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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGC8_the-black-brigade-of-cincinnati_Newport-KY.html
Side A:Following the success of Confederate forces in eastern Kentucky and General John Hunt Morgan's raids there in 1862, Cincinnatians believed that Southern invasion was imminent. Anxious officials ordered Cincinnati citizens to form home guard…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGC6_cincinnatis-german-heritage_Newport-KY.html
Side A:Cincinnati, along with Milwaukee and St. Louis, is one of the three corners of the "German Triangle," so-called for its historically high concentration of German-American residents. During the 19th century, Cincinnati was both a destination…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGC5_the-sultana_Newport-KY.html
In 1862, less than a mile upriver from this marker, the John Lithoberry Shipyard in Cincinnati constructed the Sultana, a 260-foot, wooden steam transport. At the end of the Civil War, the U.S. Government contracted the Sultana to transport recent…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGC3_birthplace-of-kentucky-fried-chicken_North-Corbin-KY.html
Birth of a LegendKentucky'sMost Famous CitizenColonel Harland Sanders began the part of his life that brought him fame in a small gasoline service station on the opposite side of this highway. Born on September 9, 1890, near Henryville, Indiana he…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGC2_the-irish-in-cincinnati_Newport-KY.html
Side A:Flatboats on the Ohio River brought many of the first Irish, some with land grants received after the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, to the Cincinnati area. In 1789, Francis Kennedy arrived in Losantiville, where he operated the fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGC1_1749-french-claims-to-ohio-river-valley_Newport-KY.html
Side A:In 1749, the French in North America perceived a threat by British expansion west of the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio River Valley and beyond. The French commander, Pierre Joseph Celeron, sieur de Blainville, with 250 men, left Montreal,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG9W_rineyville-named_Pawling-KY.html
Sylvester Riney gave land for Illinois Central R.R. in 1874, and town named for family. Zachariah, his father, was Abraham Lincoln's first teacher while living on Rolling Fork. Zachariah moved to Rineyville site, 1830; built this double log house,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEST_buffalo-trace-distillery_Frankfort-KY.html
In the early days of whiskey production, a tax was levied on the product as soon as it left the still. Knowing that bourbon improved through aging, distilleries convinced the government that the tax should not fall due until the maturation process…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQY_the-price-of-freedom_Carrollton-KY.html
Center Panel:The Price of FreedomIn honor and memory of allKentucky Veterans who servedour Country in times of Peaceand War, and to those who paidthe Supreme Sacrifice so thatwe might enjoy freedom.Their spirit, devotion, and love of Country will …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEPZ_buffalo-trace-distillery-warehouse-c_Frankfort-KY.html
Built in 1881, this graceful whiskey aging warehouse is a fine example of "Rick Construction". The basic structure is built of massive wooden beams which bear the entire weight of the 24,000 barrels residing herein.The foundation consists of Kentu…