 Inductees. Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1. The Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1 was founded in 2015 to recognize those whose baseball experience in our area has taken them to a very high level, and has allowed them to be a positiv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNG_2018-inductees_Ashland-KY.html
2018 Inductees. Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1. The Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1 was founded in 2015 to recognize those whose baseball experience in our area has taken them to a very high level, and has allowed them to be a positiv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CN3_ashland-baseball-hall-of-fame-at-cp-1_Ashland-KY.html
Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1. . The Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1 was founded in 2015 to recognize those whose baseball experience in our area has taken them to a very high level, and has allowed them to be a positive example on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CN0_ashland-baseball-hall-of-fame-at-cp-1_Ashland-KY.html
Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1. . The Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1 was founded in 2015 to recognize those whose baseball experience in our area has taken them to a very high level, and has allowed them to be a positive example on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EGT_putnam-stadium_Ashland-KY.html
This stadium served the Ashland Public Schools. Built in 1937 for $6,500 as a WPA project, it was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day that same year. The Ashland High School Tomcats record of success includes 11 state championships. In 1944, the Tomcats…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFU_civil-war-army-base_Catlettsburg-KY.html
USA post located here to protect Ohio River traffic. Became supply base and communications center for Union forces in the Big Sandy region. In winter 1861-62 troops under Col. J.A. Garfield, later 20th President U.S., drove CSA from area by victor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EFM_judge-john-m-elliott_Catlettsburg-KY.html
To the memory of Judge John M. Elliott, distinguished statesman and jurist. Assassinated while in the discharge of his official duties as Judge of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky. This monument respectively dedicated by his widow.
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