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Bird's War Road; June, 1780
(Marker Number: 34)

County: Pendleton
Location: Shelby & Main, Falmouth, KY 22

Description: Acting under orders from the British commandant at Detroit, Col. Henry Bird landed near here with 200 Canadian rangers and 600 Indians-Shawnees, Ottawas, Hurons, Chippewas, Delawares, Mingoes and 'Taways-to attack the frontier forts of Kentucky. News of George Rogers Clark's approach caused their hasty retreat with 400 captives from Kentucky forts.

(Subjects: Clark, George Rogers | Forts and Stations | Indians | Roads)

British, Indian Raid
(Marker Number: 953)

County: Pendleton
Location: Falmouth, in front of Shell Refinery, US 27

Description: In countermove, 1780, to control northwest, British Capt. Henry Bird with 150 troops and 1000 Indians came from Detroit, by river in June. From here, they marched to Ruddle's and Martin's Station, to the south, captured 470 settlers. Returned here, captives divided, families separated. The British took some to Detroit, remainder scattered among Indian villages.

(Subjects: Forts and Stations | Indians | Revolutionary War)

County Named, 1798
(Marker Number: 937)

County: Pendleton
Location: Falmouth, Courthouse lawn, US 27

Description: For Edmund Pendleton, 1721-1803. A patriot statesman. Virginian. Member House of Burgesses 1752-1774. In the First Continental Congress. Governor Colonial Virginia 1774-1776. President Virginia Constitutional Convention, 1776, and President of Virginia State Convention that ratified Federal Constitution, 1788. Chief, State Court of Appeals, 1779-1803. County from Bracken and Campbell.

CSA at Falmouth
(Marker Number: 686)

County: Pendleton
Location: Falmouth, US 27

Description: During Confederate invasion into Kentucky, CSA troops in area on threat to North. Sept. 18, 1862, 11 home guards met 28 CSA here. CSA casualties 6, home guard one. Col. Basil Duke's CSA cavalry camped here and on Sept. 27, 1862, attacked Augusta. CSA losses there forced return to Falmouth. Plan abandoned to cross Ohio River and threaten Cincinnati. See map.

(Subjects: Civil War)

John Waller (1758-1823)
(Marker Number: 1911)

County: Pendleton
Location: 3 mi. S. of Falmouth, US 27

Description: This Rev. War soldier helped build Kenton's Station near Maysville, 1784. Commissioned capt. of militia for Bourbon Co.; later trustee and tavern owner at Millersburg. Served in Va. and Ky. legislatures. A founder of Falmouth, 1793, he owned gristmill and sawmill on south fork of Licking. Buried family cem.; Waller monument nearby. Presented by Capt. John Waller Chapter, Daughters of American Revolution.

(Subjects: Forts and Stations | Grist Mills | Revolutionary War)