Boyd
Ashland
Ashland, KY
Settled by 1799 by members of the Poage family of Virginia.
Baseball at Central Park
Ashland, KY
Organized baseball in Ashland began when the Ashland Colonels, a minor league team, played at Armco Field from 1939-42.
Bellefonte Furnace
Russell, KY
The 96th blast furnace built in Hanging Rock Region since 1818.
Bellefonte Furnace
Greenup-Boyd Co. line, KY
The most successful of pioneer Kentucky charcoal furnaces in the Hanging Rock Iron Region.
Booker T. Washington School
Ashland, KY
School’s first two-year high school class graduated in 1925 and first four-year class in 1932.
Buena Vista Furnace
Built by William Foster and Co. in 1847, 21/4 miles west, named for Mexican War battle that year.
Civil War Army Base
Catlettsburg, KY
USA post located here to protect Ohio River traffic.
Clinton Furnace
Stood one mile east.
County Named, 1860
Catlettsburg, KY
For Linn Boyd. Born Tenn.
Gov. Simeon Willis (1879-1965)
Ashland, KY
Judge on Kentucky's highest court 1927-1933; Governor 1943-1947.
Here Lies James H. Mc Coy/Here Lies Floyd Mc Coy
Ashland, KY
Here Lies James H. McCoy Oldest son of Randall and Sarah.
Indian Mounds
Ashland, KY
One and one-half miles NE in Central Park is an irregular row of mounds, part of a chain built by prehistoric men who were the...
Mary Elliott Flanery
Catlettsburg, KY
The first woman elected to Kentucky legislature, 1921.
Norton Furnace
Ashland, KY
In 1967, the world's oldest known operating blast furnace.
Presbyterian Church
Ashland, KY
Organized June 11, 1819, at home of Maj. Jas.
Princess Furnace
Princess, KY
Built here in 1876-77, by Thomas W. Means (1803-90), for 50 years the leading figure in the iron industry of this area, owner of furnaces...
Putnam Stadium
Ashland, KY
This stadium served the Ashland Public Schools.
Sandy Furnace
Built 1853 by Young, Foster & Co. (Dan and John Young, Wm.