Historic Sites in Ravenna, KY

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State Historical Marker #1054 marks the location of the Red River Iron Works, about eight miles northeast of ...

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(Side 1): Nelson Takes Command The day after the battle at Big Hill, August 24, Gen. Horatio Wright, Commander of the...

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Marker Front:Frances E. Beauchamp (1857-1923)This Madison Co. native spearheaded the antiliquor crusade in Ky. and wa...

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THE SANCTUARY BECAME A SURGERY On the day of the battle, August 30, 1862, the temperature hovered near 100 degrees. A...

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Centerfielder for Yankees, 1924-35, and coach, 1936-43, Combs helped New York win 11 pennants and 9 World Series. Lif...

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Site of the first fort in Kentucky. Built March 1775 by Daniel Boone and party. Named for William Twitty killed by In...

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The Union Line Breaks The Confederates destroyed the Union line at Duncannon Road. They hit Cruft's brigade with a ro...

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"A Ten Acre Lot Full" In the early evening hours of August 30, 1862, the weary Union soldiers fighting a running...

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Side A Shortly after Daniel Boone and his party chopped out a trail to the Kentucky River in 1775, members of the Sta...

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General Thomas Churchill *** Gen. Thomas James Churchill commanded the brigade of Texas dismounted cavalry that deliv...

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Aug. 23, 1862. Col. Scott's La. Cavalry, of Gen. Kirby Smith's invading army from Tenn., routed Col. Metcalfe and Uni...

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(Front): Built in 1852, this building was adjacent to location of the Battle of Richmond, Aug. 29-30, 1862, and becam...

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Two miles east is location of the trail blazed in 1775 by Daniel Boone, who was then agent for the Transylvania Co. T...

Fitchburg Furnace