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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIW_morgans-command-organized_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Fall 1861On September 20, 1861 John Hunt Morgan left Lexington, Kentucky with two wagons full of arms he had taken from the Lexington Armory. Eight days later he and his men, the Lexington Rifles arrived in Bowling Green and began his service in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIV_defending-the-l-n-railroad_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Building a Defence Stockade for the L&N Trestle on the Big Barren River
Railroad tracks, trestles and tunnels were frequent targets of Confederate cavalry raids and infantry attacks. During his "lightening raids" into Kentucky, Confederate Gene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIU_the-civil-war-in-bowling-green_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Because of its important transportation routes, both armies recognized Bowling Green's strategic location during the Civil War. The city was occupied briefly by Confederate troops, who used many of the surrounding hills for fortifications. For the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIT_the-limestone-bluffs_Bowling-Green-KY.html
The Barren River's bluffs generally consist of oolitic limestone. Subterranean erosion has resulted in a very unique karst topography which includes a proliferation of caves and sinkholes. High quality limestone was once quarried in Warren County …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIS_the-bridge_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Four bridges have spanned the Barren River at this site. The center pylon dates from the first bridge that was built in 1838. The Confederate Army burned the 1838 wooden bridge when evacuating Bowling Green in 1862. The current bridge was built in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIR_bowling-green-warren-county_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Established in 1797, Warren County is named for Revolutionary War hero, Dr. Joseph Warren of Boston. Bowling Green was platted in the late 1790s and incorporated in 1812. The city is believed to be named for New York's Bowling Green Park, where Re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIQ_the-barren-river_Bowling-Green-KY.html
The Barren River is the Green River's largest tributary and is named for the barrens, large treeless grasslands found along its course. The first small steamboat reached Bowling Green in 1828. A series of locks and dams completed in 1838 make the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIM_lillian-h-south_Bowling-Green-KY.html
A native of Warren Co., Ky., she exerted a powerful influence on public health in Ky. South earned her MD in 1904 and returned to Bowling Green to practice medicine, establishing St. Joseph's Hospital in her family's home on 12th St. She served as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIK_civil-war-occupations_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Threatened by Union forces to the west, CSA, who had occupied city five months and fortified hills, planned to evacuate Feb. 14, 1862. Other Federals came from north and bombarded from across the river. CSA set fire to depot and warehouses, as pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIJ_college-hill_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Now known as Reservoir Hill, one of nine key fortifications of CSA defense during 1861 Civil War occupation of Bowling Green. Felled trees with sharpened ends were placed as cavalry barriers. Stones from a college building under construction went …