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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ7C_sam-and-nola-of-morris-fork_Booneville-KY.html
Samuel VanderMeer came here from New Jersey in 1923. "Uncle Sam" to generations of Ky. Youngsters, he became pastor of the Morris Fork Presbyterian Church in 1927, the year he married nurse Nola Pease. Missionaries, community builders. They gave a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ7B_murdoch-of-buckhorn_Buckhorn-KY.html
Harvey Short Murdoch, 1871-1935, came from Brooklyn, N.Y. and, as Field Secretary of E. O. Guerrant'sSociety of Soul Winners founded Witherspoon College, 1902. Became Presbyterian Child Welfare Agency.Log Cathedral built 1907. Murdoch was pastor u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ79_oneida-baptist-institute_Oneida-KY.html
The land for what became Oneida Baptist Institute was donated by Martha Coldiron Hogg and S.P. Hogg in September 1899. The school was founded by James Anderson Burns, December 20, 1899, as Mamre Baptist College to meet the social, educational, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPRS_bacon-creek-bridge_Bonnieville-KY.html
The L & N R.R. bridge near here, a main USA supply line between Louisville and Bowling Green, was destroyed by Confederate troops in late 1861. Before repairs were complete, Morgan's Raiders burned it Dec. 5, 1861. This act brought Morgan's daring…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPDY_gerard-furnace_New-Concord-KY.html
(Front):Gerard FurnaceBuilt 2? miles east in 1854 by Browder, Kentucky and Co. Inside it was 24ft. high and 10½ ft. across at widest point, burning locally made charcoal fuel. Its air blast machinery was powered by steam. In 34 weeks of 1857,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPDW_fort-heiman_New-Concord-KY.html
Confederate fort erected in 1861. Federals occupied 1862. Seized by CSA Gen. Forrest in fall 1864. With field cannon his cavalrymen sank 2 Union river transports. Captured another and a gunboat, and commandeered them. Due east, this side of Kentuc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOZ5_the-mississippi-river-in-the-civil-war_Arlington-KY.html
The Mississippi River in the Civil War"Whatever nation gets control of the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, will control the continent."Union General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1861
The goal of both the Northern (Federal or Union) and Sout…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOY7_confederate-trenches_Arlington-KY.html
The main objective of the Confederate Army in fortifying Columbus was to block Union movements on the Mississippi River. In so doing they also had to protect their position from inland attack. The trenches through which this trail leads are part o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOY6_in-search-of_Arlington-KY.html
Apparently, after Cannon # 209 was lost, no effort was made to immediately recover the cannon. World War II created severe shortages of manpower, equipment, and money. Several searches after the war were unsuccessful.
In 1984, a local historian…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOXR_polks-firepower_Arlington-KY.html
This Model 1829 Cannon # 209 was affectionately called a "32-pounder". This simply means it shot a 32-pound, round iron shot. Most of the large cannons used at Forts DeRussy, Henry, Donelson, Pillow, and Island #10 were this size. Cast in 1839 at …