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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28ED_beckham-county_Olive-Hill-KY.html
Created from parts of Carter, Lewis and Elliott counties with county seat here by legislative act signed February 9, 1904, by Governor J. C. W. Beckham, for whom it was named. C. C. Brooks appointed County Judge. On April 29, 1904, the Court of Ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZZE_world-war-i-memorial-a-war-memorial_Grayson-KY.html
Dedicated to the memory of our comrades who entered the service of their country. Those who were wounded and those who gave up their lives in the World War of 1917-1918.
Sponsored by Moore-Armstrong Post No. 138, American Legion; Willie C. Le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EGW_saltpeter-cave_Olive-Hill-KY.html
Saltpeter mined here from which gunpowder was made that was used by Kentucky riflemen during the war of 1812. There are remains of those works in cave, reputed rendezvous for counterfeiters in early years, artifacts and Indian graves found in cavern.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EGU_a-masterful-retreat_Grayson-KY.html
As Gen. George W. Morgan's Union force, 8,000 when here, retreated from Cumberland Gap, they were harassed from West Liberty by CSA Gen. John H. Morgan's Raiders. Failure of reinforcements to reach here caused Confederates to leave Oct. 1, 1862 an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EGJ_william-jason-fields_Grayson-KY.html
In memory of William Jason Fields, United States Representative 1911-1923, Governor of Commonwealth of Kentucky 1923-1927. Born Dec. 29, 1874, Willard Ky.-Carter Co.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EGH_county-named-1838_Grayson-KY.html
For Col. William Grayson Carter, state senator, 1834-36. The 88th Ky. county formed, 32nd in size. Carter was created from Greenup and Lawrence. Noted in early years for 5 iron furnaces, its clay products, industry developed in late 1800's. Carter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EGG_civil-war-reunion_Grayson-KY.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EGF_pactolus-furnace-iron-made-in-kentucky_Grayson-KY.html
Pactolus FurnaceBuilt in 1824 by Joseph McMurtry and David L. Ward, on the site of an earlier bloomer forge. Its stone stack used charcoal fuel, and its air blast machinery was powered from a dam, 5 1/2 ft. high, in Little Sandy River. Capacity wa…