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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNO_booker-t-washington-school_Ashland-KY.html
Booker T. Washington School. . In 1894 Ashland Board of Education assumed management of "Negro School," where African American William Reynolds was principal. In 1901 a bond issue passed with support of blacks and Superintendent J.G. Cra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNL_wiard-cannon_Ashland-KY.html
Wiard Cannon. . A former Canadian working for the United States during the Civil War invented several pieces of light ordnance which, although apparently excellent weapons, did not seem to have been particularly popular. Norman Wiard (1826-1896) w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNJ_norton-furnace-iron-made-in-kentucky_Ashland-KY.html
Norton Furnace, also, Iron Made in Kentucky. . Norton Furnace. In 1967, the world's oldest known operating blast furnace. Built by Norton Iron Works Co. in 1873, an iron shell stack 67 feet high with maximum inner diameter of 18 feet, burning &quo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNI_2017-inductees_Ashland-KY.html
2017 Inductees. Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1. The Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1 was founded in 2015 to recognize those whose baseball experience in our area has taken them to a very high level, and has allowed them to be a positiv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNG_2018-inductees_Ashland-KY.html
2018 Inductees. Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1. The Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1 was founded in 2015 to recognize those whose baseball experience in our area has taken them to a very high level, and has allowed them to be a positiv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CN3_ashland-baseball-hall-of-fame-at-cp-1_Ashland-KY.html
Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1. . The Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1 was founded in 2015 to recognize those whose baseball experience in our area has taken them to a very high level, and has allowed them to be a positive example on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CN0_ashland-baseball-hall-of-fame-at-cp-1_Ashland-KY.html
Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1. . The Ashland Baseball Hall of Fame at CP-1 was founded in 2015 to recognize those whose baseball experience in our area has taken them to a very high level, and has allowed them to be a positive example on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EGT_putnam-stadium_Ashland-KY.html
This stadium served the Ashland Public Schools. Built in 1937 for $6,500 as a WPA project, it was dedicated on Thanksgiving Day that same year. The Ashland High School Tomcats record of success includes 11 state championships. In 1944, the Tomcats…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1754_boyd-county-war-memorial_Ashland-KY.html
This memorial is dedicated to those whoserved their country in the Armed Forces.
Let us not forget thoseMissing in Action and Prisoners of War.
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Dedicated Nov. 11, 1992Honoring Boyd Co. War Dead
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM148L_ashland_Ashland-KY.html
Settled by 1799 by members of the Poage family of Virginia. Known as Poage's Landing until named in 1854 for Henry Clay's Lexington estate, by the owners, Ky. Iron, Coal and Manufacturing Company. It engaged M. T. Hilton to lay out a town, then au…