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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AOE_goodwin-goodin-fort_New-Haven-KY.html
Established by Samuel Goodwin in 1780 at the site of Old Boston. Important link with other stations encircling future Bardstown, and became refuge for pioneers in area. Fort raided by Indians, July 1781. Peter Kennedy led the reprisal against Indi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ANU_kincheloes-station_Bardstown-KY.html
Near here is site of Kincheloe's Station. Named for Capt. William Kincheloe, one of the leaders who established station in early 1780s. Later called Polke's Station for Chas. Polke, who claimed the land. Indians made a surprise attack in Sept., 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ANT_rowan-chambers-duel_Bardstown-KY.html
Site in valley to east, one of most famous duels in Kentucky because of prominent men involved. John Rowan, later jurist, and US Senator. His second, George M. Bibb, Kentucky Chief Justice, US Senator, Secretary of Treasury. Dr. James Chambers was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ANS_saint-thomas-farm_Bardstown-KY.html
The cradle of the Catholic Church in Ky., 1/2 mile east. In 1811, became residence of Bishop Flaget and Father David, when pioneering Saint Joseph's Cathedral, Saint Joseph's College and the old Bethlehem Academy in Bardstown. First home, 1812, of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AJ8_a-pretty-close-call_Bardstown-KY.html
General John Hunt Morgan, his second in command Col. Basil Duke, and other senior officers were adjourning a meeting at the Hamilton Hall House near Lebanon Junction when their command of 4,000 was surprised by an attack made by 3,000 Union troops…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AJ7_fight-at-new-haven_New-Haven-KY.html
In the early morning hours of December 30, 1862, three companies of Gen. John Hunt Morgan's 9th Kentucky Cavalry,, supported by a single 12-pounder mountain howitzer, demanded the surrender of the Federal garrison at New Haven, Kentucky. The garri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM294W_parc-billom_Bardstown-KY.html
In honor of Bardstown's sister city in France Birthplace of Benedict Joseph Flaget
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WGL_federal-hill-my-old-kentucky-home_Bardstown-KY.html
Inspiration for the state song of Kentucky by Stephen Collins Foster in 1853. Judge John Rowan, cousin, owned and had built back wing in 1795 and the front in 1818. Federal Hill became renowned as a center of legal, political and social activity. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EUN_vietnam-1969-memorial_Bardstown-KY.html
In MemoryDedicated to These Men who Gave their Lives in Vietnam 1969 for the Preservation of Freedom.SSG. Harold M. Brown · 1SG. Luther M. Chappel · SP4. David B. Collins · SP4. Joseph R. McIlvoy · SSG. James T. Moore &…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EUI_nelson-county-world-war-i-world-war-ii-korean-war-vietnam-war-memorial_Bardstown-KY.html
Dedicated to the Memory of Those who Offered their Lives in the Service of our Country during W.W. I - W.W. II - Korean and These During the Vietnam Conflict.SP4 Raymond S. Ford Feb. 20, 1966 · CPL William Russell Taylor Aug. 28, 1966 &midd…
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