Bath
Bath County
Owingsville, KY
Formed from Montgomery County, 1811.
Bourbon Iron Works
Jacob Myers from Richmond, Va.
Caney Furnace
US 60, KY
Stood five miles south.
Capt. John "Jack" Jouett, Jr.
Owingsville, KY
This famous Revolutionary War hero, who rode 40 miles to warn Jefferson, Patrick Henry and other legislators of British approach, June 3,...
Clear Creek Furnace
Salt Lick, KY
Built in 1839, 5 miles south, by W. A. Lane and W. S. Allen.
Courthouse Burned
Owingsivlle, KY
Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by...
Gen. Hood Birthplace
Owingsville, KY
John Bell Hood, 1831-79, graduate of West Point, 1853.
Henry Tureman Allen
Sharpsburg, KY
Born in Sharpsburg on April 13, 1859, Allen attended Peeks Mill Military Academy and Georgetown College before graduating from the United...
Joe Creason
Bethel, KY
Longview Cemetery, Bethel, is grave site of one of the most noted and best-loved Kentucky journalists.
Olympian Springs
Olympian Springs, KY
This famous resort, known by 1791 as Mud Lick Springs, was favored for a century by such prominent visitors as Henry Clay.
Owings House
Owingsville, KY
Built 1811-14 for Colonel Thomas Deye Owings by Benjamin Latrobe, who redesigned the interior of the US Capitol after the British burned...
Sherburne Bridge
Fleming-Bath Co. line, KY
The most unusual of Kentucky's covered bridges is the Sherburne "suspension" bridge, built 1867-68 at a cost of $3,500.