Home of Gov. Fields
Inscription
"Honest Bill from Olive Hill." Home of Gov. William Jason Fields, 34th Governor of Kentucky, 1923-27. He promoted Kentucky's first grant of Federal aid for road construction, consolidation of schools, teacher-training colleges at Murray and Morehead. Member U.S. Congress, 1911-23, Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-33. Born 1874 and died 1954 in Carter County. Buried Olive Hill.
Dedicated March 17, 1964.
Location
Sources
More markers in Carter
Eastern Kentucky Railway- Willard
Willard, KY
In 1873, line was extended from Grayson to Willard.
Eastern Kentucky Railway-Hitchins
Hitchins, KY
Here the EK had a junction with the Elizabethtown, Lexington & Big Sandy Rwy that connected with the Ashland Coal and Iron Rwy in Denton.
Eastern Kentucky Railway
Grayson, KY
E. K. Railway purchased 25,000 acres of land in Little Sandy Valley at close of the Civil War.
County Named, 1838
Grayson, KY
For Col. William Grayson Carter, state senator, 1834-1838.
Aviation Pioneer
Matthew Sellers, among first to experiment with gliding and power flight.