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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DDO_eliza-calvert-hall-1856-1935_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Eliza Calvert Hall, 1856-1935. . . Side A . Lida Calvert Obenchain ("Eliza Calvert Hall"), suffragist, press superintendent of Ky. Equal Rights Assn., poet, author. Her most famous story, "Sally Ann's Experience" (1898), prote…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DDN_home-office-of-duncan-hines-1941-1959_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Home/Office of Duncan Hines 1941-1959. . Authority on restaurants and lodgings in U.S. Born in Bowling Green, 1880. From places visited on business trips, he noted good eating places and inns. That led to annual editions of Adventures in Good Eati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DDG_potter-college_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Potter College. . School for girls founded 1877 as Cedar Bluff Female College near Woodburn. Part of the staff moved to Bowling Green in 1899 and began Potter College. Located on Vinegar Hill, now part of the campus of Western Kentucky University.…
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Bowling Green. . Founded in 1796 by Robert Moore who built cabin at the Big Spring located here. This spring water was nucleus around which the town grew. Moore, his brother, George, and James Stewart posted bond of 1,000 English pounds to establi…
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Bowling Green's Civil War Defenses
The Confederate army occupied Bowling Green from September 1861 to February 1862. During that time, troops camped nearby to guard against a Union attack coming through the open ground between Fort Webb and Fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIV_james-t-morehead-1797-1854_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Ky.'s first native son to become governor was born in Bullitt Co. but reared in Logan Co. He read law under John J. Crittenden; began practice in Bowling Green. Served in Ky. House of Rep., and elected lt. gov. At Gov. Breathitt's death, Morehead …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIU_warren-countys-chief-usa-civil-war-officers-warren-county-awards_Bowling-Green-KY.html
Warren County's Chief USA Civil War Officers
Brig. Gen. William E. Hobson, 1st Brig., 2nd Div., 23rd Corps
Col. Benj. C. Grider, 9th Ky. Inf.
Col. J. H. Grider, 52nd Ky. Inf.
Col. P. B. Hawkins, 11th Ky. Inf.
Col. Atwood G. Hobson, 13th …
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Warren County
Established by Legislature, 1796, as the 24th county of Kentucky. Formed from part of Logan County. Parts of Barren, Allen, Edmonson, and Simpson counties later taken from original Warren boundaries. Named for Maj. Gen. Joseph War…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIS_long-hunters_Bowling-Green-KY.html
An exploring party of 13 "Long Hunters," so named because of the long periods of time spent away from home, camped along Barren River in 1775. Their names were carved on a beech tree, a silent record of the first white men in this area. Henry Skag…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KIE_shake-rag_Bowling-Green-KY.html
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This African American community was founded in the 1800s. Bordered by the river and High, Ky., and 7th Sts., the area grew to include hundreds of residents, two schools, businesses, and churches. The architecture of Shake Rag shows a gro…