Month: May 2022
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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General Robert E. Lee is a name that is known by almost all Americans for his leadership in the Civil War, but most are unaware of his activities after the war ended. He is entombed in Lexington, Virginia, on the college campus of Washington and Lee University, inside of what was known until recently, Lee…
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