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Bedford Springs and Hotel
(Marker Number: 1823)

County: Trimble
Location: Near Nursing Home, Bedford, US 42

Description: Mineral springs discovered ca. 1840 by Mr. and Mrs. Noah Parker, who found water unusual in taste and of medicinal value. The Parkers soon erected hotel and, with son Nathan, owned and managed noted antebellum health resort, which fostered Bedford's growth. After the 1851 cholera epidemic, resort declined. The former hotel burned in 1967.

(Subjects: Cholera | Hotels | Springs)

County Named, 1836
(Marker Number: 765)

County: Trimble
Location: Bedford, Courthouse lawn, US 42, 421

Description: For Robert Trimble, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1826-28, appointed by Pres. John Quincy Adams. Born in Va., 1777, came to Ky., 1780. Capt., Bourbon Co. regiment, 1796. Practiced law in Paris, Ky., 1800. Member State Legislature, 1802-04. Ky. Court of Appeals, 1807-09. U.S. District Attorney, 1813-17. U.S. District Judge from 1817-26. Died in 1828, buried at Paris, Ky.

Petticoat Abolitionist
(Marker Number: 1099)

County: Trimble
Location: Jct. US 421 & KY 1255

Description: "Underground railroad" station, a mile west, run by Delia Webster on land bought with funds provided by Northern abolitionists, 1854. Slaveholders filed charges against her. After refusing to leave Ky., she was imprisoned. Following her release she was indicted again but escaped into Indiana. For similar activities in Lexington she had served term in penitentiary, 1844.

(Subjects: Slavery)

Trimble County Jail
(Marker Number: 1822)

County: Trimble
Location: Bedford, Courthouse Square, US 42

Description: Old stone jail erected ca. 1850 on site of original jail; second story added in 1899. For some 133 years, until 1983, this building was a physical symbol of law and order in Trimble County. Its most noted prisoner, ardent abolitionist Delia Webster, was incarcerated here briefly during 1854. The jail is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

(Subjects: National Register of Historic Places)