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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNSV_john-hampton-house-early-stone-house_Frankfort-KY.html
John Hampton HouseEarliest surviving stone house in city. Built before 1840, it is constructed of patterned river limestone with jack arches over windows and doors. The builder, John Hampton, was a tavern owner and operator in the county by 1818. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNST_lexington-public-library-1905-1989-a-carnegie-library_Lexington-KY.html
Lexington Public LibraryFirst library west of the Alleghenies was est. in Lex. in 1795 as a subscription library. The Women's Club of Central Ky. worked for a free public library, and, in 1902, Andrew Carnegie gave $60,000 to build Lex. Public Lib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNSR_bourbon-whiskey-jacob-spears_Paris-KY.html
Named after Bourbon Co. because of quantity and quality of whiskey produced within its borders. Made from a fermented mash of at least 51% corn, with less wheat, rye, or barley, yeast and limestone water. Distilled at no more than 160 proof and ag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNN1_jefferson-county-kentucky-korean-war-memorial_Louisville-KY.html
KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL JUNE 25, 1950 - North Korean Communist troops crossed the 38th Parallel, invading South Korea. Within days, the South Korean capital of Seoul fell into Communist hands. SEPTEMBER 15, 1950 - Allied troops make very difficult amp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNMV_pennsylvania-run-presbyterian-church-and-cemetery_Louisville-KY.html
Started by Presbyterian families who came from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in the 1780s. The first church was a log structure built in the 1790s. The present church was built in 1840. It is one of few churches that survived from 19th century and is o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN9E_william-h-townsend_Lawrenceburg-KY.html
Side 1:This renowned scholar, raconteur, and lawyer was born in Anderson Co. Educated first in a one-room school at Glensboro, he graduated from U.K. Law School in 1912. Among his books was Lincoln and the Bluegrass (1955). His talk on Cassius Cla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM7X_lewis-and-clark-in-kentucky-cumberland-gap_Middlesboro-KY.html
Side A:Meriwether Lewis, coleader of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, with a party of Expedition veterans and a Mandan Indian delegation, went through Cumberland Gap in Nov. 1806 en route to Washington to report on the expedition. (Over)
Side B:Cu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM7W_mountain-vision_Middlesboro-KY.html
Alexander Arthur, 1846-1912, an outstanding figure in history of Middlesboro. He came here in 1885 to prospect, discovering coal and iron ore deposits. President of American Association, formed to carry out his plans for a mining and manufacturing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM7V_middlesborough_Middlesboro-KY.html
English colony founded in 1886 by Alexander Arthur. Project financed by English company, the American Association, because of timber and rich mineral deposits here. Almost 100,000 mountainous acres in Va., Tenn., and Ky. purchased for the settleme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM7U_middlesboro-meteorite-crater-impact-site_Middlesboro-KY.html
Side A:Designated by the Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists as a Distinguished Geological Site. Middlesboro is one of only a few cities on the North American Continent located in the basin of a meteorite impact structure.
Side B:Someti…