Monroe
Camp Anderson
Jct. KY 1366 & KY 100, KY
Camp established by Union Army to train and drill troops and as a place of rendezvous.
Courthouse Burned
Tompkinsville, KY
Twenty-two Kentucky courthouses were burned during Civil War, nineteen in last fifteen months: twelve by Confederates, eight by...
Famous Tree
Flippin, KY
In 1894, a huge Tulip Poplar tree was felled about 1-1/2 miles south of this site.
Free-Town Church
KY 100, KY
Built in 1846 by freed slaves of William Howard, who gave them 400 acres on which to build homes, known since then as Free-Town.
Gamaliel
Gamaliel, KY
By 1798, pioneers had begun settling in this area.
Monroe County-Tompkinsville
Tompkinsville, KY
The only county of the 2,957 in the United States named for a President where the county seat is named for the contemporary Vice-President.
Moore's Mill
Tompkinsville, KY
Phillip Moore purchased a steam saw mill on Meshack Creek from S. A. Moore, 1874.
Morgan's First Raid
Tompkinsville, KY
July 9, 1862, Morgan's Raiders, coming from Tenn.
Old Mulkey Church
KY 1146, KY
First church in this area located 200 yards from here.
Tompkinsville National Cemetery
Tompkinsville, KY
In 1861, during Civil War, land was donated by J. B. Evans for burial of Union soldiers.