Historical Marker Database Search

Subject Search

Select a subject from the selection box below and press search to view all markers related to that subject.

 

Search Results

Ben Lucien Burman (1895-1984)
Marker Number 1967
County Kenton
Location Covington, Riverside Dr.
Description Born in Covington and inspired by the Ohio River, he became famed chronicler of life and people along America's rivers and in Kentucky's mountains. His 22 novels, fables, and works of nonfiction were widely translated. Burman's Steamboat Round the Bend (1933) became Will Rogers' last movie. See over. Presented by Northern Kentucky Heritage League.

(Reverse) Ben Lucien Burman (1895-1984) - Hailed as "new Mark Twain" for his stories of river life, Burman also became "a second Aesop" with his "High Water at Catfish Bend" (1952) and six related fables of mythical animal folk. Awarded French Legion of Honor in 1946 for World War II reports from Africa. Roamed world as special writer for Reader's Digest. Over.
Subjects Authors , Books , Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain) , Films , Ohio River , World War II
County Named, 1806
Marker Number 781
County Casey
Location 1 mi. N. of Liberty, Roadside Park, US 127
Description For Colonel William Casey, early Ky. pioneer and great-grandfather of Samuel L. Clemens, "Mark Twain." Casey born in Va. Came to Ky. in 1779. Built Casey's Station on the Dix River in 1791. Member of Convention, 1799, to frame second Ky. Constitution. Trustee, town of Columbia, 1802. 1813, Presidential elector. Lived Adair Co., died, 1816. County formed from Lincoln.
Subjects Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain) , Constitutional Convention (1799) , Forts and Stations
Dedicated to the memory of General Christopher Riffe 1764-1850. Site of His Cabin and Grave
Marker Number 250
County Casey
Location Middleburg Cemetery, Lynn St., Middleburg
Description Christopher Riffe accompanied Col. William Casey (Great-Grandfather of Mark Twain) to Kentucky in 1784. Riffe lived at Bryan's Station, Boonesborough, Logan's Station and Carpenter's Station. He bought 800 acres of land from the Grandfather of Abraham Lincoln. Riffe became the first white settler of Casey County in 1793. He was the first State Representative from Casey County, served seven terms. He fought in the Battle of the Thames (in which Tecumseh was killed) in the Kentucky Sixth Regiment. He was Lieutenant-General of the Kentucky State Militia.
Subjects Boonesborough , Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain) , Forts and Stations , Thames, Battle of , War of 1812
Fourth Street
Marker Number 1724
County Jefferson
Location Near north entry to the Galleria, Louisville
Description During Civil War, "Newspaper Row" stood in this area along Green (Liberty) St. On north side was pro-Union Journal; on south side, pro-southern Courier. Union Army Hq. was on west side of Fourth near Walnut. Macauley Theater opened in 1873 near Fourth and Walnut. It hosted Sarah Bernhardt in 1880. Mark Twain spoke in the area, 1885. Presented by the City of Louisville.

(Reverse) A Civil War Compass - From Galleria, all compass points have Civil War personality ties. One block west, Abe Lincoln visited James Speed's law office (1841). One block east is Christ Church, whose rector, Rev. Ashe, married Jeff Davis and Sarah Knox Taylor (1835). One block south, U. S. Grant visited Henry Watterson (1879). One block north, John Wilkes Booth performed on stage (1864). Over.
Subjects Actors , Civil War , Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain) , Courier-Journal (Louisville) , Davis, Jefferson , Episcopal Church , Grant, Ulysses S. , Lincoln, Abraham , Louisville , Newspapers
Jane Lampton Home
Marker Number 128
County Adair
Location Opposite Courthouse yard, Columbia, KY 55, 80
Description Girlhood home of Jane Lampton (1803-1891). Wife of John Marshall Clemens. Mother of "Mark Twain." Granddaughter of Colonel William Casey, original Adair County settler.
Subjects Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain)
Site of Casey Home
Marker Number 806
County Adair
Location 3 mi. SW of Columbia, KY 80
Description Home of Col. William Casey, early Ky. pioneer and great-grandfather of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain). Born in Va., came to Ky. in 1779. Built Casey Station on Dix River. In 1791 moved to Russell Creek near here. Member second Kentucky Const. Conv., 1799. Trustee, town of Columbia, 1802. Presidential elector, 1813. Died here, 1816. Casey County named for him, 1806.
Subjects Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain) , Constitutional Convention (1799) , Forts and Stations
Back to Top | New Search