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"Sycamore Hollow"

Marker Number	1579
County	Madison
Location	Ft. Boonesborough State Park near picnic shelter, off KY 388
Description	The area surrounding this marker was known as "Sycamore Hollow." Daniel Boone and his small group came here ca. April 1, 1775, and began construction of rough log huts. When Col. Richard Henderson arrived on April 20, 1775, fear of flooding caused him to have the location of the fort moved 300 yards to higher ground. Presented by Society of Boonesborough. (Reverse) "Sycamore Hollow" This hollow became the center of activity for Boonesborough. Located here were several sulphur and fresh water springs. Area around stream was known as the Salt Lick, where animals came for water and salt. This marks site of last giant sycamore tree, removed in 1932. Four or five men could stand in its shell. Presented by Society of Boonesborough.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Boonesborough , Forts and Stations , Springs

A Civil War Defense Line

Marker Number	538
County	Warren
Location	Roland Bland Park, Bowling Green
Description	Troops under Generals S. B. Buckner and A. S. Johnston, CSA, took up this key position in the Southern defense line on September 18, 1861. After Fort Henry fell and Fort Donelson was threatened, they evacuated Feb. 11-13, 1862. Gen. O. M. Mitchell and Federal troops entered Feb. 14, 1862, occupying the evacuated fort and securing the defense line for the North.
Subjects	Buckner, Simon Bolivar , Civil War , Forts and Stations , Johnston, Albert Sidney

Barnett's Station

Marker Number	1463
County	Ohio
Location	2 mi. E. of Hartford on Barnett's Station Rd., just off KY 69
Description	Site of one of the earliest forts erected in this area. Established by brothers Joseph and Alexander Barnett who came from Virginia to Kentucky in early 1780s. Settlement was frequently raided by Indians. During an attack in April 1790, two children were killed and Hannah Barnett, the ten-year-old daughter of Joseph, carried off and held captive for six months.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Battle of Munfordville

Marker Number	119
County	Hart
Location	2 mi. S. of Munfordville, US 31-W
Description	Union forces commanded by Colonel Wilder surrendered to Mississippi regiments of General Bragg's army on September 17, 1862, following battle on the 14th. 50 killed and 307 wounded. Bragg evacuated Munfordville on 20th before General Buell's forces arrived. Confederates destroyed railroad bridge. Site of Fort Craig and monument to Colonel R. A. Smith 1500 ft. west.
Subjects	Bragg, Braxton , Buell, Don Carlos , Civil War , Forts and Stations

Battle of Rowletts Station

Marker Number	1504
County	Hart
Location	2 mi. S. of Munfordville, US 31-W
Description	Four hundred yards west of this site, December 17, 1861, Colonel B. F. Terry, 8th Texas Cavalry, CSA, was killed. He was leading his Rangers in a charge against troops, formed in a hollow square, of the 32d Indiana Volunteers under the command of Colonel August Willich. Presented by Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Benj. Logan-Pioneer

Marker Number	709
County	Shelby
Location	US 60, 4 mi. west of Shelbyville
Description	In French and Indian, Dunmore's, Revolutionary Wars. In 1775 came to Kentucky with Boone, Henderson. Separated at Hazel Patch. Built Logan's Fort (St. Asaph's), 1776. In Virginia Assembly, 1781-87; Ky. conventions to separate from Va. and to draft Ky. state constitution. Defeated twice for Governor. Born Va., 1743; died 1802. Buried 21/2 miles south. See other side. (Reverse) James Knox-Pioneer: Led 40 "Long Hunters" to Kentucky in 1770. Knox, with nine, built camp in area now Green County. He returned to Virginia, 1771. Major in War of Revolution. Represented Kentucky in Virginia Assembly, 1788. State Senator from Lincoln County, 1795-1800. Born Ireland, came to Virginia at age 14 years. Died 1822. Buried in the Logan graveyard. See other side.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Constitutional Convention (1792) , Dunmore, John Murray , Forts and Stations , Logan, Benjamin , Long Hunters , Revolutionary War

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

Blockhouse and Fort

Marker Number	1554
County	Fayette
Location	Main & Mill Sts., US 25, 421, Lexington
Description	First Lexington blockhouse and stockade built, April 1779, near SW corner of Main and Mill streets, close to "the public spring." After many Indian uprisings in Kentucky, Colonel John Todd in 1781 led in building new artillery-proof fort: 94 ft. sq., walls of rammed earth seven ft. thick, enclosed in timber and surrounded by a wide ditch. Presented by Lexington-Fayette Co. Historic Commission.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians , Lexington

Boone's Station

Marker Number	17
County	Fayette
Location	Athens-Boonesboro Rd., Athens
Description	Stood about one-half mile east. Established in 1779 by Daniel Boone who, with his family, resided there for several years.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Forts and Stations

Boone's Station

Marker Number	196
County	Owsley
Location	Booneville, Courthouse lawn, KY 11, 30
Description	Near this spot, Daniel Boone and party camped in 1780-1781. Camp called Boone's Station until Owsley County was organized in 1843, then named Booneville. Records in Clay County show that Boone's family owned land here until it moved to Missouri.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Forts and Stations

Boone's Station

Marker Number	2230
County	Fayette
Location	240 Gentry Road, Athens
Description	Daniel Boone surveyed this site in 1774 for a 4,000-acre land grant to James Hickman. In Dec.1779, Boone and other families lived here in crude shelters; in 1780, built cabins & stockade. By 1783, the station included 15-20 families. Among these, Boone’s brother Edward, son Israel, and nephew Thomas were killed in final stages of Rev. War. Over. (Reverse) Boone occupied the station until 1784 and his sister’s family was there until 1814. Robert Frank bought it in 1795 and built a stone mansion which survived into the 1800s. In 1991, Robert C. Strader willed some 47 acres, including the site of the station, to the state. Boone’s Station State Park opened in 1992. Over.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War

Brashear's Station

Marker Number	1944
County	Bullitt
Location	2003 KY 44 East, Shepherdsville
Description	An early station on the Wilderness Road between the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville) and Harrodsburg, Brashear's Station was a haven for pioneer hunters and travelers. It was built at mouth of Floyd's Fork near bank of Salt River, 1779. Founded by William Brashear, a famed woodsman from Maryland, who was killed by Indians, 1781. Presented by Bullitt Co. Genealogical Society. (Reverse) Brashear's Station - Also known as Salt River Garrison or Froman's Station. Bullitt's Lick, major salt-producing area and hub of system of buffalo roads, was nearby. Early families who resided here for protection from the Indians included Froman, Ray, Briscoe, Crist, Collings, Overall, Pope, McGee, Hawkins, and Phelps. Presented by Bullitt Co. Genealogical Society.
Subjects	Falls of the Ohio , Forts and Stations , Harrodsburg , Rivers , Salt Works , Wilderness Road

Bristow, The Soldier-Birthplace

Marker Number	1355
County	Todd
Location	South Main St., Elkton, KY 181
Description	Benjamin Helm Bristow, 1832-1896, Federal officer and staunch Unionist during secession. Active recruiter of 25th Volunteer Militia, of which he was Lt. Col., and 8th Ky. Cavalry, which he served as Col. At Fort Donelson and Shiloh battles, 1862. A leader in capture of Morgan and raiders, 1863. Elected state senate while still in field, 1863. Over. (Reverse) Bristow, the Lawyer - Practiced law here until 1858. (See over for military career.) From 1866-70, US attorney for district of Kentucky. First US Solicitor General, 1870-72. As Secretary of Treasury, 1874-76, exposed frauds in "Whiskey Ring" operating in mid-west. In 1876, lost Republican presidential nomination to Rutherford B. Hayes. Leading member Ky. Bar Assn. until 1878, when he moved to New York.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Morgan, John Hunt , Shiloh, Battle of

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

Bryan's Station

Marker Number	21
County	Fayette
Location	Bryan Station Pk., 5 mi. N. of Lexington
Description	Camping place in 1775-76 of the brothers Morgan, James, William and Joseph Bryan. In 1779 was fortified as a station which in Aug. 1782 repelled a siege of Indians and Canadians under Capt. William Caldwell and Simon Girty.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Buena Vista

Marker Number	1999
County	Franklin
Location	Site of Todd summer home, US 421, Frankfort
Description	One-half mile south is site of two-story frame house best known as the summer residence of Robert S. Todd (1791-1849), father of first lady Mary Todd Lincoln. The large family took refuge here from the heat and cholera of summertime in Lexington. As a child, Mary Todd Lincoln spent many summers here. Presented by Cliff and Joan Howard. (Reverse) Todd House - Mary Todd Lincoln later brought her own sons on visits to her stepmother Elizabeth Humphreys. Sometimes the future president, Abraham Lincoln, was able to join them, traveling by rail to nearby Duckers Station. The house was razed in 1947. Only a remnant of stone spring house remains. Over. Presented by Todd and Lincoln Friends.
Subjects	Buena Vista, Battle of , Cholera , Forts and Stations , Lincoln, Abraham , Lincoln, Mary Todd

Capt. George Givens

Marker Number	1328
County	Lincoln
Location	Jct. KY 1273 & US 150
Description	Homesite and grave 1 mile west. B., Orange Co., Va., 1740. D., 1825. 40 years service to his country. Lt. at Fort Pitt, Dunmore's War, 1774. Captain, Botetourt County militia, 1776. Northwest Campaign of George Rogers Clark, 1778. Came to Ky., 1781. He received military land grant, 1781. In War of 1812. Presented by Jane Craig Reichlein and Mrs. Birdie Givens Pickle.
Subjects	Clark, George Rogers , Dunmore, John Murray , Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War , War of 1812

Capt. John Craig's Fort

Marker Number	1624
County	Woodford
Location	At church, near Jct. KY 33 & 169
Description	John Craig, who was Commander during siege at Bryan's Station in August, 1782, and one of the first trustees of Transylvania Seminary, built a fort and settled near here on Clear Creek in early 1783. He gave land inducements in exchange for assistance in building the fort and blockhouse. Many descendants of these settlers still live in the area. Over. (Reverse) Clear Creek Baptist Church - Land for this church was deeded to the trustees of Clear Creek by John Craig, whose fort was nearby. Church was established in April, 1785; John Taylor was the first pastor. During Great Revival its membership grew to about 500. Outgrowths of this congregation have been Hillsborough, Griers Creek and Versailles Baptist churches. See over.
Subjects	Baptist Church , Creeks , Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War , Transylvania University

Capt. John Strode

Marker Number	1047
County	Clark
Location	1 mi. W. of Winchester, US 60
Description	Came from Va. to Boonesborough, 1776. Builder of Strode's Station, 1779, the largest and most important fortified area in Clark County during the early settlements and bloody Indian wars. Indians attacked station 1781, and later. Two men killed first attack, none in later ones. Old burial ground unearthed, 1965, and the remains reinterred in Winchester Cemetery.
Subjects	Cemeteries , Forts and Stations , Indians

Captain John Holder

Marker Number	1048
County	Clark
Location	Athens-Boonesboro Rd., Howard's Creek
Description	An outstanding pioneer at Fort Boonesborough, 1776-81. Among the rescuers of Callaway and Boone girls captured by Indians. Named colonel of militia, 1779. Engaged in expeditions against Indians. In 1781 built Holder's Station and operated boatyard at the mouth of Howard's Creek. Led in the Battle of Upper Blue Licks, 1782. Trustee of Winchester, justice Co. Court.
Subjects	Blue Licks, Battle of , Boonesborough , Forts and Stations , Indians

Carpenter's Station

Marker Number	1203
County	Lincoln
Location	2 mi. W. of Hustonville, KY 78
Description	Established near this site, 1780, by the brothers Adam, Conrad and John Carpenter. All were American Revolutionary soldiers, sons of George Carpenter, Sr., who died while serving with the First Virginia Regiment. One of early stations through which the settlement of Kentucky was achieved. Carpenters once owned 3,000 acres in vicinity of this station.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War

Cartwright's Station

Marker Number	1339
County	Marion
Location	3 mi. N. of Lebanon, KY 55
Description	Here, in 1779, Samuel Cartwright located his station on the trail from Wilderness Road to Falls of the Ohio. Earlier, in 1774, he and Simon Kenton explored Big Sandy-Ohio River region. Stopped for a while at Harrodsburg, then settled here. Kenton came here in 1782 to get Col. Philemon Waters as a scout for Gen. George Rogers Clark's attack on the Indians.
Subjects	Clark, George Rogers , Falls of the Ohio , Forts and Stations , Indians , Kenton, Simon , Roads , Wilderness Road

Cedar Creek Baptist

Marker Number	1078
County	Nelson
Location	4 mi. W. of Bardstown, US 62
Description	One mile south, site of The First Cedar Creek Baptist Church, second Baptist church constituted in Ky., July 4, 1781, fifth anniversary of Declaration of Independence. Pioneer settlers of nearby Rogers Station, 1780, Col. James Rogers, first judge, Nelson Co., Atkinson Hill, Judge James Slaughter, and Mathew, William, Jonathan Rogers among founders of the church. Over. (Reverse)
Subjects	Baptist Church , Forts and Stations

Cedar Hall-Helm Place

Marker Number	1783
County	Fayette
Location	2575 Bowman's Mill Rd., Lexington
Description	This antebellum Greek Revival home was part of Bowman estate. Col. Abraham Bowman commanded 8th Va. Regt. in Revolution. Behind house was Todd's Station, built 1779 by Levi Todd, grandfather of Mary Todd Lincoln and Emilie Todd Helm. Mrs. Helm, wife of CSA Gen. Ben H. Helm, bought house, 1912. Later owned by William H. Townsend, Lincoln authority. Listed on National Register, 1978.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Lincoln, Mary Todd , Revolutionary War

Civil War Base

Marker Number	663
County	Livingston
Location	Smithland, US 60
Description	September 1861, Union forces occupied strategic Smithland. The junction of the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers became a rendezvous and staging area for troops and supplies in support of Gen. Grant's campaign against Fort Donelson. Two forts, on hills south, commanded the two rivers. Smithland continued thru the war as a supply base for USA river transports and gunboats.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations , Grant, Ulysses S.

Civil War Reunion

Marker Number	221
County	Carter
Location	Ky. Christian College Campus, Old US 60, Grayson
Description	In their blue and gray uniforms, for over forty years, Civil War veterans gathered here annually. Around campfires, with song and story, friends and former foes revived war memories, and always a pilgrimage to graves of their comrades in cemetery on the hill.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations

Clark's Land

Marker Number	1352
County	McCracken
Location	Entrance to roadside park, adjacent to Jct. of US 60 & 68
Description	George Rogers Clark was original patentee of land on which Paducah is now located. Two grants totaling 73,962 acres were conveyed to Clark by Virginia, a portion of this representing money owed him for services rendered. Land deeded to brother William (of Lewis and Clark fame) in 1803, "in consideration of $2,100 for sundry services." Clark later developed Paducah. See over. (Reverse) Clark's Army Camped - On June 27, 1778, George Rogers Clark's army of about 200 faithful followers landed on nearby Owen's Island, just 4 days after starting from Corn Island at Falls of Ohio. A small hunting party appeared soon afterwards, giving valuable information about Kaskaskia. Clark recruited them and proceeded under severe hardship to defeat British and save Illinois country for US. Over.
Subjects	Clark, George Rogers , Clark, William , Falls of the Ohio , Forts and Stations , Paducah , Revolutionary War

Clark's Station

Marker Number	1140
County	Boyle
Location	SE of Danville, US 150 & KY 52
Description	Early pioneer settlement erected before 1779. Developed by George Clark, brother-in-law of William Whitley, whose party came to Ky. about 1775. Located on Clark's Run Creek, named for George Clark, it was one of the first stations built in the vicinity of the forts at Harrodsburg and Stanford. Clark raised a crop here as early as 1775, improved the site in 1776.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

County Named

Marker Number	1123
County	McLean
Location	Calhoun, Courthouse lawn, KY 81
Description	For Judge Alney McLean, lawyer and politician. Established in 1854, from parts of Daviess, Ohio, and Muhlenberg counties. Solomon Rhoads and James Inman settled in 1788. First county officers were: Sanders Eaves, judge; Alfred Tanner, clerk; Henry Griffith, sheriff; Frank McLean, county attorney; Jacob Davis, surveyor; James Hinton, jailer. See over. (Reverse) Calhoun - Named for John Calhoun, circuit judge, Congressman, 1835 to 1839. Formed in 1784 as Rhoadsville, it became known as Fort Vienna, 1785, when Solomon Rhoads built a fort here. Boyhood home of the builder and master of "My Old Kentucky Home," Senator John Rowan, Esq. Calhoun incorporated, 1852. Made county seat, 1854. Called "Capital of Green River Country." See over.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

County Named, 1798

Marker Number	1144
County	Ohio
Location	Hartford, Courthouse lawn, US 231
Description	For the Ohio River, originally its northern boundary. From this territory has been formed Butler, Grayson, Daviess, Hancock, McLean counties. Two settlements were Hartford Station, about 1785, and Barnett's Station, founded by Col. Joseph Barnett in 1790. The first Ohio County Court was organized, 1799. Christopher Greenup was its Circuit Judge, 1803. Elected Gov., 1804.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Ohio River

County Named, 1799

Marker Number	817
County	Floyd
Location	South Lake Dr., Prestonsburg, US 23
Description	For Col. John Floyd. Born Amherst County, Va., 1750. Led party to survey land now Kentucky, 1774. With George Rogers Clark's Indian expeditions. Back in Va., joined Colonial navy. Captured, taken to England. Escaped. Built Floyd's Station, 1779 or 1780, nearby what is now Louisville. Named Lieut. of Jefferson Co., part of Va., 1781. Killed in Indian ambush, 1783.
Subjects	Clark, George Rogers , Floyd, John , Forts and Stations , Indians

County Named, 1806

Marker Number	836
County	Clay
Location	102 Richmond Road, Manchester
Description	For Gen. Green Clay, 1757-1826. Born in Va. Came to Ky., 1777. In Va. Legislature, 1788-89, and Va. Convention that ratified Federal Constitution. From 1793 to 1808 in Ky. House, Senate, Const. Conv. In May, 1813, Gen. Clay with 3,000 Kentuckians, at Ft. Meigs, held back British and Indians. Cousin of Henry Clay. County formed from parts of Madison, Floyd and Knox.
Subjects	Clay, Henry , Constitutional Convention (1799) , Forts and Stations , War of 1812

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

County Named, 1819

Marker Number	785
County	Harlan
Location	Harlan, Courthouse lawn, US 119, 421
Description	For Major Silas Harlan, born Va., 1752, came to Ky. in 1774. Built Harlan's Station, 7 miles south of Harrodsburg on Salt River, 1778. Commanded spies, 1779, in Illinois campaign of Gen. George R. Clark, who said: "He was one of bravest soldiers that ever fought by my side." Killed, 1782, at the battle of Blue Licks while commanding his detachment. Buried at Blue Licks.
Subjects	Blue Licks, Battle of , Clark, George Rogers , Forts and Stations , Indians , Revolutionary War

County Named, 1820

Marker Number	1159
County	Trigg
Location	Cadiz, Courthouse lawn, US 68
Description	For Col. Stephen Trigg, Virginian. Came to Ky. as member of Court of Land Commissioners, 1779. Settled Trigg's Station near Harrodsburg, 1780. In Va. Legislature was active in establishing town of Louisville, 1780. Justice of Peace, on first Lincoln Co. court, 1781. Trigg killed at Battle of Blue Licks, Aug. 19, 1782. Trigg County formed from Caldwell and Christian.
Subjects	Blue Licks, Battle of , Forts and Stations , Indians

Cumberland Trace

Marker Number	1383
County	Taylor
Location	Campbellsville, Courthouse lawn, US 68, KY 55
Description	As early as 1779 and 1780, many settlers traveled over the trace, passing through what is now Taylor County. The Cumberland Trace branched off from the Wilderness Road near Logan's Station in Lincoln County (40 mi. east). It was the trail traveled by the pioneers who came through the Cumberland Gap to settle the then new lands of Ky. and Tenn. Over. (Reverse) Cumberland Trace - Turning west from Logan's Station, the trace crossed the Rolling Fork River; went down to Robinson Creek in what is now Taylor County; then near Buckhorn Creek, and down the south side of the Trace Fork of Sinking Creek (Pittman Creek). It crossed the Green River at Pittman's Station and went south across the Cumberland River to the site that is now Nashville. Over.
Subjects	Cumberland Gap , Cumberland Trace , Forts and Stations , Roads , Wilderness Road

Cumberland Trace

Marker Number	1311
County	Green
Location	1 mi. N. of Greensburg, KY 61 at Trace Creek
Description	The road over which most pioneers traveled westward across Kentucky. After Declaration of Independence, pioneers moved westward at an ever-increasing rate to claim frontier. This offshoot of the Wilderness Road turned west at Logan's Fort, Lincoln Co., passing through here. Glover's Station, now Greensburg, and Pittman's Station were settled along this trail in 1779 and 1780.
Subjects	Cumberland Trace , Forts and Stations , Roads , Wilderness Road

Daniel Boone Bryan, 1758-1845

Marker Number	1280
County	Fayette
Location	Higbee Mill Pk. at Waveland Mus., .5 mi. W. of US 27
Description	Kentucky pioneer, Revolutionary War soldier, a founder and defender of Bryan Station; developed Waveland estate and community; agricultural leader; operated gunshop, made gunpowder; established paper mill; promoted education; church and civic leader, pioneer historian. Son of William Bryan; nephew of Daniel Boone. Son Joseph built Waveland mansion, once home of Ky. Life Museum.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War

Daniel Boone's Grave

Marker Number	113
County	Franklin
Location	Frankfort Cemetery, E. Main St., Frankfort
Description	Born 1734, died 1820. Entered Eastern Kentucky, 1767; explored Bluegrass Region, 1769-71; guided Transylvania Company, blazed Wilderness Trail, built Fort Boonesborough in 1775; directed defense of the fort, 1778; emigrated to Missouri, 1799; reinterred, with wife Rebecca, in Frankfort Cemetery, 1845.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Boonesborough , Forts and Stations , Roads , Transylvania University , Wilderness Road

Daniel Boone-Pioneer

Marker Number	576
County	Franklin
Location	Frankfort Cem., E. Main St., Frankfort
Description	Born, Pa., 1734. Died, Mo., 1820. Married Rebecca Boone, 1756, N.C. First trip to Kentucky, 1767. Set up Fort Boonesborough, 1775, blazed Wilderness Trail and settled. Frontiersman, surveyor, settler, legislator and sheriff. Defender against Indians and British. His claim to 100,000 acres lost, 1784. Emigrated to Missouri in 1799. See other side. (Reverse) Grave of Daniel Boone - In the cemetery stands a monument to Daniel and Rebecca Boone, done by a grateful Commonwealth in 1860. Their remains had been brought back from Missouri and reburied, on September 13, 1845. A tribute to that outstanding frontiersman and his wife, who pioneered in carving out a wilderness empire-now Kentucky. See other side. Presented by Rotary Club, District 671.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Boonesborough , Forts and Stations , Roads , Wilderness Road

Daniel Trabue (1760-1840)

Marker Number	1782
County	Adair
Location	299 Jamestown St., Columbia
Description	A founder of Columbia, Trabue built original house (SW corner of this structure) ca. 1823. He served as trustee, sheriff, and justice of peace; operated grist mill, inn and retail store. Here Trabue wrote memoirs, 1827, of pioneer era, which included events at Logan's Station, Boonesborough, and service under Anthony Wayne. These accounts part of famous Draper Manuscripts.
Subjects	Boonesborough , Forts and Stations , Grist Mills

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

Demonstration-1862

Marker Number	563
County	Carlisle
Location	Bardwell, US 51, 62
Description	Jan. 1862, Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent 5,000 USA troops from Cairo as demonstration against Columbus, a Confederate stronghold on the Miss. River. Combined forces led by Brig. Gen. J. S. McClernand from Ft. Jefferson at Wickliffe through here to Milburn and back to Cairo. It acquainted U.S. Army with the area. It "inspired hope" among many loyal Federal citizens.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations , Grant, Ulysses S.

Dromgoole's Station

Marker Number	1252
County	Logan
Location	lst St., Adairville, US 431
Description	Site of station, built 1788, one of several erected in this area. James Dromgoole came from Tenn. with Philip Alston, whose daughter he had married, and settled at Alston's Station, on the Red River, about 1785. After three years he established his own station here on the Nashville to Russellville route. Dromgoole Station's name changed to Adairville, Nov. 1818.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Early Vital Junction

Marker Number	926
County	Mercer
Location	Burgin school yard, KY 33, 152
Description	Crossroads for pioneer defense. Harrodsburg, 1774, Harrod's Fort, 1775, and two miles east Bowman's Fort, 1777, earliest in area. In 1779-80 eight fortified stations built nearby-Crow's, Fisher's, Gordon's, Haggin's, McGary's, McMurtry's, Smith's, and Trigg's. Routes connecting them converged here in defense plan. All Indian attacks in area defeated. Over. (Reverse) Colonel John Bowman - Military Commander of Kentucky, appointed, 1776, by Gov. Patrick Henry of Va. and, 1778, by Gov. Thomas Jefferson. Built Bowman's Fort, 2 miles east of here, 1777. Brought 30 families, 1779, settling at fort. Leader of defense against Indians in period of hostilities. Directed attack into Ohio, 1779. On first court, Harrodsburg, 1777. A first Transylvania trustee. Over.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Harrodsburg , Henry, Patrick , Indians , Jefferson, Thomas

Edward Boone (1740-80)

Marker Number	2059
County	Bourbon
Location	870 See Rd., 3/4 mi. N. of Jct. KY 537 & See Rd.
Description	Death site of Edward Boone, a brother of renowned Kentucky pioneer Daniel Boone. Edward was killed by Indians here Oct. 1780 at age 40 while hunting with Daniel. Boone Creek named for Edward. Daniel and Edward wed sisters, Rebecca and Martha Bryan, whose family built and settled Bryan Station near Lexington. Presented by The Boone Society, Inc.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Creeks , Forts and Stations , Indians

Ellis' Old Stone Tavern

Marker Number	1615
County	Nicholas
Location	2 mi. S. of Blue Licks, US 68
Description	Near here, Ellis Station, Boone stopped enroute to Battle of Blue Licks. House built ca. 1807 by James Ellis, Revolutionary War soldier; it was well-known point on "Smith's Wagon Road" and Ohio-to-Alabama mail stagecoach line. Ellisville named county seat of Nicholas Co., 1805. Across road stood county's first courthouse, 1806-1816. Seat moved to Carlisle.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War

First Baptism in KY.

Marker Number	1114
County	Larue
Location	S. of South Fork Baptist Church, Hodgenville, US 31-E
Description	Seven persons baptized in Nolin Creek, 1782, first in Ky., by Rev. Benjamin Lynn who founded South Fork Church, the second church in Ky. Originally at Phillips Fort, 13 members. Moved to South Fork of Nolin, where church was constituted and cemetery located. Church has assumed style of United, Separate, Regular and Missionary Baptists. Later split by slavery. (Reverse) Indian Fighter Grave - John Walters came to Phillips Fort in 1780-81. Commissioned Lt., 2nd Regiment of Ky. Militia by Governor Isaac Shelby in 1792. In local skirmishes, 1794 Battle of Brown's Run under Col. Patrick Brown, War of 1812. Was born April 4, 1770, Beacon Town, Pa., in valley of Monongahela. Died April 17, 1852, at home 21/2 miles south. Buried South Fork Cemetery, 1/2 mi. west.
Subjects	Baptist Church , Cemeteries , Forts and Stations , Shelby, Isaac , War of 1812

First Settlement

Marker Number	202
County	Magoffin
Location	Near Salyersville city limits, KY 7 & US 460
Description	Archibald Prater, John Williams, Ebenezer Hanna, Clayton Cook and others attempted to settle here in 1794 but were driven out by Indians. They returned in 1800 and settled Licking Station on hill in horse shoe bend of river, a good defense against Indians.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Fisher's Garrison

Marker Number	1909
County	Boyle
Location	Near 391 McDowell Dr., Lexington Rd., Danville
Description	Stephen Albert Fisher, Rev. War soldier from Va., assigned in 1775 to active duty and wounded while serving with Colonel John Bowman's militia. Returned to Ky. in 1779 with wife Mary Magdalene Garr. He established garrison of military significance in vicinity of 400-acre settlement tract. Bros. Adam (in Rev.) & Barnett followed to Ky. Presented by Col. Richard Hampton Fisher, S.A.R.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War

Fleming County

Marker Number	950
County	Fleming
Location	Courthouse lawn, Flemingsburg
Description	Kentucky's 26th, was taken out of Mason, 1798. Named for Col. John Fleming who came to area to mark, improve land, 1776. Officer in Rev. War. Built Fleming's Station, second in county, 1788. Closely associated with other pioneers, John Finley, Michael Cassidy, and George Stockton, his halfbrother, who owned the land and who laid out and named Flemingsburg, 1796.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War

Floyd's Station

Marker Number	1060
County	Jefferson
Location	Breckinridge Ln. at Hillsboro Ave., Louisville
Description	This pioneer fort, begun in 1779, one of five on Beargrass Creek, was situated 500 ft. west. Three were owned by Col. John Floyd who made his headquarters here. He served as first County Lieut. of Jefferson County, 1780 until killed by Indians, 1783. From these forts, of defense and refuge, war was carried on against the British and the Indians in Ohio.
Subjects	Floyd, John , Forts and Stations , Indians

Forrest's Headquarters

Marker Number	1287
County	McCracken
Location	1501 Broadway, Paducah
Description	In a grove of trees at this site, CSA Gen. Nathan B. Forrest had headquarters, Battle of Paducah, on March 25, 1864. USA Fort Anderson attacked, warehouses burned, about 60 homes destroyed by USA after battle. CSA lost 300 men, withdrew that night. This battle climaxed Forrest's memorable raid seeking horses, ammunition, and medicines. Presented by Western Kentucky Gas Company.
Subjects	Civil War , Forrest, Nathan Bedford , Forts and Stations , Paducah, Battle of

Forrest's Raid

Marker Number	517
County	McCracken
Location	21st & Old Mayfield Rd., Paducah
Description	General N. B. Forrest with Thompson's Ky. and Bell's Tenn. Brigades raided Paducah on March 25, 1864. Union's Fort Anderson held with aid of gunboats. Guards at USA warehouse captured. Part of town burned. Supplies of food taken by withdrawing CSA forces. Boast in Union newspaper prompted Forrest to send Gen. Abe Buford back to capture some overlooked horses.
Subjects	Civil War , Forrest, Nathan Bedford , Forts and Stations , Paducah

Fort Anderson

Marker Number	828
County	McCracken
Location	Park, end of 4th St., Paducah
Description	Union fortification built, 1861, by Gen. Charles F. Smith. Manned by 5,000 troops. Jump-off for Grant's Miss. Valley Campaign. Fort was attacked March 25, 1864 by CSA Gen. Nathan B. Forrest's forces. Col. Albert P. Thompson, CSA, of Paducah killed. CSA burned riverfront warehouses. Next day USA troops under Col. S. G. Hicks burned homes in range of the fort. Presented by Paducah Sun-Democrat.
Subjects	Civil War , Forrest, Nathan Bedford , Forts and Stations , Grant, Ulysses S.

Fort Bishop

Marker Number	632
County	Lawrence
Location	Louisa, Bypass
Description	USA Ft. Bishop, 100 yards west, was built to protect against CSA raids. It was named for Captain William Bishop, l00th Ohio Inf., killed in action at Dallas, Ga., May 1864. USA engineers, using detail from 109th Col. Inf., began fort, September 23, 1864. At end of war, April 1865, work was almost complete. Fort had seven field guns. Also called Ft. Gallup and Ft. Hill.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Fort Boonesborough

Marker Number	1520
County	Madison
Location	At Fort, Boonesborough, KY 388
Description	Boonesborough, "Capital of the Colony of Transylvania," was setted April, 1775, by Daniel Boone as the first fortified settlement in Kentucky. Near the fort under the "Divine Elm Tree" in May, 1775, Colonel Richard Henderson held the first legislative assembly of frontier settlers of Harrodsburg, St. Asaph, Boonesborough and Boiling Springs settlements. (Reverse) Fort Boonesborough - In 1778, the Kentucky frontier was saved by two major military victories: The settlers withstood the Great Siege of Boonesborough and George Rogers Clark defeated British and Indians at Kaskaskia and Vincennes. This fort became the first town chartered in Kentucky, October, 1779, by the Virginia Assembly. See other side. Presented by Ky. Soc. Sons of the Revolution.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Boonesborough , Clark, George Rogers , Forts and Stations , Harrodsburg , Indians , Transylvania University

Fort Clay

Marker Number	9
County	Fayette
Location	West end of viaduct on US 60, Lexington
Description	Extensive earthworks with ditch, drawbridges and magazine were constructed here by Federal forces after the Battle of "Ashland," May 1862.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations

Fort Heiman

Marker Number	147
County	Calloway
Location	Near state line, Ft. Heiman Rd., Murray
Description	Confederate fort erected in 1861. Federals occupied 1862. Seized by CSA Gen. Forrest in fall 1864. With field cannon his cavalrymen sank 2 Union river transports, captured another and a gunboat, and commandeered them. Due east, this side of Kentucky Lake.
Subjects	Civil War , Forrest, Nathan Bedford , Forts and Stations

Fort Jefferson

Marker Number	64
County	Ballard
Location	1 mi. S. of Wickliffe, US 51, 60
Description	Erected here in 1780 by General George Rogers Clark to protect claim of infant United States to a western boundary on the Mississippi River.
Subjects	Clark, George Rogers , Forts and Stations

Fort Jefferson Site

Marker Number	1309
County	Ballard
Location	1 mi. S. of Wickliffe, US 51
Description	Built in 1780 by George Rogers Clark as part of impressive plan of settlement, conceived by Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia, later pursued by and named for Gov. Thomas Jefferson. The fort was to protect US claim to its western border and to be a key trading post. It was abandoned, 1781. Resettled after Jackson Purchase. Important Union post in Civil War. Over. (Reverse) Indian Massacre - In 1781, the Chickasaws, led by a Scotchman, Colbert, aroused by use of their land without consent, besieged the fort for five days. Many settlers killed. Those left became desperate for provisions, already low because of the difficulty in reaching the fort. Gen. Clark arrived with reinforcements and supplies. The Indians withdrew. Fort was abandoned thereafter. Over.
Subjects	Civil War , Clark, George Rogers , Forts and Stations , Henry, Patrick , Indians , Jefferson, Thomas

Fort Mitchel

Marker Number	546
County	Kenton
Location	Dixie Highway, Ft. Mitchell
Description	Near here stood old Ft. Mitchel, erected Oct. 1861. Scene of several skirmishes between CSA forces under Gen. Henry Heth and USA troops under Gen. Lew Wallace September, 1862. Major anchor in a line of seven forts defending Cincinnati. They ran along hills around Covington about 10 miles, from Bromley, on river to west, east to river near Ft. Thomas.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations

Fort Paint Lick

Marker Number	1525
County	Garrard
Location	Paint Lick, KY 52
Description	500 ft. north is site of log fort and stockade built by Lt. Col. Wm. Miller. Born in Virginia, he came to Kentucky with Daniel Boone's party and helped mark a trace to Boonesboro; served with Capt. James Estill in Battle of Little Mountain. Miller surveyed land for the fort in 1776. Other early settlers were George Adams, Wm. Champ, and Alexander Denny. Over. (Reverse) Fort Paint Lick - First settlers found Indian signs painted on trees along creek banks and around the nearby salt lick. They gave settlement the name of Paint Lick. The fort was built over a spring that was entered by steps leading down to it. Jinney Adams was killed by Indian Chief Thunder in 1791. She is buried in the first marked grave in fort cemetery. See over.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Forts and Stations , Indians

Fort Southworth

Marker Number	1810
County	Jefferson
Location	Louisville, 4522 Algonquin Parkway
Description	Here was westernmost fort of 11-fort system designed to protect Louisville from the Confederates during Civil War. Construction began August 1, 1864; almost complete at war's end. Funded by the city and the federal government, Fort Southworth, 19,000 sq. ft., was composed of earth and designed by John R. Gillis. Presented by Louisville-Jefferson Co. Metropolitan Sewer District.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations

Fort Webb

Marker Number	1458
County	Warren
Location	Beech Bend Rd. & Country Club Dr., Bowling Green
Description	Constructed by CSA during early days of Civil War. One of numerous fortifications in Bowling Green area used by CSA and Union forces. Located at head of navigation on Barren and Green River systems, Bowling Green became an important stronghold with two railroads to Memphis and Nashville. Threats from Union forces caused CSA to abandon town on February 14, 1862. Over. (Reverse) Civil War Fortifications of Bowling Green - (A map showing fortifications)
Subjects	Bowling Green , Civil War , Forts and Stations

Fort William

Marker Number	974
County	Jefferson
Location	St. Matthews, Jct. US 60, 460 & Whipps Mill Rd.
Description	Established in 1785 by William Christian and his wife, Anne, a sister of Patrick Henry. On this site one of earliest stone houses in Kentucky was a famous tavern, The Eight Mile House, on Harrods Trace to Falls of the Ohio. From here, Col. Christian directed the defense of Jefferson County. Killed by Indians, 1786. Buried on Middle Fork of Beargrass. Over. (Reverse) Col. William Christian - Pioneer leader, prominent in the development of Virginia, Kentucky. Born Virginia, 1743. Officer in French and Indian War, in Dunmore's War, the Revolution and defense of the frontier. He brought his family to Kentucky, 1785. Developed Bullitt Lick Saltworks, Kentucky's first industry. Trustee of Transylvania Seminary. County Lieut. Christian County named for him, 1796. Over.
Subjects	Dunmore, John Murray , Forts and Stations , Henry, Patrick , Indians , Salt Works , Transylvania University

Fort Williams

Marker Number	1290
County	Barren
Location	Between Glasgow Municipal Cem. & US 31-E bypass, Glasgow
Description	Site of Civil War fort built in spring of 1863. Attacked Oct. 6 by Confederate Col. John M. Hughs and his 25th Tenn. Infantry. US troops under Maj. Samuel Martin surprised. Over 200 horses captured, part of fort burned, and 142 men taken prisoner, later paroled. In nearby cemetery is buried Gen. Joseph H. Lewis, Commander of lst Kentucky (Orphan) Brigade, CSA.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations

Fort Wright

Marker Number	1917
County	Kenton
Location	409 Kyles Ln., Municipal Building, Ft. Wright
Description	Near here stood Fort Wright, built in Sept. 1862 by Union troops to help defend Cincinnati area from advancing Confederate armies. Fort named for Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright, USA, who later was chief engineer for completion of the Washington Monument. The city of Fort Wright is named for both the fort and the engineer-general. Presented by Citizens of Fort Wright.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Froman’s Road and Station / McGee’s Stone Castle

Marker Number	2168
County	Nelson
Location	Ky. Hwy. 31E, Bardstown
Description	One mile to the northwest, Paul Froman, grandson of pioneer Joist Hite, cut his wagon road in 1781 from the Salt River stations near Bullitt’s Lick to his new station (1782) on the east side of Froman’s Creek. First improved road south of Towne branch of Salt. New fort sped settlement of central Nelson County. (Reverse) Paul Froman’s in-laws, Thomas, John, and Patrick McGee, jointly acquired the 1000-acre Froman claim. Patrick McGee, mason, hunter, land-locator, salt-maker, ferry and tavern operator, built Stone Castle beside Froman’s Station before 1790. One of first stone houses built after settlement of central Kentucky.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Ft. Thomas Army Post

Marker Number	986
County	Campbell
Location	Ft. Thomas Post, Ft. Thomas
Description	Established by Congress, 1887. Constructed at cost of $3,500,000 on about 111 acres, jurisdiction of which was ceded to U.S. by Kentucky Legislature, 1888. Post was designated Ft. Thomas, 1890. First commander was Col. Melville Cochran; first garrison two 6th infantry companies. Later parts of 2, 3, 4, 9, 10th Infantry Regiments were here. Now V.A. Hosp. (Reverse) Rock of Chickamauga - Gen. George Henry Thomas for whom post was named. Born Va., 1816; West Point graduate. In Indian campaigns and Mexican War. In the Civil War, from Mill Springs, Ky., Jan. 1862, to Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 1864, he successfully led Federal forces in many principal engagements. Rated one of four top Union generals. Pacific Div. Commander at death, 1870. Over.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Mexican War , West Point

Gen. Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel

Marker Number	1758
County	Kenton
Location	Ft. Mitchell, Grandview Dr.
Description	This park named for General Mitchel (1809-62), who assisted in Union defense of Cincinnati during Civil War. Fort Mitchell, one of 7 forts erected around city, named for him. Born in Ky.; graduate of West Point and served in Mexican War. A noted astronomer, he founded Cincinnati Observatory; later director of the Dudley Observatory, N.Y. Died of yellow fever while in the service.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations , Mexican War , West Point

George Rogers Clark

Marker Number	1753
County	Jefferson
Location	Louisville, Cave Hill Cem.-Section P
Description	In 1776, Clark, delegate to Va. Gen. Assembly, prompted recognition of Ky. as county of Va. By 1778, he set up outpost on Corn Island, at Falls of Ohio, from which he launched invasion of Northwest. He captured three British forts, reduced Indian power, and crippled English strategy, thus helping secure territory for U.S. Over. Presented by Louisville-Thruston Chap., Ky. Soc. S.A.R. (Reverse) George Rogers Clark - After fall of Ruddle's and Martin's stations, Clark led expeditions against Indians in 1780 and 1782. In later years Clark was plagued by poor health and war debts incurred for his country. He died at Locust Grove, his sister's home. Buried there and afterwards reinterred in Cave Hill Cem., 1869. Outpost he founded grew into Louisville.
Subjects	Cemeteries , Clark, George Rogers , Falls of the Ohio , Forts and Stations , Indians , Kentucky County (Virginia)

Goodwin (Goodin) Fort

Marker Number	1471
County	Nelson
Location	Near Boston, KY 52, north of Jct. with Stillwell-Patton Rd.
Description	Established by Samuel Goodwin in 1780 at the site of Old Boston. Important link with other stations encircling future Bardstown, and became refuge for pioneers in area. Fort raided by Indians, July 1781. Peter Kennedy led the reprisal against Indians, but captured. He escaped after two years. Though pursued by Indians, he warned settlers, who repelled the attack.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Grant County

Marker Number	942
County	Grant
Location	Williamstown, Courthouse lawn, US 25
Description	Formed from Pendleton County in 1820. Named for two brothers who came from N.C., 1779, established Grant's Station, Fayette County. John developed salt works on the Licking River. Samuel was killed by Indians in Indiana in 1794. William Arnold donated courthouse site. Williamstown named for him, a Capt. in Revolution and Lieut. in Maumee Indian Campaign of 1790.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War , Salt Works

Harman Station

Marker Number	736
County	Johnson
Location	5 mi. S. of Paintsville, US 23, 460
Description	The first settlement in Eastern Kentucky. Matthias Harman's party of hunters from Virginia built stockade near river bank, 1787. Indians forced evacuation in 1788, and burned blockhouse. Harman and others returned, 1789, and rebuilt an enduring fort. These men at Blockhouse Bottom broke Indian hold on Big Sandy Valley, opened Eastern Kentucky for settlement.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Hodgenville

Marker Number	1096
County	Larue
Location	Hodgenville, KY 61
Description	Established in Feb., 1818, by order of Hardin County Court on 27 acres and owned by Robt. Hodgen, tavern keeper and native of Pa. He erected a gristmill on Nolin River, 1789, within protection of Phillips Fort. Hodgenville had its first Post Office in 1826. It was incorporated in 1839 and in 1843, when Larue County was formed, became the seat of government.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Post Office

Home of Capt. Nathaniel Hart

Marker Number	1577
County	Madison
Location	Approx. 1 mi. S. of Main Entrance to Ft. Boonesborough State Park, KY 388
Description	This old log house was built by Captain Nathaniel Hart, one of the proprietors of Transylvania Company. Hart settled near this spot in 1779 and named his settlement "White Oak Springs." He was joined here by some Dutch families from Pennsylvania. This structure is the oldest house still standing in Madison County. Presented by Society of Boonesborough. (Reverse) Nathaniel Hart - Nathaniel Hart was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1734. A key figure in the purchase of land in Kentucky from Cherokee Indians, he came to Boonesborough in 1775. Killed in 1782 by Indians near this old house, and buried across the road. His daughter, Susannah, became wife of Isaac Shelby, first and fifth Governor of Kentucky. Presented by Society of Boonesborough.
Subjects	Cherokee Indians , Forts and Stations , Shelby, Isaac , Transylvania University

Hopewell

Marker Number	1855
County	Bourbon
Location	At church, 102 Hutchison Station Rd., Paris, US 27 & 68
Description	Hopewell, one of the oldest Presbyterian churches in Bourbon County, has held worship services since 1785. The first congregation included Dutch settlers. It was recognized by the Transylvania Presbytery in 1787. Original church was located near Grant's Fort, one mile from this site. After fort and church burned, the church was rebuilt here in 1823 and in 1904.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Presbyterian Church

Jacob Hunter

Marker Number	1790
County	Owen
Location	Owenton Cem., US 127
Description	This Rev. War soldier entered U.S. service from Boone's Station, 1780. Served as garrison guard there and as Indian spy; under Geo. Rogers Clark on raids at Old Chillicothe and Piqua. Marched with Benj. Logan to reinforce troops at Blue Licks; joined survivors of battle to bury the dead. Moved to Owen County ca. 1817. Hunter lived on Big Twin Creek; died and buried there, 1856.
Subjects	Blue Licks, Battle of , Boone, Daniel , Clark, George Rogers , Creeks , Forts and Stations , Logan, Benjamin , Revolutionary War

James Harrod

Marker Number	1877
County	Mercer
Location	Across street from present Ft. Harrod, Harrodsburg
Description	Born in Pa., this explorer and military leader came here in 1774. Chose Big Spring as site of Ky.'s first settlement. When that area flooded, he and his men built Fort Harrod on higher ground. James Harrod led in protecting area and promoting statehood. Served in Va. legis., 1784 Danville Conv., and as Harrodsburg trustee. Never returned from a hunting trip ca. 1792.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Harrod, James , Harrodsburg

Jefferson Davis Birthplace

Marker Number	57
County	Todd
Location	Fairview, US 68
Description	Here the only President of the Confederate States of America was born June 3, 1808, the son of Samuel and Jane Cook Davis. The family moved to Mississippi during his infancy.
Subjects	Civil War , Davis, Jefferson , Forts and Stations

Jerome Clarke ("Sue Mundy")

Marker Number	540
County	Jefferson
Location	18th & Broadway, Louisville
Description	Born in Franklin, Kentucky, 1844, Jerome Clarke enlisted in Company B, Fourth Regiment, Kentucky Confederate Orphan Brigade, 1861. Captured at Fort Donelson, he escaped from Camp Morton. Clarke saw action at Chickamauga and then became one of "Morgan's men." After Morgan's death, this Confederate raider became notorious as woman marauder "Sue Mundy." Over. (Reverse)"Sue Mundy" Executed - Jerome Clarke, 20, was captured in March 1865, and tried and convicted for guerrilla activities as Sue Mundy. He claimed to have been operating as a Confederate soldier rather than a lawless guerrilla. In the block bounded by Broadway, Magazine, 17th and 18th streets, Clarke was hanged on March 15, 1865. A crowd of several thousand witnessed his death. See over.
Subjects	Camps , Civil War , Forts and Stations , Morgan, John Hunt , Sue Mundy

John Hammon

Marker Number	1575
County	Owen
Location	Near Mussel Shoals Baptist Church, 8 mi. E. of Owenton, KY 330
Description	Born in Virginia, 1760, John Hammon was a Revolutionary War soldier. He served in the battle of King's Mountain, and was also a defender of Bryan's Station in Kentucky, 1782. Shortly afterwards, Hammon joined Colonel Benjamin Logan's expedition against Indian towns in Ohio. Helped establish Mussel Shoals Baptist Church in 1817; buried in churchyard, 1868.
Subjects	Baptist Church , Forts and Stations , Indians , Logan, Benjamin , Revolutionary 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

Karrick-Paris House

Marker Number	876
County	Boyle
Location	Fourth and Buell, Perryville, US 68
Description	Bivouac for Confederate troops on Oct. 7, 1862, night before Battle of Perryville. Karricks ordered to vacate home the next day. Day after the battle they returned to survey damage, found little done. Officers, doctors lived in house for about 6 months. It was built early 1850s, bought in 1856 by James V. Karrick, who came from Shelby Co., Ky. See over. (Reverse) Harberson's Station - First settled, 1781 or 1782, by group from Pennsylvania led by James Harberson, who owned 1,400 acres. To protect against Indians they built fort to include spring and cave still found on this site. Plot for town laid out, 1815, by Edward Bullock and William Hall. Named Perryville for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Established by legislature, 1817. See over.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations , Indians , Perryville, Battle of

Kincheloe's Station

Marker Number	1586
County	Nelson
Location	7 mi. E. of Bardstown, US 62
Description	Near here is site of Kincheloe's Station. Named for Capt. William Kincheloe, one of the leaders who established station in early 1780s. Later called Polke's Station for Chas. Polke, who claimed the land. Indians made a surprise attack in Sept., 1782, and massacred many men, women and children. Known as "Burnt Station" after Indians captured and burned it.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Leitch's Station, 1789

Marker Number	117
County	Campbell
Location	Park 'N Ride on KY 9, Wilder
Description	Site of first white settlement in Campbell County. Established by Major David Leitch (1753-1794), aide-de-camp to General Lawson during the Revolutionary War.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War

Leitchfield Landmarks

Marker Number	1741
County	Grayson
Location	Leitchfield, Clinton & Market Sts.
Description	Leitchfield was laid off 1810, and named for David Leitch, prominent landowner and founder of Leitch's Station. His estate gave land for Grayson's county seat. Site chosen because of fresh water springs, particularly "Big Spring" nearby. Grayson's first circuit court met under large oak tree on this hill; Judge Henry P. Broadenax presided. Town was incorporated in 1866.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Lexington Named

Marker Number	554
County	Fayette
Location	Entrance to McConnell Springs Dr. & Old Frankfort Pk., Lexington
Description	In early June of 1775, a party of frontiersmen, led by William McConnell, camped near here on a branch of Elkhorn Creek. Upon hearing of the colonists' victory at Lexington, Mass., on April 19, 1775, they named their campsite Lexington to commemorate the first battle of the American Revolution. Impressed with the area, they hoped to see a town here some day. (Reverse)Lexington Settled - Due to danger of Indian attacks, permanent settlement was delayed for four years. In 1779 Colonel Robert Patterson and 25 companions came from Fort Harrod and erected a blockhouse at present Main and Mill streets. Cabins and stockade were soon built, making fort a place of importance. The town of Lexington was established on May 6, 1782, by act of Va. Gen. Assembly.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations , Lexington , McConnell, William , Revolutionary War

Lincoln County

Marker Number	860
County	Lincoln
Location	Stanford, Courthouse lawn
Description	Benjamin Logan built Logan's Fort at St. Asaphs, mile to west, 1776. Kentucky County, Virginia, formed 1776. First land court, St. Asaphs 1779. Kentucky was made into Lincoln, Jefferson, Fayette counties, 1780. In 1785 part of Lincoln taken for Madison and Mercer counties. Stanford named and made county seat, 1786. Records in courthouse from 1781, oldest in the state.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Logan, Benjamin

Lindsay's Station

Marker Number	218
County	Scott
Location	1 mi. N. of Stamping Ground, Jct. KY 227 & 368, Cedar Pk.
Description	Anthony Lindsay chose this site for his station, built about 1790. lt was located near Lecompte's Run, a branch of the Elkhorn named for Charles Lecompte, who was here with William McConnell and others in 1775. The station was on old buffalo trace, leading north to Ohio River, and was a regular stop for travelers and traders. Lindsay's grave is 100 yds. north.
Subjects	Buffalo Trace , Creeks , Forts and Stations , McConnell, William , Roads

Lion of White Hall

Marker Number	533
County	Madison
Location	7 mi. N. of Richmond, Jct. US 25 & KY 627
Description	West of here is White Hall, home of Cassius M. Clay (1810-1903). For a half century, Clay was a "firebrand" in American life. Fearless abolitionist, publisher of anti-slavery paper, The True American, captain in the Mexican War, legislator and Minister to Russia. When Ft. Sumter fell, he organized civilian guard for U.S. Capitol until army could protect.
Subjects	Clay, Cassius M. , Forts and Stations

Logan's Station

Marker Number	56
County	Lincoln
Location	Waterworks & Danville Sts., Stanford, US 150
Description	Or St. Asaph. Colonel Benjamin Logan settled here after leaving party of Colonel Henderson at Hazel Patch because of settlement plans. Scene of courageous rescue of fallen companion by Logan in Indian attack (1777).
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians , Logan, Benjamin

Long Run Massacre

Marker Number	991
County	Jefferson
Location	Eastwood, US 60
Description	One mile south. Scene of massacre, undoubtedly the bloodiest in early Kentucky, which took place, 1781. A Miami Indian party killed over 60 pioneers en route from Squire Boone's Painted Stone Station to safety of forts at Falls of Ohio. Next day, reinforced by British Capt. McKee's Hurons, they killed 16 of 25 militia led by Col. John Floyd to bury massacre victims.
Subjects	Boone, Squire , Floyd, John , Forts and Stations , Indians

Louisa in Civil War

Marker Number	547
County	Lawrence
Location	Louisa, Courthouse lawn, US 23
Description	River traffic caused Union forces under Gen. James A. Garfield, 20th U.S. President, to occupy Louisa Dec. 1861. CSA troops attempted capture March 12 and 25-26, 1863. Southern partisans raided area Nov. 5, 1864, burning houses and 2 steamers, and looting stores. Fort Bishop, USA, completed here just as war ended in 1865. Also called Fort Gallup and Fort Hill.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations , Garfield, James A.

Low Dutch Station

Marker Number	1848
County	Jefferson
Location	At Jct. of Brown's Ln., Bowling Pkwy., & Kresge's Way, St. Matthews
Description	In 1780 Hendrick Banta led large group of Dutch pioneers from Pa. They rented land from John Floyd and built Low Dutch (New Holland) Station here, one of six pioneer forts on Beargrass Creek. Fleeing from Indians, group later bought land from Squire Boone in Henry and Shelby counties. This property was acquired in 1810 by James Brown of Md., a leading agriculturalist.
Subjects	Boone, Squire , Creeks , Floyd, John , Forts and Stations , Indians

Maj. Bland W. Ballard

Marker Number	1088
County	Shelby
Location	US 60 at Cross Keys Rd., Shelbyville
Description	Hunter, Indian fighter and scout for George Rogers Clark in Wabash expeditions. Born in Va., 1761. With Wayne at Fallen Timbers. Wounded at River Raisin. Survived Long Run, Tick Creek Massacres, Floyd's Fork Ambush. State Legislator. Died in 1853 in Shelby County, buried in the State Cemetery at Frankfort. (Reverse) Tick Creek Massacre - Near Tyler Station, three miles north, Bland Ballard, his wife, and three children were massacred at Ballard's cabin on Tick Creek in October 1788. His son, Major Bland W. Ballard, killed six Indians, and survived attack. Two other children survived. Tyler Station was established in 1781 by Ballard and Robert Tyler. It was abandoned shortly after the massacre.
Subjects	Clark, George Rogers , Fallen Timbers, Battle of , Forts and Stations , Frankfort , Indians , Raisin River, Battle of , War of 1812

Mammoth Furnace

Marker Number	1364
County	Lyon
Location	Land Between The Lakes, Bethlehem Church Rd., KY 58
Description	Built 3 1/4 miles west in 1845 by Charles and John Stacker, a stone stack 31 1/2 ft. high, 9 ft. across inside at widest. Steam-powered, charcoal-fueled, it made white unusually hard pig iron from ore deposits near furnace, producing 1514 tons in 48 weeks, 1857. CSA Army obstructed Tenn. River at Fort Henry with iron spikes made here. Last blast 1874. See over. (Reverse) Iron Made in Kentucky - A major producer since 1791, Ky. ranked 3rd in US in 1830s, 11th in 1965. Charcoal timber, native ore, limestone supplied material for numerous furnaces making pig iron, utensils, munitions in the Hanging Rock, Red River, Between Rivers, Rolling Fork, Green River Regions. Charcoal-furnace era ended in 1880s with depletion of ore and timber and use of modern methods. Over.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations , Iron Industry

Martin's Station - One mile

Marker Number	150
County	Bourbon
Location	3 mi. NW of Paris, US 27
Description	Revolutionary fort built in 1779, destroyed by British and Indians commanded by Captain Henry Bird, June 18, 1780.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians , Revolutionary War

Masterson's Station

Marker Number	10
County	Fayette
Location	Masterson Station Park, US 421, Lexington
Description	Near here stood two-story log house built by Richard Masterson. This station was site of first Methodist church in Ky. In Masterson home, May 1790, Bishop Francis Asbury held the first Methodist Conference west of the Alleghenies. When Richard and Sarah Masterson moved to Port William (present-day Carrollton), they continued to lead Methodist activities.
Subjects	Asbury, Bishop Francis , Bishops , Forts and Stations , Methodist Church

Maulding's Fort

Marker Number	1137
County	Logan
Location	10 mi. S. of Russellville, KY 663
Description	Site of stockade, built in 1780 on the Red River as protection against Indians. Named for the James Maulding family, immigrants from Virginia and leaders in Russellville's early development. Morton Maulding was the first representative of Logan County to Kentucky legislature, 1794. In 1782, Indians compelled a temporary abandonment of fort.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

McAfee Station

Marker Number	928
County	Mercer
Location	McAfee, US 127
Description	Site of stockade built, 1779, by McAfee, McCoun, McGee, Curry and Adams families, 11/2 miles west on Salt River on land owned by James McAfee. He and brothers, William, Robert, George, Samuel, in 1773-5, marked and improved land in area. 1785, New Providence Presbyterian Church formed. The third church erected by this continuous body stands one mile north. See over. (Reverse) Pioneer Teacher, 1779 - John May, first teacher in school at McAfee Station, 1779. One of four Ky. Dist. delegates, 1781, to Va. House of Burgesses. First clerk of Supreme Court, Ky. Dist., and one of original trustees of Transylvania Seminary, 1783. With Simon Kenton, famed frontiersman, he owned land where Maysville, Ky. was established by Va., 1787. It was named for May. See over.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Kenton, Simon , Presbyterian Church , Schools , Transylvania University

McAfee Station

Marker Number	929
County	Mercer
Location	McAfee, US 127
Description	Site of stockade built, 1779, by McAfee, McCoun, McGee, Curry and Adams families, 11/2 miles west on Salt River on land owned by James McAfee. He and brothers, William, Robert, George, Samuel, in 1773-5, marked and improved land in area. 1785, New Providence Presbyterian Church formed. The third church erected by this continuous body stands one mile north. See over. (Reverse) Pioneer Teacher, 1779 - John May, first teacher in school at McAfee Station, 1779. One of four Ky. Dist. delegates, 1781, to Va. House of Burgesses. First clerk of Supreme Court, Ky. Dist., and one of original trustees of Transylvania Seminary, 1783. With Simon Kenton, famed frontiersman, he owned land where Maysville, Ky., was established by Va., 1787. It was named for May. See over.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Kenton, Simon , Presbyterian Church , Schools , Transylvania University

McFadin's Station

Marker Number	981
County	Warren
Location	Cumberland Trace Elementary School, Bowling Green
Description	The first in this area, 1785. On north bank of Barren River, built by Andrew McFadin (McFadden), one of 8 brothers from N.C., all of whom fought in Revolutionary War. Five of them later came to Ky., settled along Barren River. Andrew made first surveys of much of the land in this region. McFadin's was stopover for Robert Moore, who founded Bowling Green about 1796. (Reverse) Cumberland Trace - McFadin's Station stood near the Cumberland Trace, an important artery in the development of this region, used by many who settled this area. The route branched off from the Wilderness Road near Harrodsburg, came past present sites of Greensburg and Glasgow, crossed the Barren River here and continued on to the Cumberland settlements, now Nashville, Tenn.
Subjects	Bowling Green , Cumberland Trace , Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War , Roads , Wilderness Road

McFadin's Station

Marker Number	1665
County	Warren
Location	KY 1402, Porter Pike, Bowling Green
Description	First settlement in Warren County, 1/4 mi. east, was on north side of Barren River near mouth of Drake's Creek. Andrew McFadin, Rev. War soldier from N.C., surveyed area and established station, 1785. It was a popular stopover on Cumberland Trace. Emmett Logan, a Louisville Times editor, once owned land where station stood. Henry Watterson was frequent visitor to his home.
Subjects	Creeks , Cumberland Trace , Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War , Rivers

McKinney's Fort

Marker Number	2063
County	Lincoln
Location	McKinney, 9 mi. SW of Stanford, 1/4 mi. SE of McKinney Grade School on farm of Harold G. Chaney
Description	Built by Archibald McKinney by 1792, this early trading post was an important stop on Cumberland Trace. The settlement began as four log cabins and a stockade. Early settlers are buried in a cemetery on a knoll visible due south of this marker. In 1874 name changed to McKinney Station. Presented by McKinney Descendants and Community.
Subjects	Cumberland Trace , Forts and Stations

Mefford's Fort

Marker Number	92
County	Mason
Location	Main St., Washington
Description	Built of boards of the flatboat on which George Mefford, his wife, & thirteen children, of Maryland, descended the Ohio in 1787. Many such houses were built along the river prior to 1800.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Michael Cassidy (1755-1829)

Marker Number	1388
County	Fleming
Location	Jct. KY 32 & Cassidy Rd., 2 mi. W. of Flemingsburg
Description	A fearless Indian fighter in over 30 battles, Michael Cassidy built Cassidy Station (site-one mile south) in later 1780s. A native of Ireland, he came to Va. as cabin boy at age 12. Enlisted early in Revolution and was with Washington at British surrender at Yorktown, 1781. Settled in Fleming Co., Ky.; served 1800-06 as first senator and several terms as representative.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War , Washington, George

Modrel's Station

Marker Number	1870
County	Laurel
Location	Near crossing of Laurel River, KY 229
Description	Here was one of four defense posts established to protect emigrant parties moving westward. Approximately five miles south of London, Modrel's Station offered safety for about a year, during 1793-94, until the Indian menace ended. Robert Modrel was later active in settlement of Somerset and represented Pulaski County in Ky. House of Representatives.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Morgan's Station - 6 Miles

Marker Number	115
County	Montgomery
Location	2 mi. E. of Mt. Sterling
Description	Settled in 1789. Attacked by Indians April 1, 1793. 19 women and children captured while men worked in fields. One woman hid in spring house and gave the alarm. 12 of the prisoners were massacred.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Murder Branch Massacre

Marker Number	189
County	Menifee
Location	10 mi. E. of Frenchburg, KY 1274
Description	April 1793, Indians captured 19 women and children of Morgan's Station in Montgomery County. Overtaken north of here by posse. Indians massacred some captives, taking others across Ohio River. Last Indian raid into Kentucky.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Old Crow Inn

Marker Number	1376
County	Boyle
Location	Danville city limits, US 150
Description	The oldest existing stone house in Kentucky, built 1784, is part of this building. The house has been enlarged and Doric pillars added. Land purchased from John Crow by James Wright, 1781. Next owner, Colonel Joshua Barbee, who built original house. In 180 years only three families have been owners. Adams family since 1899. Presented by Joshua B. Adams. (Reverse) John Crow - Came to Harrodsburg in 1774 with James Harrod and his group of 32. Settled near here in 1776. Founded Crow's Station, 1782, which became the political and cultural capital for District of Kentucky when Supreme Court met there, 1783-85. John Crow sold to Walker Daniel, 1784, land on which he established Danville in 1788. Over. Presented by Joshua B. Adams.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Harrod, James , Inns

Original Fort Harrod Site

Marker Number	1637
County	Mercer
Location	Across from Ft. Harrod State Park, Lexington & Fort Sts., Harrodsburg
Description	A crude fortification was located at "The Big Spring," 1774. Warned of impending Indian war, Harrod and his men were ordered east to participate in Dunmore's War. They returned in 1775 and chose this site on high ground; it was more defensible and did not flood. The fort was later used as school and jail; finally deteriorated. Replica constructed on present site, 1927. (Reverse) Original Fort Harrod Site - (Metal photograph of original fort with description of items in and around it.) (c) 1977 by Reader's Digest Staff Artist, Nick Calabrese.
Subjects	Dunmore, John Murray , Forts and Stations , Harrod, James , Indians , Springs

Paintsville

Marker Number	1126
County	Johnson
Location	Paintsville bypass, Jct. Jefferson Ave. & US 23
Description	The second oldest settlement in Eastern Kentucky, at first named Paint Lick Station. Established in 1790 by Col. John Preston. Dr. Thomas Walker probably camped at mouth of Paint Creek, near some abandoned log cabins, in 1750. Rev. Henry Dixon laid out town and built first house in 1826. Paintsville incorporated in 1872, but city government much older.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Perryville

Marker Number	1284
County	Boyle
Location	Perryville at Chaplin River Bridge, US 150
Description	Established as Harberson's Fort before 1783 by James Harberson, Thomas Walker, Daniel Ewing and others at the crossroads of Danville-Louisville and Harrodsburg-Nashville routes. Town laid out by Edward Bullock and William Hall, 1815, named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, victorious at Battle of Lake Erie in 1813. Incorporated by act of Ky. Legislature, January 17, 1817.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , War of 1812

Pewee Valley

Marker Number	208
County	Oldham
Location	Old L & N Depot, Pewee Valley
Description	Formerly "Smith's Station" - Setting of famous "Little Colonel" and other fictional portrayals of life in Pewee Valley by Annie Fellows Johnston. Her stately home, "The Beeches," 1/2 mi. N.W. Most prominent town founder was Henry S. Smith, 1802-83. A trustee of town, he owned property, surveyed roads, and helped establish girls' college and Pewee Valley Cemetery.
Subjects	Books , Forts and Stations

Phelps Acres Farm

Marker Number	1802
County	Russell
Location	At farm, N. of Jamestown, KY 92
Description	John Phelps served in the Revolutionary War as defender of Boonesborough. He and son Shadrach were still at fort with Daniel Boone in 1795. Shadrach and Celia (Stapp) Phelps settled here circa 1798. This farm continuously owned and operated by their descendants. Original log house was home for 3 generations. Two-story structure built by grandson John Quincy Phelps, 1875.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Boonesborough , Forts and Stations , Revolutionary War

Phillips Fort

Marker Number	1098
County	Larue
Location	Hodgenville, Jct. KY 210 and Phillips Ln.
Description	A half mile east on North Fork of Nolin River is site of this fort, first settlement in Larue County, built in 1780 by Philip Phillips, surveyor, and company of settlers from Pennsylvania. Used as place of refuge from Indians, it was abandoned and removed about 1786, when it became safe for settlers to build homes. Nearby lie many pioneers in unmarked graves.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Pioneer Hero-Heroine

Marker Number	919
County	Whitley
Location	11 mi. E. of Williamsburg, KY 92
Description	Graves of Capt. Chas. Gatliff and wife. During Revolution he fought against Indians on Va. frontier, came Ky., 1779. Wife, 4 children among 250 captives taken in 1780 at Martin's Station (Bourbon Co.) to Detroit by British and Indians. In 13 years wife made way back to Va. while Gatliff fought in many Indian campaigns. Reunited, they settled here on land grant, 1793.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Pioneer Station

Marker Number	848
County	Shelby
Location	KY 55, 2 mi. N. of Shelbyville
Description	Squire Boone's Station or Painted Stone, half mile west on Clear Creek. Founded by Squire Boone and others, 1779. Born Penn., 1744, taken to N.C. as child. Came to Ky. with brother Daniel in 1769. In summer 1775 came here, returned spring 1776 painted name and date on creek stone which gave name of "Painted Stone." Aided in defense of Boonesborough in 1778. See over. (Reverse) Squire Boone - Captain, border militia stationed at Painted Stone Fort, 1780. Ky. delegate, Va. House of Burgesses, 1782. Member of Ky. Convention, 1785. Delegate, Va. ratification, United States Constitution, 1788. Given standing as Revolutionary soldier and officer by Congress in 1813. Moved to Indiana in 1806; built new settlement there, where he died, was buried, 1815. See over.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Boonesborough , Forts and Stations

Pioneer Ward

Marker Number	729
County	Martin
Location	Inez, Courthouse lawn, KY 3, 40
Description	James Ward born in Virginia, 1758. He settled on Rockcastle Creek, three miles south of here, where he lived 50 years and died, 1848. Private, Virginia regiments, War of the Revolution, 1775-76, 1778. Came to Kentucky, 1779. With the Clark expedition against Indians, Chillicothe and Piqua, Ohio, 1780. In battles of Bryan Station, and Blue Licks, 1782. See other side. (Reverse) Educator Ward - William B. Ward, 1877-1952. Buried in Saltwell Cemetery. Known as educator, author and leader in the field of education, 50 years. Principal in schools of eastern and northern Kentucky; head of the Old Sandy Valley Seminary at Paintsville. Author Outline of U.S. History; publisher The Mountain Journal and The New Day. Descended from Pioneer Ward. See other side.
Subjects	Blue Licks, Battle of , Clark, George Rogers , Forts and Stations , Indians , Revolutionary War

Pottinger's Station

Marker Number	1433
County	Nelson
Location	Near Gethsemani, KY 52, 1 mi. E. of Jct. KY 247 & 52
Description	Site of one of the forts which protected the early settlement of Bardstown. Built by Samuel Pottinger, soldier in Revolution, who first saw the land in 1778 when he came from Maryland with troops of Capt. James Harrod. In 1781 Pottinger returned with his family and built station. It was often used as a refuge for other settlers migrating to Kentucky.
Subjects	Bardstown , Forts and Stations , Harrod, James , Revolutionary War

Robert H. Brooks (1915-1941)

Marker Number	2037
County	Scott
Location	Sadieville, 1/2 mi. from city limits, KY 32
Description	Born Oct. 8, 1915, in Sadieville, this African American entered an "all white" National Guard unit before WW II began. As a private in Co. D, 192nd Tank Battalion, he was stationed in the Philippine Islands. Brooks was killed on Dec. 8, 1941, during the initial Japanese bombing of Clark Field, near Fort Stotsenburg. (Reverse) Robert H. Brooks (1915-1941) - Brooks, at age 26, was officially declared the first U. S. Armored Forces casualty of WW II. He is buried in the American-Manila Cemetery in the Philippine Islands. The main parade ground at Fort Knox was named Brooks Field in his honor on December 23, 1941. Presented by City of Sadieville, Scott County Fiscal Court, and American Legion Scott Post No. 24.
Subjects	African American , Cemeteries , Fort Knox , Forts and Stations , World War II

Rogers Station, 1780

Marker Number	820
County	Nelson
Location	4 mi. W. of Bardstown, US 62
Description	Site of station located on 1,000-acre tract "marked and improved" in 1775 by Col. James Rogers. Born Va., 1742, died Ky., 1828. Fought in Dunmore's War, 1774, and Revolutionary War. Appointed Colonel, Nelson Co., Ky. Militia and the Justice of the Peace by Patrick Henry, Gov. of Va. Signer of "Petitions of Early Inhabitants of Ky." for separation from Va.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Henry, Patrick , Revolutionary War

Rowlett's Station

Marker Number	656
County	Hart
Location	1,000 ft. N. of Rowletts on US 31-W
Description	In fall of 1861, Federals planned move into Tennessee by the Cumberland River and, under General D. C. Buell, by land through here. CSA wrecked important bridge over Green River Dec. 10, to block USA move. Union force under Col. A. Willich sent to repair, defend bridge. CSA led by Gen. T. C. Hindman came here to wreck tracks, December 17, 1861. After sharp battle CSA withdrew south.
Subjects	Buell, Don Carlos , Civil War , Forts and Stations

Royal Spring

Marker Number	63
County	Scott
Location	Georgetown, Big Spring Park, Water St.
Description	One of the finest in Kentucky discovered July 9, 1774, by Colonel John Floyd and party. Georgetown's source of water supply since earliest settlement. Site of McClelland's Station, 1775.
Subjects	Floyd, John , Forts and Stations , Georgetown College

Ruddle's Station

Marker Number	107
County	Harrison
Location	4 mi. S. of Cynthiana, US 27
Description	Settled by John Hinkston, 1775. Abandoned 1776. Rebuilt by Isaac Ruddle 1779. Destroyed by British and Indians under Captain Henry Bird 1780. Hinkston later settled opposite this site.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Samuel Boone

Marker Number	952
County	Fayette
Location	Gentry Rd., 1/4 mi. NE of Athens
Description	Grave of Samuel Boone, the eldest brother of Daniel Boone, renowned Kentucky pioneer. Samuel was born in Penna., May 20, 1728. Came to Kentucky from South Carolina in 1779 with his family and settled Boone's Station. He joined in defense of Bryan's Station, 1782. His son, Thomas, was killed at Battle of Blue Licks, 1782. He died here, 1816, at the age of 88.
Subjects	Blue Licks, Battle of , Boone, Daniel , Forts and Stations , Indians

Sandusky Station, 1776

Marker Number	670
County	Marion
Location	6 mi. NE of Lebanon, 4 mi. N. of US 68 on KY 1195
Description	James and Jacob Sadowski (later Sandusky) came from Virginia in 1774 with Hite's surveying party and helped lay out Harrodstown. James chose site at Pleasant Run Spring, 150 feet S.E. of here for settlement. Harrod's men helped him erect fort in 1776. He and Jacob moved, 1785, to present Jessamine County; James' son, Anthony, stayed. Family long identified with area.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Harrodsburg

Scott's Blockhouse

Marker Number	1094
County	Carroll
Location	Carrollton, Point Park, US 42
Description	Blockhouse built here, 1789, by General Charles Scott for protection of settlers against Indians who had massacred and driven off earlier families. Scott came from Virginia, 1785. He was in the French and Indian Wars. Organized first company south of James River in the Revolution. Indian fighter, in Battle of Fallen Timbers, 1794. Gov. of Kentucky, 1808-12.
Subjects	Fallen Timbers, Battle of , Forts and Stations , Indians , Revolutionary War

Severns Valley Baptist Church

Marker Number	1621
County	Hardin
Location	112 West Poplar St., Elizabethtown
Description	The oldest continuing Baptist congregation west of Allegheny Mts., organized June 17, 1781, near Hynes Station. Preceded by log structures, this edifice completed, 1834, by John Y. Hill. Sold to First Baptist Church, 1897, and services held until 1974, except when USA soldiers used building as hospital, 1865. Listed on National Register of Historic Places, 1974.
Subjects	Baptist Church , Civil War , Forts and Stations , National Register of Historic Places

Shannoah

Marker Number	31
County	Greenup
Location	South Portsmouth, KY 10
Description	First village in Kentucky built by Shawnee Indians and French traders. Visited in January 1751 by Christopher Gist, George Croghan, Andrew Montour, Robert Kallendar and a servant. Located on the site of an earlier Fort Ancient settlement, it stood 500 yards northwest of these Hopewell earthworks. Erected by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, June 1946.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians , Shawnee Indians

Shaw's Station

Marker Number	1980
County	Grayson
Location	Leitchfield, Shaw's Station Rd.
Description	Named for Benham (Bonum) Shaw, this pioneer settlement (today's Leitchfield) was located at the headwaters of Beaver Dam Creek. This station was a stop along the important trail which ran from settlements at Nashville, Tenn., northward to Louisville, Ky. Shaw was pioneer to Severns Valley, ca. 1779. A creek in present-day Elizabethtown also bears his name. (Reverse) Beaver Dam Creek Baptist Church - Now known as First Baptist Church of Leitchfield, Beaver Dam Creek Baptist Church was constituted May 29, 1804; became member of Salem Assoc. Later joined Goshen Assoc. upon its formation in 1817. Pioneer Benham Shaw was deacon at Beaver Dam Creek Baptist Church. Presented by First Baptist Church and Grayson County Tourism Commission.
Subjects	Baptist Church , Creeks , Forts and Stations

Simon Kenton's Station

Marker Number	138
County	Mason
Location	Maysville, AA Highway
Description	About 1/2 mile west is site of camp made by Simon Kenton and Thomas Williams in the spring of 1775. They left this camp in the fall and visited stations in area. Kenton returned to camp in 1784, and brought with him a group of his family and friends. During 1784 and 1785, they fortified the station, which became a major stronghold north of Kentucky River.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Kenton, Simon , Rivers

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

Site of Fort Hartford

Marker Number	1195
County	Ohio
Location	N. of Hartford at Rough River Bridge, US 231
Description	Settled before 1790, this area was often scene of bloody strife with Indians. There is evidence that a settlement was made at present site of Hartford in 1782, first fortified place in the lower Green River Valley. Land was donated by Gabriel Madison, part of 4,000-acre Virginia grant in 1782. Name Hartford derived from the river ford where animals crossed.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Site of Log Courthouse

Marker Number	49
County	Boyle
Location	134 S. 2nd St., Constitution Square, Danville
Description	Kentucky District Court sessions held here March 14, 1785, until Court of Appeals set up in 1792. Created by Virginia statute on May 6, 1782, the court first met in Harrodsburg on March 3, 1783. Later meetings at Low Dutch Station and John Crow's Station before moved here. Samuel McDowell, John Floyd, George Muter, first judges; Walker Daniel, prosecutor; John May, clerk.
Subjects	Courthouses , Floyd, John , Forts and Stations , Harrodsburg

Soldier's Retreat

Marker Number	534
County	Jefferson
Location	E. of St. Matthews, US 60, 460
Description	Home of Richard Clough Anderson, Revolutionary hero, built before 1785 half-mile south. Anderson, who served on staff of Lafayette, is buried in cemetery near home, which burned 1842. The birthplace, in 1805, of Robert Anderson who, as commander of Fort Sumter in April, 1861, was first Union hero of Civil War. Commander Dept. of Ky. Sept., 1861.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Lafayette, Marquis de

Spring Fort Built Before 1782

Marker Number	26
County	Jefferson
Location	McCready Ave. &Trinity, Louisville
Description	The rock spring on Beal's Branch 800 feet south marks Spring Fort. One of the pioneer "Beargrass settlements" contemporary with the founding of Louisville. When its commander, Richard Steele, was wounded in an Indian attack at Floyd's first fort, his wife seized her baby and, riding through the night amid shots from the red men, sped up what is now Story Avenue across Beargrass Creek and Lexington Road and through the fort's hastily opened gateway to the succor of her husband.
Subjects	Floyd, John , Forts and Stations , Indians

Squire Boone's Station, 1779

Marker Number	28
County	Shelby
Location	5th & Main Sts., Shelbyville
Description	"Painted Stone" 21/2 miles north on Eminence Road, thence, 1/2 mile west to site on Clear Creek. For nearly 2 years only large station on the Wilderness Road between Harrodstown and the Falls of the Ohio River. Ground plan found among papers of Gen. George Rogers Clark. Disastrous attack by Indians 1781-re-occupied by the whites. First improved 1775-called "Painted Stone Tract" 1776.
Subjects	Boone, Squire , Clark, George Rogers , Forts and Stations , Indians

Stockton Grave

Marker Number	1411
County	Fleming
Location	Junction of KY 32 & KY 1013, Flemingsburg
Description	In a field, 2 1/2 mi.east, rock slabs laid like a stone wall mark Robert Stockton's grave. Buried where he fell, killed by Indians, 1789. His wounded companion, Beacham Rhodes, went back to Stockton's Station. Returning to site with friends, they found his faithful dog standing guard, "a circle of torn earth all around body, marking rage and disappointment of wolves."
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Stockton's Station: 1/2 Mile.

Marker Number	97
County	Fleming
Location	KY 11, west of Flemingsburg
Description	Site of station built in 1787 by Major George Stockton, who raised a crop here in 1786, while living at Strode's Station. This was the first of three forts in the area becoming Fleming County in 1798.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Sturgus Station

Marker Number	984
County	Jefferson
Location	St. Matthews, S. side US 60, 460, E. of Watterson Overpass
Description	Named for Peter A'Sturgus, early Kentucky pioneer, who settled on 2,000-acre tract of land surveyed, 1774, and granted to Col. William Christian by patent dated June 2, 1780. One of the five important pioneer stations on Middle Fork of Beargrass Creek shown on John Filson's 1784 map. In 1780 it was a considerable fort and settlement of some twenty to forty families.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Tanner's Station 1789

Marker Number	999
County	Boone
Location	Petersburg, Elem. Schoolyard, KY 20
Description	First settlement in Boone County. The Rev. John Tanner built blockhouse, and town began on 2,000 acres he and John Taylor owned. Shawnees captured Tanner's 9-year-old son here, held him until grown. An ardent Baptist, Tanner preached in Carolinas, Virginia; came to Kentucky in 1781; moved to Missouri, 1798; died there, 1812, age about 80. Town was named Petersburg, 1818.
Subjects	Baptist Church , Forts and Stations , Indians

The Haycraft Inn

Marker Number	1904
County	Hardin
Location	2315 S. Wilson Ave., Radcliff
Description	Oldest portion of inn constructed ca. 1814. Building enlarged to its present size when purchased by Daniel Haycraft, ca. 1820. On the Louisville-Nashville Turnpike, the inn was popular stopping place for stagecoaches. In spite of railroads and resulting declines in stagecoach travel, inn was still operating in 1884. Private home by 1917. On Natl. Register of Historic Places.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Inns , National Register of Historic Places , Roads

The Hazel Patch

Marker Number	53
County	Laurel
Location	7 mi. N. of London, KY 490
Description	Half mile east. Crossroads of wilderness. Skaggs Trace, 1769, Boone Trace, 1775. Here Logan disapproved Colonel Henderson's settlement plans and parted company. Site of Wood's Blockhouse, 1793. Earliest permanent building in wilderness.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians , Logan, Benjamin , Roads

Three Forts

Marker Number	1651
County	Hardin
Location	Adjacent to Elizabethtown City Cem., Elizabethtown, US 31-W
Description	Elizabethtown began in 1780 when three forts were built by Samuel Haycraft, Sr., Col. Andrew Hynes and Capt. Thomas Helm for common defense against Indians. The forts were one mile apart, the only settlements between falls of Ohio and Green River. Hynes laid out 30 acres for public buildings, 1793. In 1797 County Court established the town named for Hynes' wife.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Indians

Twitty's or Little Fort

Marker Number	77
County	Madison
Location	Three quarter-miles west (S. of Richmond, US 25, 421
Description	Site of the first fort in Kentucky. Built March 1775 by Daniel Boone and party. Named for William Twitty, killed by Indians and buried by his slave Sam, near the fort.
Subjects	Boone, Daniel , Forts and Stations , Indians

U.S Bullion Depository

Marker Number	1857
County	Hardin
Location	3 mi. N. of Radcliff at Gold Vault entrance, Bullion Blvd.
Description	In 1935, portions of property in Fort Knox military reservation were set aside for use as U.S. Bullion Depository. Constructed in 1936, it was placed under supervision of Dir. of the Mint, a U.S. Treasury official. First gold brought here by railroad in 1937, and depository continues to be storage site for most of the nation's gold. By law, not open to public visits or tours.
Subjects	Fort Knox , Forts and Stations

Union Supply Base

Marker Number	757
County	Ballard
Location	Fort Jefferson, US 51
Description	One of first Kentucky positions, Fort Jefferson, occupied by Union troops after Confederate seizure of Columbus, Sept. 1861. From this base, General Ulysses S. Grant directed demonstration against Columbus, Jan. 1862. Troops from here joined in capturing Ft. Henry, Feb. 1862. One of four river ports in area used as Union supply bases for operations in the western theater.
Subjects	Civil War , Forts and Stations , Grant, Ulysses S.

Van Meter Fort

Marker Number	1494
County	Hardin
Location	1/2 mi. W. of Elizabethtown, US 62
Description	Site of fort, erected 1780, by Jacob Van Meter, Sr., who led a party of 100 settlers from Va. to "the Falls of the Ohio." They made their journey on 27 flatboats and suffered many hardships during their trip. One member of group, John Swan, was killed by Indians. Van Meter built his fort by the spring which supplied water for Elizabethtown for many years. Over. (Reverse) Van Meter Fort - Van Meter brought seed wheat from Virginia; built a grist mill. The fort, October, 1790, was scene of an Indian skirmish. Van Meter was a founder of Elizabethtown and Hardin County. Helped organize Severn's Valley Baptist Church, 1781; served in Revolutionary War as Captain in Clark's Northwest expedition. Buried at fort; remains later moved to Elizabethtown Cemetery.
Subjects	Baptist Church , Cemeteries , Clark, George Rogers , Falls of the Ohio , Forts and Stations , Indians , Mills , Revolutionary War

Wilderness Road / Logan’s Station

Marker Number	2177
County	Lincoln
Location	Main St., US 150, Stanford
Description	Benjamin Logan left Boone’s Road, April 15, 1775, following trace that became the final segment of “Wilderness Road.” Logan’s path ran along an obscure trail from this area to Harrodsburg, then to Falls of the Ohio. The intersection of the trails became known as Hazel Patch, a junction 8 miles north of present-day London, Ky. (Reverse) Logan’s Station established May 1, 1775. Also known as St. Asaph, the fort quickly became an important frontier settlement. In May 1775, residents sent representatives to Boonesborough to assist in the formation of the proprietary government of Transylvania. Logan’s Fort later became the town of Stanford.
Subjects	Forts and Stations , Logan, Benjamin , Wilderness Road

William (Indian Bill) Hardin, 1747-1821

Marker Number	134
County	Breckinridge
Location	Hardinsburg, US 60
Description	Founder of Hardinsburg. Virginia Revolutionary soldier, third continental line. Built Hardin's Fort here in 1780.
Subjects	Forts and Stations

Zachary Taylor Home

Marker Number	1849
County	Jefferson
Location	5608 Apache Rd., off Blankenbaker Ln., Louisville
Description	Col. Richard Taylor of Va., veteran of French and Indian War and the Revolution, built original part of "Springfield" ca. 1790. Boyhood home of son "Old Rough and Ready" Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), veteran of 1812 and Black Hawk wars. Mex. War hero and 12th U.S. pres. (1849-50). Zachary's daughter Sarah Knox married Jefferson Davis, future CSA president. Son Richard was Confed. Gen.
Subjects	Davis, Jefferson , Forts and Stations , Mexican War , Revolutionary War , Taylor, Zachary

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