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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS1T_william-boones-grave_Munfordville-KY.html
Side AIn the winter of 1780, Daniel & Rebecca Boone and their young son, William, (b. June 20, 1775) camped at the Ebb & Flow Spring near Green River, 4 miles east of here. The Boones were hunting and trapping as they did every winter for 50 years…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQS6_battle-of-munfordville_Munfordville-KY.html
Union forces commanded by Col. Wilder surrendered to Mississippi regiments of Gen. Bragg's army on September 17, 1862, following battle on the 14th. 50 killed and 307 wounded. Bragg evacuated Munfordville on 20th before Gen. Buell's forces arrived…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQS5_the-raider_Munfordville-KY.html
The arrival of Federal troops into Lexington, Kentucky in fall 1861 prompted Lexington native John Hunt Morgan to assemble a band of 17 armed men on horseback to support the Southern cause. The "Lexington Rifle" then rode into south central Kentuc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQS3_kentucky-and-the-western-war_Munfordville-KY.html
Other than by navigating the Mississippi River, the only way for armies west of the Appalachians to move from north to south was through Kentucky. Kentucky's rivers and railroads tempted commanders from both sides in spite of the state's declared …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQS1_the-woodson-farm_Munfordville-KY.html
Anthony Woodson's fields and woods felt the ravages of war. Yet before and after, and even during the strife, the daily life of a central Kentucky farmstead carried on. As you wander the paths of the Woodson farm and visit the house, keep your sen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQS0_anthony-woodson-farm_Munfordville-KY.html
Thomas Woodson received this farm as a land grant from Thomas Jefferson for service in the Revolutionary War. His son Anthony made his home on this site and developed a prosperous farmstead, considered one of the finest in the county. From his fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRY_morgan-inducted-csa_Munfordville-KY.html
On site, 1200 feet west, stood the church, his headquarters, where Gen. John Hunt Morgan and 84 of his men were formally sworn in, October 27, 1861, as the second Cavalry Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers, CSA. Formerly part of the Lexington Rifles, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRW_l-n-railroad-bridge_Munfordville-KY.html
The railroad bridge over the Green River stands a quarter mile to the southwest. Constructed 1857-59 by engineer Albert Fink, the bridge was at the time the largest iron bridge in the United States, with a total length of 1,800 ft. Stonemasons Joh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRV_boots-randolph_Munfordville-KY.html
Internationally known saxophonist, Homer Louis "Boots" Randolph attended the old Munfordville High School on this site from 1942-1944. While here he played guitar and trombone. Randolph started playing saxophone as a high school senior in Evansvil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRU_living-on-the-land_Munfordville-KY.html
When humans first came to the Green River valley thousands of years ago, they quickly learned how to make use of the native trees, shrubs, grasses and flowering plants. From accounts by the first European settlers, we know that they used dugout ca…