Trigg

Canton, KY

CSA General Nathan Bedford Forrest with 6 cavalry companies joined Gen. Charles Clark, Nov. 15, 1861, at Hopkinsville.

KY 274, KY

Sometimes called Hematite, furnace was built by 1852 by Daniel Hillman 2 1/2 mi. west; 35 ft. high, 10 ft. across inside at widest point.

In 1862 Jack Hinson swore revenge against Union Army when two sons were executed as bushwhackers.

Cadiz, KY

For Col. Stephen Trigg, Virginian.

Cadiz, KY

Gen. Hylan B. Lyon with 800 men invaded Ky.

Jct. KY 807 & 1062, KY

This community was first settled ca.

Golden Pond, KY

Nathan Futrell, reputed to be the youngest drummer boy in War of the Revolution, was born, N.C., 1773.

KY 1062, KY

This Trigg County pioneer came to Ky.

KY 274, KY

Stood 1 mile west. Built 1843 by Thomas Tennessee Watson, it was a brick stack with a maximum inner diameter of 91/2 ft., 35 ft. high.

US 68/80, KY

On May 15, 1820, justices of the peace, commissioned for the newly formed Trigg County, met at the log home of Samuel Orr, in the...

Served in Revolutionary War, l0th Regiment, Donoho's Company under General Nathanael Greene.

LBL, KY

Site of one of several furnaces operated in this region between the rivers, now lakes.

An early log schoolhouse first was opened by teacher William Bridges (1800-1844), son of settlers Drury and Charity Bridges.

Cadiz, KY

Henry Cornelius Burnett, 1825-66, represented district, U.S. Congress, 1855-61.

US 68, KY

Settlement of German immigrants founded the first Catholic Church in the county, 1882, a mission of the Louisville diocese.

Linton, KY

Also called Olive Landing and Line Island, was built here by William Ewing and French Rayburn in 1845-46, and it afterward owned by...

KY 274, KY

Built here in 1871 by the Daniel Hillman Iron Co. was a brick-and-stone blast furnace producing pig iron from locally mined ore.

Organized 1813, this grade school operated for 135 years.