The Barren River

The Barren River is the Green River's largest tributary and is named for the barrens, large treeless grasslands found along its course. The first small steamboat reached Bowling Green in 1828. A series of locks and dams completed in 1838 ...

West Liberty

First organized town in the Ohio Valley. Formed in 1787. First court of Ohio County met at Black's Cabin here in 1777. Near by is grave of Captain Samuel, hero of the Pennsylvania and Virginia frontiers.

Marker is on Chatham Street ...

U.S. Government Bakery

“After breakfast I mounted and rode...to look at the Bake House just completed. It will turn out 100,000 rations in 24 hours. Every thing is on a grand scale and of the most convenient & Economical character. They make most ...

Old Bethel Church

Built in 1790 as a meeting place for Methodists, this structure originally stood at third and Market Streets and

consisted of one large room with an end gallery (slave box). In 1828 it was moved to Church and Mulberry Streets

David Tannenberg

(1728-1804)

One of America’s foremost pipe organ builders. Tannenberg, born at Berthelsdorf, Germany, emigrated to the Moravian community at Bethlehem in 1749. From 1760-65 he lived at Burnside Plantation, where he built organs as an apprentice of Johann Gottlob Klemm (1690-1762), ...

Schultz's Battery

In Memoriam

Zum Andenken der Deutsch

Amerikanishe Freiwilligen

Schultz's Battery

Civil War 1861 - 1865

Battery M, First Ohio

Volunteer Light Artillery

Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio.

Erected in 1938 by

George Hemm Jr.

in memory of

his parents and the pioneer

immigrant German settlers,

soldiers and sailors of the

United States.

Their magnificent support of

President ...

Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski

1748-1779

Native of Poland

General of the Continental Army

Despairing of liberty in his native land he volunteered his services to the American Patriots.

Gave his life at the siege of Savannah.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of ...

Bean Shoals Canal

Attempted ca. 1820-25 by Hiram Jennings for Yadkin Navigation Co. Hamilton Fulton was consultant. Never completed. Ruins located 5 miles S.W.

Marker is on Perch Road 0.2 miles west of U.S. 52, on the right when traveling west.

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Battle of Ruff's Mill

July 4, 1864. Early a.m., Brig. Gen. John Fuller’s brigade, 4th div., 16th A. C. [US], moved 1 mi. E. from the Nickajack Cr. Bridge, Concord Rd., to ascertain the strength of Hood’s A. C. [CS]. Finding it strongly posted, ...

Benjamin Smith

1756-1826

Governor, 1810-1811, legislator, soldier, benefactor of UNC. His plantation, “Belvedere,” was 6 miles northeast.

Marker is on U.S. 17 0.1 miles north of Wire Road, on the right when traveling north.

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