Clark
"Morgan's Men" Here
Winchester, KY
CSA Gen. John H. Morgan's cavalry first raided Kentucky July, 1862.
Boone-Callaway Girls Kidnapping
Winchester, KY
On July 14, 1776 Daniel Boone’s daughter, Jemima, and Richard Callaway’s daughters, Betsey and Fanny, left Fort Boonesborough to canoe on...
Canewood
KY 627, KY
Home of two Revolutionary War officers: built about 1793 by Col. Nathaniel Gist 1735-1796 and Gen. Charles Scott 1739-1813, Governor of...
Capt. John Strode
Winchester, KY
Came from Va. to Boonesborough, 1776.
Captain Isaac Cunningham, 1778-1842
Winchester, KY
Commanded a company of Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia from Clark and Bourbon counties during the War of 1812.
Clark County Courthouse
Winchester, KY
Clark County, named in honor of Revolutionary War hero General George Rogers Clark, was created in 1792.
Clark County Hemp
US 60, KY
One of the ten Bluegrass counties which produced over 90 percent of the entire country's yield in late 1800s.
Colbyville Tavern
Colby Rd., KY
Built in 1820s by Colby Taylor as a place of rest and entertainment on stage road from Winchester to Lexington.
Colonel John Holder
Howard's Creek, KY
COLONEL JOHN HOLDER - John Holder commanded at Fort Boonesborough in 1779 and est. Holder’s Station near the mouth of Lower Howard’s...
County Named, 1793
Winchester, KY
For General George Rogers Clark, who came to Kentucky territory from Virginia, 1775.
Daniel Boone, Surveyor/Bush Settlement
DANIEL BOONE, SURVEYOR Daniel Boone earned substantial income as a deputy county surveyor (1783-1797), a dangerous job in frontier...
Daniel Boone's Settlement/Scholl's Station Schollsville
Winchester, KY
Daniel Boone's Settlement Daniel Boone selected this site at present-day Schollsville for his settlement in Kentucky by making an...
Downtown Commercial District
Winchester, KY
Winchester, KY was established in 1793.
East Broadway Cemetery
Winchester, KY
In 1833 town trustees bought about an acre for $45 for public burial ground.
East KY. Power Cooperative
Winchester, KY
On July 7, 1941, thirteen of Kentucky's rural electric co-ops formed East Kentucky Power Cooperative to relieve the electric power...
Governor James Clark
Winchester, KY
Home and monument of James Clark 1779-1839.
Hanson Home Site
Winchester, KY
Here lived five Hanson brothers, Civil War soldiers, USA and CSA.
Homer C. Ledford
Winchester, KY
Homer Ledford (1927-2006) was a master craftsman, musician, and teacher.
Indian Old Fields
KY 15, KY
Site of Eskippakithiki, sometimes called "Kentake," located on the Warrior's Path.
John Jacob Niles
Composer, author, and ballad singer John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) built Boot Hill Farm here in 1939.
Jones Nursery/Nursery Place
Jones Nursery - Griffin Fauntleroy Jones began one of Kentucky’s earliest commercial nurseries.
Old Providence Church
Daniel Boone attended; Squire, Jr., Samuel and Mary Boone baptized here.
Rare 1860 Tombstone
KY 15, KY
In the burial ground, one-fourth mile east, are two rare Carrara marble tombstones carved in Italy by Joel Tanner Hart, the world...
Roy Stuart Cluke
Site of home and farm from which Cluke enlisted in the Confederate army.
Salt Spring Trace
SALT SPRING TRACE One of the first marked trails in Kentucky.
Sculptor's Birthplace
Winchester, KY
Birthplace of Joel Tanner Hart, 1810, sculptor and poet.