Warner L. Jones Jr.

1916 - 1994

For more than 50 years, Warner L. Jones Jr. was on the board of Churchill Downs, which a great-great-great uncle, Col. M. Lewis Clark, founded in 1875. For 12 years, Jones was chairman. Thus, much of his career ...

Col. Charles De Witt

Born       1727   ---   Died     Aug. 27, 1787

Patriot Statesman and Leader in the Revolution

Member Colonial Assembly   1768–75

Provincial Convention   1775   Provincial Congress   1778–7

First Convention of State of ...

Wilson's Brigade

Walker's Division - - Hardee's Corps.

Wilson's Brigade.

Walker's Division - - Hardee's Corps.

Col. J. Cooper Nisbet.

25th Georgia - - Capt. A.H. Smith.

29th Georgia - - Capt. Jno. Turner.

30th Georgia - - Col. Joseph A. Boynton.

66th Georgia - - Lt. Col. A.H. ...

Robert M. La Follette Home

Robert M. La Follette home has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States.

Marker ...

William Bartram

Philadelphia naturalist, author, exploring this area, met a Cherokee band led by their chief, Atakullakulla, in May 1776, near this spot.

Marker is on U.S. 74, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Richards Building

1900

Newspaper & commercial

office building of

Mr. Joseph Ralph Richards

attorney, author,

businessman & historian

Marker is on Main Street near 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Ingham Building

Pre 1906

Queen Anne adaptation

Ingham home for 80 years,

site of family plumbing

business succeeded by

MacDonald's Shoe Shop

Marker is on Main Street near 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Georg Lankensperger

[Marker text in German]:

Hier stand das Haus des

Kgl. Bayr. Hofwagners

Georg Lankensperger

*1779 • † 1847

der 1816 die Achsschenkellenkung erfand

Für Gespannwagen erdacht, ist diese Lenkungsart von entscheidender Bedeutung fr den Bau aller heutigen Vierradkraftzeuge geworden

Gestiftet vom der

Audi NSU Auto Union ...

Actual Site of Norman No. 1

Opening Well of the Mid-Continent Field

From this discovery well the field spread first west then south to the Gulf of Mexico. The Norman No. 1 was dirlled in November 1892 by O L Bloom of Independence for William Mills of ...

E. P. Taylor

1901 - 1989

A Canadian whose breeding farms were in Ontario and Maryland, E. P. Taylor nevertheless had a profound influence on Kentucky. His patronage of the Keeneland select yearling sale was significant in its emergence as the elite among international ...