Barren

Glasgow, KY

Taken from parts of Green and Warren counties.

Erected by Wm. Bell, 1830.

Cave City, KY

CSA General John Hunt Morgan and a company of troops arrived here, May 11, 1862.

Glasgow, KY

On Dec. 24, 1862, main body of Morgan's Raiders made camp south of here.

Glasgow, KY

The President (CSA), in 1862, was authorized to confer a Medal of Honour upon one enlisted man of each company for "every signal victory.

On July 14, 1859, a slave was lowered into a pit discovered on the farm of Jesse Coats.

Glasgow, KY

In 1855, John and Francis Marion Jones formed a partnership for selling goods at Myers Steam Mill on Beaver Creek in Barren County.

Cave City, KY

On Jan. 12, 1939, the Goodnight substation was energized.

Glasgow, KY

Congregation formed ca.

Glasgow, KY

Site of Civil War fort built in spring of 1863.

Cave City, KY

Confederate Brigadier General, commanded famous "Orphan Brigade" in Civil War.

Famed Methodist preacher & pioneer of the Holiness movement.

East Main St., KY

Called dean of Washington newsmen, Glasgow's native son (1886-1974) grew up here with his grandparents, Emmanuel and Henrietta Morris.

Glasgow, KY

Preston H. Leslie, born Ky.

Glasgow, KY

Henry Skaggs and two companions trapping beaver, winter 1770-71, were probably first white men in the area.

Glasgow, KY

Born in Hiseville (Barren Co.).

Glasgow, KY

The first female public official in Barren Co., she was elected in 1913, seven years before women were allowed to vote.

Jct. KY 571 & 740, KY

Civil War's first Kentucky Federal death, Oct. 10, 1861, 4 miles east.

Old entrance road to Cave area, KY

Floyd Collins was first to explore Sand Cave.

Glasgow, KY

This Glasgow native was the first African American woman to earn a pilot’s license in the U.S., 1937.