Albert Benjamin Chandler / Gov. Albert B. Chandler

(1898 - 1991)

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Albert Benjamin Chandler

This colorful orator and two-term governor began his law practice in Versailles. As governor, he was driving force behind establishment of the University of Kentucky Medical Center, later named in his honor. "Happy" Chandler ...

Lindley Field

First air mail flight through N.C. landed here May 1, 1928. Charles Lindbergh, on Oct. 14, 1927, landed nearby to open field.

Marker is at the intersection of Joseph M Bryan Boulevard and Burgess Road, on the right when traveling east ...

The Battle of Lindley's Mill

September 13, 1781

At this site, Patriot militia commanded by Brigadier General John Butler ambushed loyalist militia commanded by Colonel David Fanning in an effort to free prisoners, whom the Loyalist had captured at Hillsborough the previous day.

Although losses were heavy ...

Packsaddle Mountain

Two and one half miles east

on the

Packsaddle Mountain

in a battle fought August 4, 1873

Captain J. R. Moss, Stephen B. Moss

William B. Moss, Eli Lloyd

Arch Martin, Pink Ayers

E. D. Harrington and Robert Brown

routed a band of Indians

thrice their number

The last Indian ...

Sudley Methodist Church

The site for the first church, a small brick building, was donated by Landon Carter of Woodland in 1822. During the battles of Manassas (Bull Run), it was used as a field hospital by both the North and the South, ...

Middletown

Beginning in the 1690s, settler Adam Peterson and his family acquired several tracts of land here. One tract, surveyed in 1733 was given the name "Middletown." The origin of the name is believed to derive from the area's location at ...

Site of Middle Fort

Site Of

Middle Fort

Fortified Aug. 13, 1777

To Protect Inhabitants

During Invasion of

Brant and Johnson

Marker is on River Street (New York Route 30), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Middletown Academy

In 1824 area residents petitioned the General Assembly for a lottery to erect a building for education and public worship. Construction of the Academy began in 1826 and was completed the next year. For many years the building served as ...

Wildlife Migrations

In summer, pronghorn might be the only large mammals you see in this valley. In winter the wildlife picture changes dramatically. Herds of elk and bison, mule deer, and bighorn sheep descend from the snowy high country to look for ...

The Battle of Lindley's Mill Memorial

In Memory of the Whig and Tory Soldiers who died in the Battle of Lindley's Mill 14th D. 11 Mo. 1781 and were buried here and on the battlefield

Erected 7th Day 10 Mo. 1979

Marker can be reached from East Greensboro-Chapel ...