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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AQ4_portland-our-lady-church_Louisville-KY.html
French immigrants established a community here in 1806. In 1814 it was surveyed and platted. By 1837 it was incorporated as a suburb of Louisville. It was an early port and boatbuilding center - 41 steamers had been built by 1855. Portland was sit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQBE_the-galt-house_Louisville-KY.html
A world-famed inn operated here from 1835 until it burned in 1865. Host to notables, such as author Charles Dickens, it was scene of assassination of USA Gen. Wm. Nelson, Sept. 1862, by USA Gen. J.C. Davis. Sherman and Grant met here March, 1864 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNN1_jefferson-county-kentucky-korean-war-memorial_Louisville-KY.html
KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL JUNE 25, 1950 - North Korean Communist troops crossed the 38th Parallel, invading South Korea. Within days, the South Korean capital of Seoul fell into Communist hands. SEPTEMBER 15, 1950 - Allied troops make very difficult amp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNMV_pennsylvania-run-presbyterian-church-and-cemetery_Louisville-KY.html
Started by Presbyterian families who came from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in the 1780s. The first church was a log structure built in the 1790s. The present church was built in 1840. It is one of few churches that survived from 19th century and is o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJNL_the-32nd-indiana-volunteer-infantry-regiment-civil-war-monument_Louisville-KY.html
The 32nd Indiana at the Battle of Rowletts Station
On December 17, 1861, the "1st German" 32nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel August Willich, fought Confederate cavalry, infantry and artillery units south of Munfordvi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHHC_ruff-memorial-wheelmens-bench-cycle-carnival-1897_Louisville-KY.html
FrontErected 1897 by Ky. Div. of League of American Wheelmen to honor cycling pioneer A.D. Ruff (1827-96) of Owingsville, Ky. The League's oldest member, he had bicycled to Yellowstone National Park in 1893. Marble fountain and stone bench, known …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHH2_perryville-prelude_Douglass-Hills-KY.html
Two largest skirmishes of Civil War in Jefferson County occurred here Sept. 27 and 30, 1862. CSA forces, already in control of the State Capital, were threatening Louisville. In first clash the Confederates were driven back to Floyds Fork. Three d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH7I_bloody-monday-american-know-nothing-party_Louisville-KY.html
"Bloody Monday"Election day, Aug. 6, 1855, known as Bloody Monday due to riots led by "Know-Nothing" mobs. This political party was anti-Catholic and nativist. Attacks on German immigrants east of downtown and Irish in the west caused at least 22 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME4B_zachary-taylor-national-cemetery_Windy-Hills-KY.html
Gen. Zachary Taylor (1784 - 1850), distinguished lifelong soldier and twelfth President of the United States, buried here in family cemetery. Commissioned Lt. in 1808. Served in War of 1812; Black Hawk War, 1832; Seminole War, 1836 - 43. Major Gen…