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Frontier Nursing
(Marker Number: 558)

County: Leslie
Location: Hyden, Courthouse lawn, US 421

Description: Mary Breckinridge founded the Frontier Nursing Service, 1925. Midwives from England helped to bring medical service that saved hundreds of mothers and babies of "remote hollows and hills of Clay, Leslie and Perry counties." 1928, a 28-bed hospital opened in Hyden and in 1939 Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery founded, one of three such schools in U.S.

(Subjects: Hospitals | Schools)

Leslie County
(Marker Number: 213)

County: Leslie
Location: Hyden, Courthouse lawn, US 421

Description: Created 1878, from Clay, Harlan, and Perry counties. Named for Preston H. Leslie, Governor of Kentucky, 1871-75. Montana Territorial Governor, 1887-89, U.S. District Attorney, 1894-98, appointed by President Cleveland. Died 1907, buried in Montana.

(Subjects: Cleveland, Grover)

Sgt. Willie Sandlin
(Marker Number: 631)

County: Leslie
Location: Hyden, Courthouse lawn, US 421

Description: Only Kentuckian to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War I. Born in Kentucky on Jan. 1, 1891. He enlisted 1917, serving as sergeant in 132d Inf., 33d Div. Medal was awarded for bravery, coolness in putting three machine-gun nests out of action, Sept. 26, 1918 at Bois de Forges, France. Residing in this county after War, he died May 29, 1949.

(Subjects: Medal of Honor Winners | World War I)