County Named, 1852
Inscription
For Governor Lazarus W. Powell, born Henderson Co., 1812. Graduated, 1833, from St. Joseph's College in Bardstown. Attended Transylvania law school. State legislature, 1836-38. Governor of Ky., 1851-55. U.S. Senate, 1859-65. Resolution for his expulsion for Southern sympathy, defeated 1862. Favored Kentucky neutrality.
Died 1867, buried Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, Ky.
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Early Iron Works
Clay City, KY
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Courthouse Burned
Stanton, KY
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Lulbegrud Creek
Clark-Powell Co. Line, KY
Near site of winter camp of Daniel and Squire Boone, Alexander Neeley, and John Stuart, 1769-70.
Pilot Knob
Ky 11/15, KY
Daniel Boone and party first viewed "The Beautiful Level of Kentucky," June 7, 1769, from bench atop this knob.