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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRN_the-great-buffalo-crossing_Munfordville-KY.html
The American Bison brings the Wild West to mind, but when Europeans arrived in Kentucky, buffalo were spread throughout the Commonwealth. John Filson wrote, in 1784:
"The amazing herds of buffaloes which resort thither, by their size and number…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRM_the-l-n-turnpike_Munfordville-KY.html
The Louisville and Nashville Turnpike was established in the 1830s, following an ancient path used by herds of buffalo, by Native American peoples, and early European settlers. It followed the Phillips Trace, one of a handful of pioneer roads lead…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRL_thelma-hawkins-stovall_Munfordville-KY.html
FrontBorn in Munfordville, Ky., Thelma began working at Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co. at 15 to help her family during the Depression. There she met L.R. Stovall; they married in 1936. Thelma studied at UK, EKU and LaSalle Extension University. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQW_old-munford-inn_Munfordville-KY.html
One block west stands a log inn built on a pioneer trail in 1810 by Thomas Munford, brother of founder of Munfordville. Among the many distinguished guests was Gen. Andrew Jackson in 1829 enroute to his inauguration as seventh president of USA.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQV_hart-county-war-memorial_Munfordville-KY.html
World War IJohn L. Burd · Leon Shipp · Daniel Hodges · Noah White · Charles W. Ard · Willie Mardis · Ernest E. Stinson · Walter T. Chaney · Sim L. Russell · Evans Butts · Eugene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQU_hart-county-1819_Munfordville-KY.html
The 61st formed in Kentucky, from parts of Hardin, Barren counties. Home of the Buckners. Simon Bolivar Buckner, graduate of West Point, captain in Mexican War, CSA general in the Civil War, governor of Kentucky, 1887-91, candidate for US Vice-Pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQT_hart-county_Munfordville-KY.html
1784 1815Born 1784, Died 1813. Brought in childhood from Hagerstown, Md. to Lexington, Ky. Successful in both law and mercantile business. In 1812 raised and commanded Lexington Light Infantry; with his company went to Northwest Territory; severel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQS_a-remarkable-kentucky-family_Munfordville-KY.html
This village's first postmaster and a charter member of Munfordville Presbyterian Church, John Thompson Street Brown (1793-1875) is the forbear of a remarkable and internationally known Kentucky family. William and Hannah Street Brown settled 1,00…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQR_munfordville-in-the-civil-war_Munfordville-KY.html
The small, unassuming county-seat village of Munfordville, founded on an old buffalo crossing and home to a well-known tavern, could claim pride of place in 1860 as the spot where the L&N Railroad crossed the Green River, over what whas then the l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQQ_carter-dowling-school-teachers-at-colored-elementary-schools-of-hart-county-circa-1950_Munfordville-KY.html
Carter-Dowling SchoolUpon closing its one room schools in 1950, the Hart County Board of Education constructed Carter-Dowling School, a consolidated elementary school for "colored" children of Hart County.
The School was named for Daisie C. Car…