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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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQII_ernest-hogan_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Born Reuben Crowdus on April 17, 1865 in Bowling Green, Ky. He left home at age 12 to sing in minstrel shows. He became prominent as a songwriter in the 1890s. In 1895, he wrote "La Pas Ma La" & promoted it as first published ragtime song. Many re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIH_louisville-nashville-railroad-depot_Bowling-Green-KY.html
The L&N's Debut - 1859
Traveling by train was exciting. Steam power locomotives meant a new age for passengers and freight. After nine years of construction, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad made its first run through Bowling Green in 1859…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQCI_fort-webb_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Constructed by CSA during early days of Civil War. One of numerous fortifications in Bowling Green area used by CSA and Union forces. Located at head of navigation on Barren and Green River systems, Bowling Green became an important stronghold wit…