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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQP_john-muir-robert-munford_Munfordville-KY.html
On September 1, 1867, John Muir, the noted American naturalist, started his walk from Indianapolis to Cedar Keys on the Gulf of Mexico. In his book, A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf, Muir recounts his visit to Munfordville. "September 5 - Arrived …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQO_william-clark-and-family_Munfordville-KY.html
In the fall of 1809, William Clark was summoned to Washington from St. Louis by President Madison to discuss the governance of the Louisiana Purchase Territories, which he had explored with Meriwether Lewis during the Jefferson administration. Wil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQPO_henry-clay-furnace-iron-made-in-kentucky_Munfordville-KY.html
Henry Clay FurnaceBuilt 7? miles east in 1832 by Aylette Hartswell Buckner, S.V. Leedom, Cadwallader Churchill. A stone stack about 35 ft. high, 9 ft. across at widest inside, it burned charcoal fuel to produce pig iron and utensils from local ore…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQPM_glen-lily_Munfordville-KY.html
Build 1819-22 by Colonel Aylette Hartswell Buckner. Birthplace of his son, General Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823-1914), Confederate States Army Commander, Governor of Kentucky, 1887-1891, nominee for Vice-Presidency, 1896.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQPL_church-hospital_Munfordville-KY.html
Munfordville Presbyterian Church, founded, 1829. In Sept., 1862, during siege of Munfordville, the Union Army commandeered this church for use as a hospital with nurses' quarters in house at left. Those who died in battle or of wounds, removed to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQPK_bacon-creek-trestle_Bonnieville-KY.html
The unlucky L&N Railroad trestle over Bacon Creek received harsh treatment at the hands of Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan not once, but twice during the Civil War. The first destruction, in August 1861, was the first of many attacks Morgan wo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQPI_an-indian-ambush_Bonnieville-KY.html
In 1788, William Smuthers, Gilbert LeClerc and his wife, pioneers, were on their way to settle the land they bought, which later became the site of Munfordville. The men were killed by Indians, about 4 mi. SE of here. The deed taken as part of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPRS_bacon-creek-bridge_Bonnieville-KY.html
The L & N R.R. bridge near here, a main USA supply line between Louisville and Bowling Green, was destroyed by Confederate troops in late 1861. Before repairs were complete, Morgan's Raiders burned it Dec. 5, 1861. This act brought Morgan's daring…
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