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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BKR_u-s-vice-president_Herndon-KY.html
Adlai Ewing Stevenson, 1835-1914, one of four Kentuckians - more than any state, except New York - who were U.S. Vice Presidents. Others were Richard M. Johnson, John C. Breckinridge and Alben W. Barkley. Stevenson, born here, moved to Illinois…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BKQ_pennyrile-rural-electric-cooperative-corporation_Herndon-KY.html
The dream of central-station electricity became a reality for 165 homes in the southern part of Christian County when a switch was thrown at this spot on the night of September 2nd, 1938. These 165 homes were the first members to be served by the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BKP_no-tillage-farming_Herndon-KY.html
First practice of no-tillage crop production in Ky. occurred on this farm in 1962. Harry and Laurence Young, of Christian Co., were among first in nation to experiment with no-tillage techniques, which use herbicides in providing seed bed in resid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-ff2e9_whitepath-and-fly-smith_Hopkinsville-KY.html
Chief Whitepath served with Chief John Ross on the six-person Management Committee for Cherokee Removal and Subsistence, arranging for ration stops along the "Trail of Tears". Cherokee Memorial Park in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, was one of the sites…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-20649_the-cherokee-a-civilized-people_Hopkinsville-KY.html
The Cherokee people once occupied much of the mid-Atlantic territory of North America. During the American Revolution they sided with the British against encroaching settlers and were forced to live in the mountains of Georgia, Tennessee, and Nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-0b1ad_ted-poston-dean-of-black-journalists_Hopkinsville-KY.html
He covered major civil rights stories of his era and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1949. Poston received numerous other awards, including the George Polk Award in Journalism for national reporting. His book of short stories, The Dark Side …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-4d30f_cherokee-trail-of-tears_Hopkinsville-KY.html
By the early 1800's white settlers in present-day Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee wanted the Cherokee farms, especially after the discovery of gold on Cherokee land. In 1830 the U. S. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act; in 1835 three hundred C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O8P_oklahoma-city-bombing-memorial_Oak-Grove-KY.html
"But the child's sob in the silence curses deeper than the strong man in his wrath" -Elizabeth Barrett Browning The Cry of the Children ——————————————- Ded…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O51_pioneer-graveyard_Hopkinsville-KY.html
Within this enclosure are buried 185 named persons, and many more unknown, all early settlers of Christian County. The land for this cemetery was donated in 1812 by Bartholomew Wood, the first settler in Hopkinsville. He also donated land and timb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O4Y_union-generals-grave_Hopkinsville-KY.html
Brig. Gen. James S. Jackson, USA, killed in battle of Perryville on Oct. 8, 1862, is buried in south end of cemetery. Born Woodford Co., Ky., 1823. First Lt., Mexican War, then practiced law in Greenup. He came Hopkinsville, 1855. Elected to Congr…
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