"Market"

Gen. William Clark, the founder of Paducah, designated the Second Street area as a location for public affairs. The original name for Second Street was "Market" reflecting its use as a trading center. The original Market House was built of ...

Fire Station #5 at 17th and Broadway

This building served as Fire Station #5 at 17th and Broadway, from 1910 until 1973, when it was replaced with a modern two-bay structure. In 1910 the city had nine pieces of horse-drawn fire-fighting equipment, including the ladder-hose wagon and ...

Juan de Padilla Memorial

Quivira

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Juan de Padilla

Martyr for the Faith

Yielded his life here

in 1542

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Coronado 1541

J.V. Brower 1896

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Barkley/Cobb Memorial

Alben William Barkley (1877~1956)

Elected McCracken County Attorney, County Judge, U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator, Barkley served Harry Truman as Vice-President and was known as the "Veep". He was re-elected to the U.S. Senate in 1955. Barkley coined the term "New ...

Davenport Car Manufactory

Site of the factory of Charles Davenport

Pioneer of railroad car development

Builder of carriages and stages

1832 – 1857

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Osborne Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.

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Spiral Bridge

1895 – 1951

This footing is all that

remains of the unique

bridge that once spanned

this river.

Historical Preservation Commission

1982

Marker can be reached from Sibley Street north of East 2nd Street (Main Street) when traveling north.

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John Todd Stuart, 1807-1885

Abraham Lincoln’s friend and 1st law partner was born on Nov. 10, 1807, in Fayette Co. The son of a Presbyterian minister & Mary Todd Lincoln’s aunt, Stuart graduated from Centre College in 1826. Two years later he became a ...

Presbyterian Church

One of three founded, 1784, by Reverend David Rice; earliest of this denomination west of Alleghenies. Here worshipped: James G. Birney, whose presidential candidacy in 1844 caused defeat of Henry Clay; John C. Breckinridge, whose 1860 candidacy resulted in election ...

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky - Danville

In December 1806, William Clark, coleader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Pacific Ocean, visited his nephews in school in Danville. Clark was en route to Washington to report to President Jefferson and other government officials about the ...

Walker Daniel

Founded Danville, 1781. First Atty. Gen. of Ky. District, 1783. As a member of Commission went to Falls of Ohio to allot lands in Clark's grant to members of Ill. Regt. Daniel was killed by Indians, Aug. 1784, on way ...