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Cabin Creek

Marker Number	143
County	Lewis
Location	Tollesboro, KY 10, 57
Description	Early point of entry into Kentucky for explorers and pioneers. From it marauding Indians forded across the Ohio River. War roads, marked with drawings of animals, the sun, and the moon, led from its mouth to Upper Blue Licks.
Subjects	Indians

Cabin Creek Bridge

Marker Number	1572
County	Lewis
Location	4.5 mi. NW of Tollesboro, KY 984
Description	Built ca. 1870, this 114 ft. covered bridge spans Cabin Creek. The name of the builder is unknown. It was constructed on Burr truss design, with laminated arches and truss rods added later. Louis Bower employed arches in early 1900s. Lack of siding creates a window effect along entire length. Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, 1976. (Reverse) Covered Bridges - Covered bridges were first built in the 1790s but did not become widely popular until after 1814. They were covered to protect them from the weather. At one time there were more than 400 covered bridges in Ky. The timbered spans have played a romantic role in our history. Some were destroyed during the Civil War. The remaining ones are a nostalgic link with the past.
Subjects	Covered Bridges , Creeks , National Register of Historic Places

County Named, 1806

Marker Number	803
County	Lewis
Location	Vanceburg, Courthouse lawn, KY 59, 3037
Description	For Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark expedition, sent out by President Jefferson to explore the northwest, 1804-05. Followed the Missouri River to source, crossed mountains, then Columbia River to Pacific. Lewis born Va., 1774. US army, 1795; captain, 1800. Private Secretary to Jefferson, 1801-03. Terr. Gov. of Louisiana, 1807-09. Died, 1809, buried in Tennessee.
Subjects	Clark, William , Jefferson, Thomas , Lewis and Clark Expedition

Esculapia Springs

Marker Number	778
County	Lewis
Location	Charters, KY 9, 989
Description	Site of one of the most popular health resorts along Ohio River, 1845-60, seven miles west. Mineral water from spring widely used for medicinal purposes. Resort was easy of access by boat and drew many out of state guests until destroyed by fire, 1860. Decline in use of spring water followed. Twenty other antebellum watering places flourished in Kentucky.
Subjects	Springs

Magnificent Pin Oak

Marker Number	1393
County	Lewis
Location	1 mi. E. of Charters, N. of KY 10
Description	One of the largest and oldest pin- or swamp-oak trees in the world. In 1970, when the highway was relocated, it was about one hundred and fifty years old; its trunk circumference was 16.2 feet; the diameter at breast height was five feet, and the total height was 58 feet. This historic oak is preserved as one of nature's beautiful achievements.
Subjects	Trees

Route for Horses and Cattle

Marker Number	205
County	Lewis
Location	W. of Vanceburg, KY 8, 3037
Description	In 1775, Col. Robert Patterson, Wm. McConnell, David Perry and Stephen Lowry brought the first horses (9) and cattle (14) into northern Kentucky. Animals were brought by boat from Ft. Pitt and driven overland from here to the early inland settlements.
Subjects	McConnell, William , Roads

Three Tanyards

Marker Number	1656
County	Lewis
Location	Kinniconick, KY 344
Description	Lewis Co., rich in tanbark, has had several tanneries. The father of Ulysses S. Grant was a manufacturer of leather associated with three tanyards in this area. Jesse Grant in 1846 bought a tanyard near the celebrated Esculapia Springs. He later operated a large tannery with Grimes family, relatives in Concord. Third tanyard he owned was at mouth of Grassy at Kinniconick.
Subjects	Grant, Ulysses S. , Springs

Union Memorial

Marker Number	215
County	Lewis
Location	Vanceburg, Courthouse lawn, KY 59, 3037
Description	The only Union monument south of the Mason-Dixon line erected by public subscription except those in cemeteries. This unique memorial was dedicated in 1884 to the 107 Lewis County soldiers who gave their lives for the Union during the Civil War.
Subjects	Civil War

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