Dedicated to All Veterans

[ Etched Seals ]

United States - - Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, and POW * MIA

Marker is on Conner Street east of North 10th Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Early Tunnel in Kentucky

Early transportation tunnel in Kentucky. It was hand bored by Lexington and Frankfort Railroad in 1849. First passenger train went through on February 23, 1850. Replaced incline, built 1835 just east of here, previously used by railroad to enter Frankfort. ...

Near This Spot

Near this spot a portion of the

British troops under Gen. Tryon

of New York landed July 5, 1779

intending to burn New Haven.

The opposing force became so large

that the British retreated to their

boats on July 7.

Patriot Prisoners

In honor of the 38 Patriots who were carried as prisoners in boats to New York from this shore after the Battle of Groton Heights September 6, 1781

Marker is at the intersection of Thames Street and Fort Street, on the ...

Plymouth Soldiers Memorial

[ south side ]

Lincoln

Erected to Perpetuate the Memory

Of Those Who Lost Their Lives In

The War of 1861

Chaplain James Averill • Lieut. E. J. Candee • Lieut. H. Hubbard • Sgt. W.A. Bishop • Sgt. H.D. Bishop • Sgt. D.B. Wooster ...

Cushman Street

“Instead of row after row of empty houses (Dawson), they are building new stores. The place is alive and busy-a little too crowded when we got there.” – a tourist in Fairbanks, 1928

Marker is on Cushman Street near 4th Avenue. ...

Frankfort

Site surveyed July 16, 1773.

Founded by

General James Wilkinson.

Chartered by

Virginia Legislature Oct., 1786.

Chosen Capital of Kentucky

December 1792

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 60) and Glenns Creek Road, on the right when traveling west ...

Cumberland Falls MoonBow

The Moonbow that appears here is the only one in the Western Hemisphere. It may be observed under a full moon and a clear sky. An arch of white light is usually produced at base of Falls and continues downstream. ...

Kiwanis Trail

Corbin-Cumberland Falls Road built by Kiwanis Club of Corbin. July 10, 1927, first round trip by auto through wilderness from Corbin to Falls stimulated idea for trail. Members of Kiwanis Road Committee were Tom Gallagher, I.O. Chitwood, Robert A. Blair ...

The Rio Grande Irrigation Project

To the southeast is the El Paso - Juarez Valley.

Here, and in the adjoining valley north of the pass, agricultural production of cotton and other crops is among the highest on the continent. This is a tribute to the stalwart ...