The Laughlin Building

This building, dedicated in 1988 by William and Dara Laughlin, replaced a long-standing McLean landmark. In 1906, Matthew J. Laughlin, owner of a nearby dairy farm, purchased this lot. He built a residence/store here, which became a focal point of ...

O'Brien's Mill

Home Guard quartered

at O'Brien's Mill.

Confederate soldiers

burned the mill.

Marker is on Water Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Humboldt Underground Railroad

On the East Bank [of the Neosho River], escaped slaves traveled through caves and tunnels to secret Underground Railroad stations.

Marker is on 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.

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British Royal Navy in the Estonian War of Independence

IN MEMORY

of the officers and seamen of the British Royal Navy

who served and gave their lives in the cause of freedom

in the Baltic during the Estonian War of Independence

1918 - 1920

MALESTUSEKS

Briti Kuningliku Merevae ohvitseridele ja meremeestele

kes voitle sid ja andsid ...

Aunt Polly Crosby's Cabin Site

Aunt Polly Crosby,

First Mother of the Church,

Poplar Grove Baptist.

Site of her cabin.

Marker is on Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Block House Recruiting Station

A Block House was built here, used as a recruting station, part of Log Town.

Marker is at the intersection of 2nd Street and Sycamore Street, on the right when traveling north on 2nd Street.

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Breckinridge's Last Home

Built circa 1866, this house was occupied by John C. Breckinridge in 1874-1875. The former U.S. senator and youngest U.S. vice-president was also a Confederate general and secretary of war. After exile, he returned to Lexington in 1869 and resumed ...

Abel Secrest

Farmer Abel Secrest

was shot by Confederates

Oct. 14, 1861

after refusing to

give up his mules.

Marker is on 8th Street near Bridge Street, on the left when traveling north.

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Kate Burnett

Kate Burnett saved $25,000 in land warrants by hiding them in tall grass behind Land Office.

Marker is on 8th Street near New York Street, on the right when traveling south.

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A Radical Idea: Government by the People

Senate House State Historic Site

Consider the sacrifices made by ordinary citizens like Abraham van Gaasbeck, who risked his life, family, and property, when he offered his modest stone house as a meeting place for the first New York State ...