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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRQ_return-of-the-natives_Munfordville-KY.html
Centuries past, before central Kentucky became settled, a great swath of grassland and savannah stretched from the Ohio River down into Tennessee. Pioneers established Munfordville right in the middle of it. As settlement expanded, these "barrens"…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRP_amos-ferry_Munfordville-KY.html
James Amos, one of the early settlers of the lands on the south bank of Green River, built what became known as the Amos Flatboat Landings in the 1790s - the north and south landings here, along with others at the mouths of Lynn Camp Creek and Lit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRO_pontooniers_Munfordville-KY.html
As useful as Munfordville's small ferry was, it couldn't meet the needs of whole armies. As soon as General Alexander McDowell McCook's army arrived at Green River in the fall of 1861, soldiers immediately began building flat-bottomed boats to sup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRN_the-great-buffalo-crossing_Munfordville-KY.html
The American Bison brings the Wild West to mind, but when Europeans arrived in Kentucky, buffalo were spread throughout the Commonwealth. John Filson wrote, in 1784:
"The amazing herds of buffaloes which resort thither, by their size and number…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRM_the-l-n-turnpike_Munfordville-KY.html
The Louisville and Nashville Turnpike was established in the 1830s, following an ancient path used by herds of buffalo, by Native American peoples, and early European settlers. It followed the Phillips Trace, one of a handful of pioneer roads lead…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQRL_thelma-hawkins-stovall_Munfordville-KY.html
FrontBorn in Munfordville, Ky., Thelma began working at Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co. at 15 to help her family during the Depression. There she met L.R. Stovall; they married in 1936. Thelma studied at UK, EKU and LaSalle Extension University. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQW_old-munford-inn_Munfordville-KY.html
One block west stands a log inn built on a pioneer trail in 1810 by Thomas Munford, brother of founder of Munfordville. Among the many distinguished guests was Gen. Andrew Jackson in 1829 enroute to his inauguration as seventh president of USA.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQV_hart-county-war-memorial_Munfordville-KY.html
World War IJohn L. Burd · Leon Shipp · Daniel Hodges · Noah White · Charles W. Ard · Willie Mardis · Ernest E. Stinson · Walter T. Chaney · Sim L. Russell · Evans Butts · Eugene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQU_hart-county-1819_Munfordville-KY.html
The 61st formed in Kentucky, from parts of Hardin, Barren counties. Home of the Buckners. Simon Bolivar Buckner, graduate of West Point, captain in Mexican War, CSA general in the Civil War, governor of Kentucky, 1887-91, candidate for US Vice-Pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQT_hart-county_Munfordville-KY.html
1784 1815Born 1784, Died 1813. Brought in childhood from Hagerstown, Md. to Lexington, Ky. Successful in both law and mercantile business. In 1812 raised and commanded Lexington Light Infantry; with his company went to Northwest Territory; severel…