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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-aa774_a-little-bit-to-eat-at-the-race_Stanford-KY.html
The races at Sportsman's Hill began at dawn and were followed by an elaborate breakfast which was prepared in the yard of the house and served out of doors to all the guests. A tradition that continues today at the Kentucky Derby with "The Go…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZKU_on-confederate-routes_Crab-Orchard-KY.html
CSA Gen. J.H. Morgan's cavalry on first Kentucky raid, returning from Cynthiana, burned Dix River bridge above here and camped on July 20, 1862. Burned 120 USA wagons here and at Somerset.
See map on other side.
After battle of Perryville Oct. 8…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZKT_grand-gateway-to-kentucky_Crab-Orchard-KY.html
Long Hunters, led by Elisha Walden, first recorded the beautiful orchard of crab apple trees in 1763. Soon, the long hunter's trail from Cumberland Gap to Crab Orchard, as it became known, carried a swelling tide of settlers. Crab Orchard, long kn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJU_sportsmans-hill_Stanford-KY.html
Built at Whitley's Station by Col. William Whitley, noted pioneer and Indian fighter. He was born in Virginia in 1749, came to Kentucky in 1775, and was killed at the Battle of the Thames in 1813.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJT_sportsmans-hill-whitley-house-1785_Stanford-KY.html
Sportsman HillSite of one of the earliest circular racetracks. Crowd gathered within the half-mile track, able to see entire race. Built about 1780 by Col. Wm. Whitley, owner of estate. A fervent patriot, he built track to contrast with the Britis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YJR_sportsman-hill_Stanford-KY.html
Panel 1Forerunner of Kentucky Derby. Site of one of the earliest circular racetracks. Crowd gathered within the half-mile track, able to see entire race. Built about 1780 by Col. Wm. Whitley, owner of estate. A fervent patriot, he built track to c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KL3_mckinneys-fort_Hustonville-KY.html
Built by Archibald McKinney by 1792, this early trading post was an important stop on Cumberland Trace. The settlement began as four log cabins and a stockade. Early settlers are buried in a cemetery on a knoll visible due south of this marker. In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KL2_pfc-william-b-baugh-usmc-medal-of-honor-winner_Hustonville-KY.html
PFC William B. Baugh, USMC
This Congressional Medal of Honor recipient born near here July 7, 1930. Baugh served with Co. G, 3rd Battalion, First Marines, First Marine Div. (Reinforced). Awarded honor posthumously for gallantry at risk of his l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KL0_crash-of-the-b-58-hustler_Hustonville-KY.html
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At the height of the Cold War, on the night of Dec. 12, 1966, the residents of McKinney were startled by the sound of an explosion. Many locals converged on this hill to find a large fiery crater, and the wreckage of an Air Force B-58. All …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1A84_ottenheim_Stanford-KY.html
A German-Swiss settlement, 4 miles southeast, started by immigrants, early 1880s. Guided here by Joseph Ottenheimer "to this land of great opportunity" they found it to be a wilderness. Undaunted they built crude log cabins, then cleared the virgi…