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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A9W_courthouse-a-hospital_Danville-KY.html
Boyle County's first courthouse erected here, 1842, destroyed by great fire of 1860. This building completed 1862. First occupied by Union forces as hospital after battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862. On 11th a Union force drove CSA from fair…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A9V_poet-lawyer-and-soldier-theodore-o-hara_Danville-KY.html
(side 1) Poet, Lawyer and Soldier Theodore O'Hara was born in this city, Feb. 11, 1820. He read law with Judge Wm. Owsley. Newspaper work included editing Frankfort Yeoman and Louisville Times. He served in Mexican War, Cuban rebellion and Civil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29DA_travelers-rest_Junction-City-KY.html
2 miles —> Site of home of Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), Kentucky's first and fifth governor; soldier of three decisive American battles. He and his wife, Susannah Hart Shelby 1764-1833 buried here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29CU_capt-george-givens_Danville-KY.html
Homesite and grave 1 mile west. B., Orange Co., Va., 1740. D., 1825. 40 years service to his country. Lt. at Fort Pitt, Dunmore's War, 1774. Captain, Botetourt County militia, 1776. Northwest Campaign of George Rogers Clark, 1778. Came to Ky., 178…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-49842_old-crow-inn-john-crow_Danville-KY.html
Old Crow Inn The oldest existing stone house in Kentucky, built 1784, is part of this building. The house has been enlarged and Doric pillars added. Land purchased from John Crow by James Wright, 1781. Next owner, Colonel Joshua Barbee, who built…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-358ef_john-william-bate_Danville-KY.html
Side 1Original site of Bate High School, built 1912 and named in honor of its founder, John William Bate. Born a slave in Louisville, Bate received an AB from Berea College in 1881 and and AM in 1891. He moved to Danville to teach in 1881 and serv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-46648_clarks-station_Danville-KY.html
Early pioneer settlement erected before 1779. Developed by George Clark, brother-in-law of William Whitley, whose party came to Ky. about 1775. Located on Clark's Run Creek, named for George Clark, it was one of the first stations built in the vic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NZ0_websters-brigade_Perryville-KY.html
In these fields, a Union brigade commanded by Colonel George Penny Webster supported the main Union battle line. Webster's troops, numbering more than 3,000 men from Ohio and Indiana, were new soldiers who would soon experience the horrors of batt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NYZ_general-polk-behind-enemy-lines_Perryville-KY.html
After capturing Union Captain Samuel Harris' artillery battery, located behind you, Confederate troops led by Brigadier General St. John r. Liddell moved to this area to support other advancing Southern units. Night was falling, and , as Liddel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NYX_harris-battery_Perryville-KY.html
Before the entire Union First Corps (numbering nearly 15,000 men) arrived on the field, this location marked the extreme left, or northern end, of the Union battle line. Six cannon commanded by Union Captain Samuel J. Harris were placed at this cr…
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