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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C72_ellerslie_Lexington-KY.html
The home which stood on this site from 1787 to 1947 was built by Levi Todd (1756-1807), who named it for his ancestral village in Scotland. He was one of a party of hunters who named Lexington in 1775; first Fayette County clerk; aide to George Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15FG_civil-war-action-at-ashland_Lexington-KY.html
(Obverse)While Confederate Armies were retreating from Kentucky after the Battle of Perryville, Colonel John Hunt Morgan operated behind the pursuing Union Army, with Colonel Basil W. Duke's Second Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, Colonel Richard M. Gan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15D3_henry-clay_Lexington-KY.html
Brought to "Ashland" and its pastures Hereford Cattle from England, in 1817, and added them to his herd of shorthorns. Here he pioneered thoroughbred horse breeding in the Blue Grass. To this farm he brought jack stock from Spain. Here he bred Mer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12ZP_ashland-park-olmsted-brothers-in-ky_Lexington-KY.html
(obverse)Ashland Park
In 1904, descendants of Henry Clay hired famed landscape architects, Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and John Charles Olmsted, to design Ashland Park neighborhood on the 600-acre estate. Constructed over a 15-year period, develo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNY9_madeline-m-breckinridge-kentucky-suffrage-leader_Lexington-KY.html
Madeline M. BreckinridgeThis descendant of Henry Clay and Ephraim McDowell was born 1872 in Franklin Co.; grew up at "Ashland," Clay's home; and married Desha Breckinridge, editor of Lexington Herald. Ill with tuberculosis, she promoted its treatm…
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AshlandHome of Henry Clay, born April 12, 1777, died June 29, 1852. Served as a state legislator, US rep. & senator, house speaker, secretary of state. He ran for president in 1824, 1832, & 1844. Also an attorney, he practiced law for more than 50…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNY1_ashland_Lexington-KY.html
Historic home of Henry ClayOrator - Statesman - Patriot Kentucky's favorite sonBorn - 1777 Died - 1852.