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Army of Six

Marker Number	1103
County	Hopkins
Location	Arch & Spring Sts., Madisonville
Description	Union troops, 300, ordered to burn the CSA Madisonville sympathizers' homes, 1862; withdrew, bluffed by CSA Gen. Adam Johnson and six men. CSA went on to Henderson, crossed river to Newburg, taking medical supplies, arms and rations for the Confederates. Johnson and his Breckinridge Guards became famous for daring raids until he was blinded in battle, 1864.
Subjects	Breckinridge, John Cabell , Civil War , Johnson, Adam R.

Carlow's Stone Wall

Marker Number	1620
County	Hopkins
Location	304 Union St., Madisonville
Description	This wall was originally located at Carlow, on the main Madisonville-Henderson route. It was built by Thomas J. Jackson in 1857 to enclose his stage coach inn, a general store, Masonic Lodge No. 314 and post office. This work of art, reconstructed here in 1975, is hand quarried, hand cut and hand carved with all joints friction fitted.

Century of Coal Mining

Marker Number	1338
County	Hopkins
Location	Earlington, US 41-A & KY 112
Description	Earlington founded in 1870 by St. Bernard Coal Co. Named for John Baylis Earle, who discovered No. 11 coal vein not far from this site, in 1869. John Bond Atkinson, the president of St. Bernard Coal, planned free public schools, free public library, Loch Mary Reservoir, an arboretum, home and church sites. In 1870, L & N Railroad began coal shipments from this area.
Subjects	Louisville and Nashville Railroad

Cmdr. D. W. "Mush" Morton, USN

Marker Number	1612
County	Hopkins
Location	At Veterans Memorial, Nortonville
Description	This World War II hero spent his early youth and attended elementary school in Nortonville; high school at Madisonville. Graduated from U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., 1930. Became Commanding Officer of the submarine, Wahoo. Morton received his first award of the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism during action against enemy forces in the Pacific area. See over. (Reverse) Wahoo - The Wahoo, with "Mush" Morton as its Commanding Officer, sank 31,890 tons of Japanese shipping. Wahoo left Pearl Harbor Sept. 9, 1943, headed for Sea of Japan but was lost through enemy action. Morton was awarded 4 Navy Crosses and the Army Distinguished Service Cross; his submarine won the Presidential Unit Citation for outstanding performance in combat.
Subjects	World War II

County Named, 1806

Marker Number	849
County	Hopkins
Location	Madisonville, Courthouse lawn, US 41-A
Description	For Samuel Hopkins, 1753-1819. On Washington's staff and in many campaigns, War of the Revolution. Came to Ky., 1797, as Transylvania Company agent. In 1799, organized and named judge of first court held in original Henderson County, which included this area. In Ky. House, 1800-06; Senate, 1809-13. Commander in Chief, Western Frontier, 1812; U.S. Congress, 1813-1815.
Subjects	Revolutionary War , Transylvania University

Courthouse Burned

Marker Number	580
County	Hopkins
Location	Madisonville, Courthouse lawn, US 41-A
Description	Gen. Hylan B. Lyon with 800 men invaded Ky., Dec. 1864, to enforce CSA draft law and divert USA from Nashville. In 23 days he burned seven courthouses used by Union forces. (See map on reverse side.) Courthouse at Madisonville burned December 17. All county records saved. All able-bodied men conscripted, took oath to meet Lyon, Jan. 20, released, but oath not fulfilled.
Subjects	Civil War , Courthouses Burned

Dawson Springs

Marker Number	915
County	Hopkins
Location	Dawson Springs, US 62
Description	In its heyday, from the start of the century until mid-1920's, this was one of best known spas, health resorts in the South. Thousands of the sick, the lame, the well came for the curative waters and to enjoy the social activities. Six firms bottled and shipped the chalybeate water all over the U.S. W. I. Hamby, resident of Hopkins County, discovered springs, 1881.
Subjects	Springs

Forrest Reconnoitered

Marker Number	613
County	Hopkins
Location	US 41-A & Hanson St., Madisonville
Description	CSA General Nathan Bedford Forrest, on reconnaissance and foraging mission toward the Ohio River Nov. 24 to Dec. 5, 1861, passed here with 300 cavalry on way to Caseyville. There he found large supply of hogs and took some along. After he left, USA picked up remainder. While returning to Hopkinsville Forrest captured horses, cattle and more hogs. Map on other side.
Subjects	Civil War , Forrest, Nathan Bedford

Gov. Ruby Laffoon

Marker Number	1232
County	Hopkins
Location	Madisonville, Courthouse lawn, US Alt. 41, KY 70
Description	Born January 15, 1869, Madisonville. Began law practice, 1892. Served as chairman of the first Insurance Rating Board, 1912. Circuit Court Judge, 1921-31. While Governor, 1931-35, he reorganized charitable and penal boards; recodified the educational laws; was responsible for building of more highways and bridges than in the previous 15 years. He died March 1, 1941.

Hanson

Marker Number	1948
County	Hopkins
Location	7250 Hanson Rd. at Kentucky Bank, Hanson, KY 40 & 260-E
Description	This town, named for Henry B. Hanson, the civil engineer who planned it, was founded in 1869 and incorporated in 1873. Hanson became bustling tobacco center. "Hanson Twist" tobacco was shipped throughout the U.S. Four costly fires in 1889, 1894, 1905, and 1906, changed the town's history. Presented by Citizens for Historic Preservation.

Jackson Stage Stop

Marker Number	1797
County	Hopkins
Location	KY 1069, 4 mi. NW of Hanson
Description	Original two-room brick building, unusual in design, was constructed in 1830 of handmade brick from clay on farm. It served as a stagecoach stop between Hopkinsville and Henderson before completion of the Evansville, Henderson, and Nashville Railroad, 1871. Beckley Jackson, who came from Va. by 1815, provided extra horses and mail distribution point for stage line.
Subjects	Railroads , Stagecoach Stops

Madisonville

Marker Number	1104
County	Hopkins
Location	Madisonville, Jct. KY 70 & US 41
Description	Named for former President James Madison. One year after Hopkins County established, Madisonville made county seat, 1807, on 40 acres given by Daniel McGary and Solomon Silkwood. Incorporated in 1810. Home of Maurice K. Gordon, who gave The American Legion its name when founded at Paris, France, in March, 1919, and later led in its organization in Kentucky.
Subjects	Madison, James

Partisan Rangers

Marker Number	1971
County	Hopkins
Location	Hanson, City Park, Sunset Rd., KY 260 W.
Description	Civil War Confederate irregular troops operated in western Ky. These Partisan Rangers, under Brig. Gen. Adam R. Johnson, fought skirmishes and disrupted Union communications and supply lines. Among Hopkins Countians serving were 2 brothers from Hanson-James Waller, who was killed, and J.S., who later urged reconciliation. Presented by Citizens for Historic Preservation.
Subjects	Civil War , Johnson, Adam R.

Steuben's Lick

Marker Number	140
County	Hopkins
Location	31/2 mi. N. of Madisonville at Manitou, US 41-A
Description	Named for the Prussian soldier Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von Steuben. Born in 1730, he came to America in 1777 to aid the cause of the Revolution. Steuben instructed Washington's army at Valley Forge and was first Inspector General of the Army. Came here to inspect his military grants and visited the Lick. Died in New York, 1794.
Subjects	Revolutionary War , Washington, George

The Hockersmith House

Marker Number	1425
County	Hopkins
Location	218 South Scott, Madisonville
Description	The home of L. D. Hockersmith, Captain, l0th Ky., General John Hunt Morgan's Cavalry, CSA. Hockersmith captured by Federal troops during Morgan's Ohio raid, July 20, 1863. Held with Morgan in Ohio State Prison at Columbus. Helped dig tunnel by which he and five other officers escaped with Morgan on Nov. 27, 1863. This escape was one of most daring of all time.
Subjects	Morgan, John Hunt

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