Catholic Pioneers
Inscription
Basil Hayden, Sr., led 25 Maryland Catholic families to settle near here, on Pottinger's Creek, 1785. Father Whelan said first Mass in Kentucky here in 1787. First Catholic church west of Alleghenies built here in 1792. First monks, 1805, Trappist Fathers (Cistercians). Present church erected in 1823, under direction of famous Belgian missionary, Charles Nerinckx.
Location
Sources
More markers in Marion
Raywick
Raywick, KY
Settlers here, 1778, included Henry Prather and James and John Ray.
Old Grist Mill-Distillery
KY 52, KY
Formerly known as Burks' Mill and distillery.
Cartwright's Station
KY 55, KY
Here, in 1779, Samuel Cartwright located his station on the trail from Wilderness Road to Falls of the Ohio.
Saint Mary's College
Marion Adjustment Center, KY
Oldest extant Catholic College for men west of the Alleghenies and third oldest in the nation.
Knott of Lebanon
Lebanon, KY
J. Proctor Knott, 1830-1911.