Boyle

40 historical markers in Kentucky

"Uncle" Charlie Moran

Danville, KY

Colorful college football coach and National Baseball League umpire.

Bottom House

Owned by Squire H. P. Bottom, it was a key position in Battle of Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862.

Capt. George Givens

Homesite and grave 1 mile west.

Centre College

Danville, KY

Founded on this campus in 1819 by pioneer Kentuckians who held that heart and mind must be trained together, and dedicated to the...

Clark's Station

SE of Danville, KY

Early pioneer settlement erected before 1779.

County Named, 1842

Danville, KY

For Judge John Boyle, 1774-1834.

Courthouse a Hospital

Danville, KY

Boyle County's first courthouse erected here, 1842, destroyed by great fire of 1860.

Crawford House

Used by Confederate General Braxton Bragg as headquarters during the Battle of Perryville, October 8, 1862.

Crawfored Springs

E. of Perryville, KY

As Confederate and Union armies converged over to the west the day and night before great Battle of Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862, there was...

Dr. Ephraim Mc Dowell, 1771-1830

Danville, KY

Burial site of Ephraim McDowell, the “father of modern surgery.

Ephraim Mc Dowell House

Danville, KY

Home of Ephraim McDowell, the “father of modern surgery.

Family Services Association of Danville

Danville, KY

On June 1, 1916, representatives of local churches, civic clubs and Centre College, inspired by Hull House and the Progressive Era,...

First Crop

Danville, KY

Kentucky's first recorded hemp crop, 1775, was on Clark's Run Creek, near Danville.

First USCT Recruits at Camp Nelson

Danville, KY

May 23, 1864, nearly 250 black men, most of them slaves, left Boyle Co. to march to Camp Nelson in Jessamine Co. to enlist in the Union...

Fisher's Garrison

Danville, KY

Stephen Albert Fisher, Rev. War soldier from Va.

Governor Owsley Home

Mansion built by William Owsley at close of term as Governor of Kentucky, 1844-48.

Grayson's Tavern

Danville, KY

Danville's first tavern, operated in this building before 1800 by Benjamin Grayson.

Jacobs Hall

Danville, KY

Kentucky School for the Deaf first opened 1823 in Danville, at 4th and Main Sts.

John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911)

Danville, KY

Born in Boyle Co. and a graduate of Centre College, 1850, Harlan practiced law in central Ky.

John Todd Stuart, 1807-1885

Danville, KY

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...

John William Bate (1855-1945)

Danville, KY

Original site of Bate High School, built 1912 and named in honor of its founder, John William Bate.

Karrick-Parks House

Perryville, KY

Bivouac for Confederate troops on Oct. 7, 1862, night before Battle of Perryville.

Kirkland Home

Perryville, KY

Near here was the home of Charles King and Caroline Purdom Kirkland.

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky - Danville

Danville, KY

In December 1806, William Clark, coleader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Pacific Ocean, visited his nephews in school in Danville.

Lottie Moon (1840-1912)

Danville, KY

This dynamic Southern Baptist missionary spent almost forty years (1873-1912) teaching and ministering in China.

Merchants' Row

Perryville, KY

Originally known as Main St., the town's historic commercial center renamed Buell St. to honor Union general D.C. Buell.

Old Crow Inn

Danville city limits, KY

The oldest existing stone house in Kentucky, built 1784, is part of this building.

Perryville

Perryville, KY

Established as Harberson's Fort before 1783 by James Harberson, Thomas Walker, Daniel Ewing and others at the crossroads of...

Pioneer Methodist Preacher

W. of Danville, KY

Reverend Francis Clark organized first Methodist Society in Ky.

Poet, Lawyer, and Soldier

Danville, KY

Theodore O'Hara was born in this city, Feb. 11, 1820.

Presbyterian Church

Danville, KY

One of three founded, 1784, by Reverend David Rice; earliest of this denomination west of Alleghenies.

Russell House

On the knoll, it was a key position on the Union left flank under Maj. Gen. McCook in Battle of Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862.

School for the Deaf

Danville, KY

On this corner, in 1823, Kentucky founded the first state-supported school in the United States for the instruction of deaf children.

Sinking Spring

Danville, KY

SINKING SPRING - Referred to by geologists as a "karst window," sinking springs form when bedrock has collapsed to reveal groundwater...

Site of First Rural Electric Co-Op Substation in County

Perryville, KY

W. H. Rogers, president of Inter-County R.E.C.C., threw the switch at the Perryville substation on June 10, 1938, to energize 56 miles of...

Site of Log Courthouse

Danville, KY

Kentucky District Court sessions held here March 14, 1785, until Court of Appeals set up in 1792.

Traveler's Rest

Shelby City, KY

2 mi. Site of home of Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), Kentucky's first and fifth governor, soldier of three decisive American battles.

Trinity Episcopal Church

Danville, KY

One of the oldest church buildings in Danville.

Walker Daniel

Danville, KY

Founded Danville, 1781.

Willis Russell House

Danville, KY

Willis Russell, a well-educated & emancipated slave of Rev. War captain Robert Craddock, relocated from Warren Co., Ky.

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