Historic Sites in Franklin, KY

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Construction of this strong defensive work began in 1862 during the Confederate occupation of Bowling Green. After th...

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John Joseph Magda, Jr. was born in Camp Taylor,KY 1918. He attended Western Kentucky State Teachers College in Bowlin...

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A newly constituted stated of Kentucky, having been conceived in sovereignty convention Nov. 18-20, 1861 at Russellvi...

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General Cherry was born in Youngstown, OH, on March 4, 1939 and moved to Bowling Green, KY as an infant. He and his f...

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Fall 1861 On September 20, 1861 John Hunt Morgan left Lexington, Kentucky with two wagons full of arms he had taken f...

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Site of the beginning of the Great Revival of 1800 and of the First Camp Meeting in the World on the third...

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Located on the Western Kentucky University campus, this two-floor museum features exhibits on early Kentu...

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At various times during the Civil War, the Confederate and Union armies were garrisoned in Bowling Green. Many encamp...

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Businessman. He originally started out writing hospitality books on places to eat and hotel recommendations, an...

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Lt. Presley N. O'Bannon, USMC, the first American to raise our flag on foreign soil, April 27, 1805. Barbary coast pi...

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Founded here, 1877, with funds left by Robert Ogden, local businessman. Filled educational gap, as there were no publ...

Octagon Hall