Battle of Athens

August 1 - 2, 1946

The Battle of Athens was an armed revolt that gained national attention. Attempting to end the control of an entrenched political machine, World War II veterans used force to ensure that on the day of local ...

Site of First Settlers' Home

1858

The log cabin of

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy F. Hersey

Birthplace of Abilene's

first white child.

A station on the

Overland and Butterfield Stage Lines

Mrs. Hersey named the town Abilene

Luke III.I

Marker is at the intersection of 1st Street and Vine Street, on the right when ...

Ruby Shaft

Most of the ore that brought tremendous riches and fame to Granite was brought out of the Ruby Shaft, operated by the Granite Mountain Mining Company. Several tunnels outside the Ruby Shaft were also important in producing the silver (and ...

Geographic Center of Georgia

One and one tenth mile south-southeast from this marker is the geographic center of the state. The center is defined as the balance point of a plane or thin sheet of a uniform thickness in the shape of the area. ...

Hotel Sunflower

Built 1931

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on NW 3rd Street near Cedar Street, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Union Pacific Depot

Built 1928

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

1991

Marker is on NW 2nd Street near Broadway, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Scale Model of Fort Stevens

Dedicated September 1936

in memory of

The Grand Army of the Republic

by the

Daughters of Union Veterans

of the

Civil War

1861-1865

Marker is on Quackenbos St NW near 13th Street NW, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy ...

Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm

Welcome to Oxon Cove Park. Around here a walk in the park is a walk back in time. Exhibits along the way will help you find the layers of time. The Mount Welby historic house also has exhibits.

Today Oxon Hill ...

Strawberry Capital of the World

In the early 1940's, Paducah-McCracken County was known as the strawberry capital of the world. Schools excused students to pick berries. Entire families were involved in this agricultural event. Freight cars carried thousands of crates of berries were shipped from ...

Paducah 1937 Flood

While the river has usually been Paducah's best friend, flood waters turned it into the community's enemy in 1884, 1913, and again 1937. The area's most devastating event of the twentieth century was the flood of 1937 when 90% of ...