Hickman
"Gibraltar of the West"
Troops under Gen. Leonidas Polk fortified strategic line of bluffs here Sept. 3, 1861, marking CSA's first move in Ky.
Clinton Seminary
Clinton, KY
First high school in Ky.
Columbus
Columbus, KY
First entire town in Kentucky to be moved from one site to another.
County Named, 1821
Clinton, KY
For Capt. Paschal Hickman who was massacred by Indians after River Raisin battle, Jan., 1813, one of nine Ky.
First Christian Church
Clinton, KY
Established 1876 on this site.
Guerrilla Raids on Clinton
Clinton, KY
Federal troops garrisoned in area between 1862 and 1865 were often harassed by enemy guerrillas.
Iron Banks
Columbus, KY
So named by early French explorers.