Doe Run Creek Historic District
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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Creek discovered by Squire Boone and John McKinney, 1778. District includes one of oldest mills in Ky., built before 1792 by Jonathan Essery. Mill operated until 1900 when converted to resort; became Doe Run Inn, 1927. Another mill, three houses (one log) and county's first hydro-electric plant also in district.
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Erected in 1984.
Location
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More markers in Meade
Big Joe Logsdon
Brandenburg, KY
A guide to George Washington on excursion west of the Alleghenies and Kentucky pioneer.
Early Meade County Leader
Brandenburg, KY
Most of the original plot of this town owned by Solomon Brandenburg, an early settler who served in War of 1812.
County Named, 1823
Brandenburg, KY
For Capt. James Meade, recognized for bravery and daring at Battle of Tippecanoe, 1811.
Morgan's Raiders Camp
Gen. John H. Morgan's CSA cavalry of 2,000 camped three miles east, July 7, 1863.
Morgan's Headquarters
Brandenburg, KY
This house, built 1832, owned in 1863 by Col. Robert Buckner, War of 1812 veteran, was headquarters, July 7-8, of CSA General J. H. Morgan.