Month: May 2022
He has been called, the “Washington of the West”, the “Conquer of the Old Northwest”, and the “Founder of Louisville”, General George Rogers Clark. Clark, often referred to as “GRC”, is today buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, in Louisville, Kentucky, but his life that lead here to his final resting spot was nothing short of…
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Its beauty is unbelievable, which is why it is one of most visited places in the whole entire region, Cave Hill Cemetery, in Louisville, Kentucky. Cave Hill was originally a farm owned by the Johnston family, and at that time, was several miles east of Louisville. The farm had a freshwater spring coming from a…
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A quaint bedroom community in the Louisville area with loads of history! Spencer County, Kentucky, is named for the founder, and commander of the famous Yellow Jackets, that famous militia unit from Tecumseh’s War, and the War of 1812. Its county seat is named after an early explorer, Revolutionary War veteran, and the father of…
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In 1769, he and his brother were in the first group of white men to travel from Pittsburgh, down the Ohio River, and then down to Mississippi River, all the way to New Orleans. He was a Revolutionary War veteran, who assisted George Washington at Valley Forge, a successful landowner and businessman, and he is…
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For almost 200 years the Spencer House, has stood as an anchor, and a landmark in the community of Taylorsville, Kentucky. This popular rest stop was on the Louisville and Taylorsville stage route, and it was a famous hotel, and a tavern for many years. The building was built about 1838, by Frederick B. Mathis.…
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The most exciting two minutes in sports, the Kentucky Derby! He created it! Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. Clark was the grandson of the famous William Clark, from the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the son of major Meriwether Lewis Clark, Sr., the aide de camp, and son-in-law, to General Stephen W. Kearny in the Mexican…
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“The Spy That Saved the Union”! It is said that he was tired of the Confederate flag being shoved down his throat, so he did more than his part to help preserve the Union. Felix Grundy Stidger isn’t a household name, but his efforts during the Civil War, were nothing short of monumental. The house…
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Taylorsville, Kentucky, is named for a man that came to Kentucky, long before settlement, a Revolutionary War veteran, and a father of a president. It’s the home of a Civil War spy, that may have saved the Union. They captured the commander of Quantrill’s Raiders here, and it’s also the home of a revolutionary inventor…
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Few things had more of an impact on the growth of the young United States that the flat boat, which brought pioneers and trade all through the early American west. Just outside of Taylorsville, Spencer County, Kentucky, stands the home called, “Vaucluse”, which was the house was built by Jacob Yoder, the man who invented…
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“Old Rough & Ready”, President Zachary Taylor! As big of a figure that he was in his time, he is a man that many today forget about when they think of great Americans. He lived the bulk of his life in the years between the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War, that period of American…
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