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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KQI_gorman-building_Flemingsburg-KY.html
The building was purchased by the Gorman Construction Company in 1952 and served as its office and following a merger was home to the Kentucky Stone Company. The building was sold in 1974 to its current occupant, The Farmers Home Mutual Aid Associ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KQG_fleming-hotel_Flemingsburg-KY.html
The oldest section of this building, the ell that faces Court Square, was built in the early 1800's and used as a stage coach stop. In use as a hotel by 1833, this building was used to house victims of the cholera epidemic. The oldest section of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KPO_old-tobacco-plug-factory_Flemingsburg-KY.html
Built before 1860, this building began as the E.A. DuPuy & Co. Mill & Distillery. Over the years, it has also served as a storage warehouse for the railroad and for a furniture company. It is currently home to an art galley called Banana Tree Stud…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KM5_sherburne-bridge_Flemingsburg-KY.html
The most unusual of Kentucky's covered bridges is the Sherburne "suspension" bridge, built 1867-68 at a cost of $3,500. In the early days a stagecoach route from Mt. Sterling to Maysville crossed the bridge, then privately owned. This bridge is 26…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KM2_michael-cassidy-1755-1829_Flemingsburg-KY.html
A fearless Indian fighter in over 30 battles, Michael Cassidy built Cassidy Station (site-one mile south) in later 1780s. A native of Ireland, he came to Va. as cabin boy at age 12. Enlisted early in Revolution and was with Washington at British s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KM1_stocktons-station_Flemingsburg-KY.html
Site of station built in 1787 by Major George Stockton, who raised a crop here in 1786, while living at Strode's Station. This was the first of three forts in the area becoming Fleming County in 1798.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KM0_john-f-day-1913-1982_Flemingsburg-KY.html
A native of Fleming County, this prize-winning journalist began his career with the Lexington Leader; later worked with Washington Bureau of Louisville Courier-Journal. Director and Vice President of CBS News, 1955-61, where he won two Emmy awards…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KLZ_fleming-county_Flemingsburg-KY.html
Kentucky's 26th, formed from Mason in 1798. Named for John Fleming, Rev. War officer who came in 1776 to mark and improve land. Built Fleming's Station, among the county's earliest. Fellow pioneers were John Finley, Michael Cassidy, and George Sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KLY_birthplace-of-herman-chittison-accomplished-jazz-pianist_Flemingsburg-KY.html
Birthplace of Herman Chittison
Born in Flemingsburg, October 15, 1908, to Charles and Sarah Jane Chittison. He played hymns at Strawberry Methodist Church as a child. Attended Walden College in Nashville, 1924; later Ky. State Industrial College…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK18_james-j-andrews_Flemingsburg-KY.html
Andrews lived here 1859 - 62. In 1862 he led 22 Union soldiers into Georgia to cut the railway between Marietta & Chattanooga. Their capture of the locomotive "The General" and their pursuit by Confederates was a dramatic incident of the Civil War.