Jessamine
Bethel Academy
Entrance to Asbury College, KY
This was second Methodist school in United States.
Butler's Birthplace
Gen. Wm. O. Butler, born here in 1791, died Carrollton, Ky.
Camp Nelson
Founded in 1863 as a Union supply depot, hospital, and encampment, in 1864 Camp Nelson became Kentucky's largest, and nation's third...
Camp Nelson National Cemetery
US 27, KY
One of 40 burial grounds listed by Congress in 1866 to become National Cemetery sites.
Camp Nelson Refugee Camp
New US 27 at Hall Rd., KY
Established in 1863 to house families of African American soldiers, Camp Nelson became the chief center issuing emancipation papers to...
Dr. Phillip's Birthplace
Nicholasville, KY
Dr. Lena Madesin Phillips, founder of National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 1919, born here, September 15, 1881.
Ebenezer Church
One-half mile west. Organized by Rev. Adam Rankin, 1793-95.
First Celebration
July 4, 1794, Col. William Price, veteran of the Revolutionary War, held the first celebration of Independence Day west of the Alleghenies.
High Bridge
Highest railroad bridge in US over a navigable stream (308 feet).
Impressed Labor for the Army
Nicholasville, KY
To fill the labor requirements caused by the Civil War, the Union army impressed Kentucky slaves to work on various construction projects.
Jessamine County
Nicholasville, KY
Formed from Fayette County, 1798.
Jessamine County Hemp
Nicholasville, KY
One of chief producing counties, it was third in value of product and also in the number of cordage factories, with 14 in 1840.
Keene Springs Hotel
Keene, KY
This two-story frame building was erected by Mason Singleton.
Sawyier's Inspiration
Paul Sawyier, "The River Artist," painted scenes of Kentucky River gorge while living on houseboat near here, from 1908 to 1913.