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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUY_country-music-stars_West-Point-KY.html
Bob and Randell Atcher, well-known country music stars of the mid-20th century, were raised in West Point. Their home was at 1010 Elm Street. Bob was the MC of the old WLS National Barn Dance in Chicago. Randy Atcher was MC and host to Hayloft Hoe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AUW_lewis-and-clark-in-kentucky-john-shields-1769-1809_West-Point-KY.html
Lewis and Clark in Kentucky
One of the "Nine Young Men From Ky." that accompanied Lewis and Clark on 1803-6 expedition to the Pacific Ocean. Shields was born in Va. and moved to Ky. in the 1790s. By 1803 he was married and living in West Point,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ASO_camp-knox_West-Point-KY.html
In World War I, Camp Knox (later Fort Knox), was located within the present city limits of West Point. Thousands of men trained here for battle, including Wendell Wilkie, later a presidential candidate. The camp was moved to its present location a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ASN_u-s-bullion-depository_West-Point-KY.html
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 railr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ARX_thomas-lincolns-flatboat-trip_West-Point-KY.html
In early spring of 1806, Thomas Lincoln, who was to become the father of Abraham Lincoln, took a flatboat loaded with produce from the West Point boat landing to New Orleans. The trip, requiring about sixty days, was a profitable one and enabled T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ARF_l-n-turnpike_West-Point-KY.html
A cobblestone turnpike was built to connect West Point and Nashville, Tennessee in 1839. Stagecoach lines operated from here to Nashville and also to Shawneetown, Illinois.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AR6_sears-and-roebuck_West-Point-KY.html
This home, built in 1899, was purchased pre-cut from a Sears and Roebuck catalog. A local carpenter assembled it. It was known as the "Three-I" pattern due to its popularity in the states of Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQM_pioneer-cemetery_West-Point-KY.html
200 feet east of here (across railroad tracks) is the James Young Family cemetery. The first known burial took place in the year 1800. Also buried here is a pioneer river man, known only to God.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQL_james-young-house_West-Point-KY.html
This Federal style house was built by the town's founder, James Young, in 1797. Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, stayed here while distributing flood relief to the victims of the 1884 flood.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2APM_jean-neel-ford_West-Point-KY.html
Jean Neel Ford, wife of US Senator and former Governor Wendall Ford, was born in a house that once stood on this lot. Her father, Hoover Neel was LH & St. L Railway agent here.