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ABNER GAINES HOUSE
#1765
Location: Walton, US 25
In 1790s Abner Gaines built this Federal style mansion and became owner
of first stage line between Lexington and Cincinnati, 1818. House used
as inn and stagecoach stop. It has 3 stairways and 10 carved mantels.
Abner's son, John P. Gaines, was appointed governor of Oregon Territory
in 1850. House listed on National Register of Historic Places, 1980
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From the collection of
Carol Osborne
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BIG BONE LICK, THREE MILES
#(no number visible on the post
- Historical Society says this is #32 but that is the number on the
Big Bone Lick sign)
Location: Big Bone Lick State Park, at the entrance to the boat ramp
on Boat Ramp Road.
Discovered in 1739 by French Capt. Charles Lemoyne de Longueil. Early
explorers found countless bones and teeth of extinct Pleistocene elephants,
the mammoth and the mastodon. This saline-sulphur spring was popular
for salt making until 1812; also a health resort from 1815-30. Its waters
were noted for mildly curative qualities.
Big Bone Lick: Robert Smith, an Indian trader, recognized the significance
of the large bones. From 1751-80, Big Bone Lick had many visitors, including
Christopher Gist, John Finley, Mary Ingles, John Floyd and the McAfee
brothers. Thomas Jefferson sent expedition headed by William Clark to
collect bones; the next largest collector was N. S. Shaler. Some tusks
measured 8-10 feet long.
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BIG BONE LICK
#32
Location: Big Bone Lick State Park, 3380 Beaver Rd., KY 338
Discovered in 1739 by the French Capt. Charles LeMoyne de Longueil
this famous saline-sulphur spring was frequented for thousands of years
by Indians and vast herds of buffalo, deer and other animals. The first
English explorers found here scattered over the lick countless bones
and teeth of the extinct pleistocene elephants. the mammoth and the
mastodon.
Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of
Kentucky, 1938.
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BOONE COUNTY, 1798
#1253
Location: Southbound rest stop, I-75
Formed by legislative act from a part of Campbell County. Named for
Daniel Boone, renowned Kentucky pioneer-explorer. Big Bone Lick, graveyard
of the mammoth, was discovered in 1729 by Captain M. de Longueuil. In
1756, Mary Inglis was brought here by Shawnees, the first white woman
in Kentucky. In 1765-66, extensive bone collection sent to England.
Small Plaque reads:
I75
Started: 1958
A. B. Chandler, Governor
Completed: 1969
Louie B. Nunn, Governor
J. B. Kemp - R. E. Johnson - Div. Engrs.
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Eugene Goss, Commissioner of Highways
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CENTER OF POPULATION OF U.S. IN 1880
#1640
Location: Exit 184 off of I-75, then .2 mi. W. on KY 236 (Donaldson
Highway)
The exact center of the population of the United States in 1880 was
located within a few hundred yards of this plaque. North latitude: 39o,
4', 8". West longitude: 84o, 39', 40". Population base in
1880 was 49,371,340.
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LEWIS AND CLARK
IN KENTUCKY
BIG BONE LICK
#2124
Location: Big Bone Lick State Park, 3380 Beaver Rd., KY 338
In Oct. 1803, while traveling down Ohio River to meet Wm. Clark for
expedition to Pacific, Meriwether Lewis visited Big Bone Lick. He was
to gather fossilized bones for Pres. Thomas Jefferson. In Sept. 1807,
clark supervised a 3-week dig for bones at Jefferson's request.
Scientists consider William Clark's dig at Big Bone Lick in 1807 as
establishing American vertebrate paleontology. Bones found here by Clark
included mastodon and mammoth. Prehistoric native American artifacts
found were given to Dr. Wm. Goforth in Cincinnati.
Sponsored by Friends of Big Bone. Ohio River Chapter
- Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation. National Park Service,
Kentucky Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commission.
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MAJOR JOHN P. GAINES
#1194
Location: Richwood Road, KY 338, 2.5 mi. W. of I-75
Home site of John Pollard Gaines, 1795-1857. Fought in War of 1812.
In state legislature, 1825-36. Major in the lst Ky. Cavalry and an aide-de-camp
to Gen. Winfield Scott in Mexican War. Elected to Congress, 1847-49,
while prisoner of war. Governor of the Territory of Oregon, 1850-53,
appointed by President Zachary Taylor, who was a comrade in arms in
Mexico.
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MARY INGLES
#859
Location: Big Bone Lick State Park, 3380 Beaver Rd., KY 338
Reputed first white woman in Ky. Shawnees captured her and two sons
in July 1755 at site Roanoke, Va. Led to village at mouth of Scioto,
separated from sons, taken to Big Bone Lick. Compelled to make salt
here; adopted by chief; given few liberties. Escaped late fall with
another woman. After 40 days she reached home. Died 1813, age 83. a
courageour, resourceful pioneer.
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PIATT'S LANDING
#1646
Location: East Bend Bapt. Church, .3 mi off KY 338 on Lower River Rd.
Near here on the north bank of the Ohio River at mile 510.5 was a riverboat
landing, ferry and road to the courthouse at Burlington. The landing
and large brick home that once stood near, later called Winnfield Cottage,
were built ca. 1814 by Robert Piatt. He was the grandfather of Brevet
Major General Edward R. S. Canby, who was born nearby. See over.
(Reverse) General E.R.S. Canby - In a cabin at East Bend, Brevet Maj.
Gen. Edward Richard Sprigg Canby was born, November 9, 1817. A West
Point graduate, in 1839, he accepted the final surrender of the Confederacy
from Generals Richard Taylor and Kirby Smith in Alabama and Louisiana
in May 1865. He was killed in California at a peace conference with
Modoc Indians, April 11, 1873. Over.
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From the collection of
Carol Osborne
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RICHWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
#1387
Location: Richwood Road, KY 338, 2 mi. W. of I-75
Services have been held by this old church continuously since it was
founded in 1834 by Joseph Cabell Harrison, first pastor. He and cousin
John Breckinridge in 1824 founded early religious paper in Ky. Cousin
of Pres. William Henry Harrison. Pastor's wife, Sophia Rice Harrison,
granddaughter of David Rice, father of Presbyterian Church in Ky. Harrisons
buried here.
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SKIRMISH AT FLORENCE
#550
Location: Florence, US 25, 127
Union troops had built forts around Covington to repel expected attack
from CSA troops under General Heth. Detachment of 101 CSA troops camped
at Snow's Pond, attacked here by scouting party of 53 USA cavalrymen
Sept. 17, 1862. In the skirmish 1 Union, 5 Confederates killed and 1
Union, 7 Confederates were wounded. Larkin Vaughn, a civilian, killed
by a stray shot.
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SKIRMISH AT SNOW'S POND
#2023
Location: Old Lexington Turnpike, halfway between Walton & Richwood
During 1862 Confederate invasion, rebel forces under General Basil
W. Duke searched for approaches to Cincinnati. On September 25, 1862,
over 500 attacked a federal camp here commanded by Brig. Gen. Quincy
A. Gillmore. Many USA prisoners were marched to Falmouth and transported
to Lexington, then the regional headquarters of CSA.
Presented by Jack Rouse.
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TANNER'S STATION 1789
#999
Location: Petersburg, Elem. Schoolyard, KY 20
First settlement in Boone County. The Rev. John Tanner built blockhouse,
and town began on 2,000 acres he and John Taylor owned. Shawnees captured
Tanner's 9-year-old son here, held him until grown. An ardent Baptist,
Tanner preached in Carolinas, Virginia; came to Kentucky in 1781; moved
to Missouri, 1798; died there, 1812, age about 80. Town was named Petersburg,
1818.
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