Courthouse Burned
Inscription
Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accident. See map on reverse side. The courthouse at Harlan was burned in reprisal for burning of Lee County, Va., courthouse, October, 1863. County records in clerk's office nearby were saved.
Erected in 1963.
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More markers in Harlan
Scouting in Harlan County
Harlan, KY
A Boy Scout troop was organized by Will Ward Duffield and chartered by the National BSA Council on June 20, 1912 at the First...
Lynch Colored High School - West Main High School
Lynch, KY
This brick facility was built in 1923 by the United States Coal and Coke Co., then leased to Lynch Colored Common Graded School District.
Lynch
Lynch, KY
Built by U.S. Steel Corp., 1917-25, this was largest company-owned town in Kentucky through World War II.
County Named, 1819
Harlan, KY
For Major Silas Harlan, born Va.
Inspiration Mountain
N. of Harlan, KY
Little Shepherd Trail, part of setting for: Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, Hell for Sartain, Trail of the Lonesome Pine, by John Fox,...