Lyon
Andrew Jackson Smith
This Medal of Honor recipient was born a slave in Lyon County, Ky.
Eddyville
Eddyville, KY
Several brisk skirmishes took place in this area because of the importance of Cumberland River navigation.
Eddyville Furnace
Kuttawa, KY
Also called Jim and I. A brick blast furnace for smelting iron, burning charcoal fuel, built 1832 by John and Samuel Stacker and Thomas...
Fulton Furnace
Built 2 miles east in 1845 by Thomas Tennessee Watson, Daniel Hillman.
Last Skirmish in Ky.
Eddyville, KY
Overlooking site, now underwater, where last significant Civil War skirmish east of the Miss.
Lyon County, 1854
Eddyville, KY
The 102nd Kentucky county.
Mammoth Furnace
KY 58, KY
Built 3 1/4 miles west in 1845 by Charles and John Stacker, a stone stack 31 1/2 ft. high, 9 ft. across inside at widest.
Matthew Lyon Grave
Overlook Dr., KY
Grave of Matthew Lyon (1750-1833).
Mineral Mound
S. of Eddyville, KY
Site of the home of Willis B. Machen, 1810-93, farmer, manufacturer, lawyer, legislator.
Mineral Mound Home Site
Eddyville, KY
Home of Willis B. Machen (1810-93).
New Union Forge
Kuttawa, KY
Stood 1/4 mile SE. Built 1846-47 on site of older facilities by Wm.
Suwanee Furnace
Was built by 1851, 200 yds. NW, by William Kelly, whose experiments there perfected his invention of the so-called Bessemer method of...
The Battle of Saratoga/Saratoga United Methodist Church
Eddyville, KY
The Battle of Saratoga - The confrontation at Saratoga was one of the earliest Civil War actions in Kentucky.