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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BTV_marshall-county-civil-war-cannon_Benton-KY.html
Over 400 Confederate Soldiers and over 200 Union Soldiers from Marshall County served during the War Between the States. This cannon is dedicated in their memory.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BTN_benton-county-vietnam-conflict-memorial_Benton-KY.html
Totalitarianism is a constant
threat to our freedom. We would
like to salute these men for
giving the supreme sacrifice,
that we may keep that freedom.
1961 Vietnam Conflict 1973
Dunigan, Jerry Wayne
Gipson, Ronnie Lee
Glisson, J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLQ_kentucky-writer_Benton-KY.html
Born in Benton, 1918, Joe Creason often spoke of his birthplace as "the only town in Kentucky where I was born." He became an outstanding journalist. His daily column, "Joe Creason's Kentucky," in Louisville Courier-Journal won him wide recognitio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLP_county-named-1842_Benton-KY.html
For John Marshall, 1755-1835, Chief Justice of the United States, 1801-1835, "principal founder of judicial review and of American system of constitutional law."
Area first settled about time of the Jackson Purchase in 1818. First church wes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLC_inundated-site_Benton-KY.html
Birmingham, six miles north, was one of the oldest settlements in Marshall County and a major early boat landing. Settled 1849; named by British settlers for Birmingham, England. Town covered as Kentucky Lake formed; Kentucky Dam built, 1938-44. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLB_shelby-mccallum_Benton-KY.html
Born in Tn. in 1917, he moved to Benton in 1939 to manage the old Benton Theater. He served in the Army during WWII, then returned home & opened several drive-in theaters. He founded WCBL AM, Dec. 1954 and operated it for the remainder of his life…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BLA_james-r-lemon-1848-1919_Benton-KY.html
Owner and editor of Benton Tribune and Mayfield Messenger and author of a Marshall County history lived here. Lemon, in 1884, also founded Big Singing Day. This evolved from Southern Harmony, a hymn-singing custom popular in early 1800s, continuin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BL9_civil-war-action_Benton-KY.html
On March 23, 1864, two days before the Battle of Paducah, detached forces of Confederate Gen. Nathan B. Forrest's cavalry coming up from Columbus, Miss., and Union troops, both searching for horses, met by accident near here. In two skirmishes whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2012_jackson-purchase_Benton-KY.html
8,500 Sq.Mi. Area, former Tribal lands of Chickasaw Indians. U.S. paid $300,000 for tract in 1818 after negotiations by Gen. Andrew Jackson and Gov. Isaac Shelby. Bordered by Tenn., Ohio and Miss. Rivers. Now comprises KY's 8 and Tenn's 20 western…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2011_cherokee-state-park_Benton-KY.html
Side 1 Proposed in 1946 & opened in 1951, the only state park in Kentucky developed for African Americans. Closed by 1964. after Gov. Combs 1963 Exec. Order ended segregation in public facilities. 300 acres, beach, rental cottages, kitchen & dinin…