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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29C0_university-breckinridge-school_Morehead-KY.html
Founded as a laboratory school for teacher training, served the community well by providing a quality education for children grades kindergarten through twelve
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29BZ_capt-william-e-barber-usmc_Morehead-KY.html
A native of nearby Morgan County, Capt. Barber received our nation's highest decoration for bravery for heroically leading his Marine rifle company in a desperate five-day defense of a frozen mountain pass vital to the 1st Marine Division's breako…
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National Register Historic District
Nine buildings erected from 1926-32 fitting in a "crescent moon" plan. Rader, Fields, Allie Young Halls, 1926; Thompson Hall, 1927; Button Auditorium, 1928; President's Home, 1929; Breckinridge Training School …
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Thomas F. Hargis, a native of Morehead and chief judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, donated four acres of land and $500 in cash to Morehead Normal School in 1889 for the institution's first classroom building. Hargis Hall, a wooden structure,…
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As its primary support of the war effort in World War II, this campus hosted the training of more than 4,400 sailors as shipboard electricians between June 1942 and July 1944. The U.S. Navy Training School (Electrical) had 600 trainees at a time, …
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President Frank C. Button employed nine persons to constitute the faculty and administrative staff of Morehead State Normal School when it reopened in 1923-24 as a public institution. They included Charles D. Lewis, Academic Dean; Inez F. Humphrey…
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On last tragic raid, the fourth into Kentucky, Morgan's Raiders took Mt. Sterling, then lost it, took Lexington and June 11, 1864 took Cynthiana. Next day USA men under Brig. General S. G. Burbridge dispersed raiders. Morgan then retreated through…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM231N_an-early-boom-town_Morehead-KY.html
Although Morehead is the county seat of Rowan County, other settlements were larger and more progressive in Rowan's early history. Farmers was the first settlement in Rowan. It quickly grew into a booming town because of its industry.
Located t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EHZ_rowan-county-war-1884-1887_Morehead-KY.html
Feud violence came to climax in summer of 1887, when Logan and Hiram Pigman led faction that surrounded Craig Tolliver and his men. Resulting shoot-out ended in deaths of Tolliver and three others. State militia was sent in three times to restore …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EH6_moonlight-schools_Morehead-KY.html
Established in Rowan County, Ky., in 1911, by Mrs. Cora W. Stewart, "to emancipate from illiteracy those enslaved in its bondage." Because the people had to labor by day it was decided to have the schools on moonlight nights so the moon could ligh…