Union Labor

Union labor helped build Paducah, including the flood wall on which this mural appears. Unions in construction, business, industry and government helped create a large middle class in Western KY especially after World War II. The region's earliest unions date ...

Western Baptist Hospital

On a warm Sunday afternoon in October 1953, Western Baptist Hospital was dedicated as the newest and most modern facility in Kentucky. The foresight of the original seven-member commission, formed in 1945, created a strategically important cornerstone in the Paducah ...

Hotel Brunswick

Constructed in 1909, Hotel Brunswick was built by prominent businessmen, John Mulligan and J. W. Thompson. Kingman's first three story building, constructed of local quarried tufa stone, featured 50 cowboy rooms with shared bath facilities, a dining room with service ...

Watermen and Working Harbor

More than a dozen oyster houses ringed the waterfront by the 1870s, some built out into the harbor on pilings. Throughout the winter, local watermen harvested shellfish from the Bay and sold their catch to the packing houses. Shuckers, many ...

Steamboats Give Way to the New Bay Bridge

"There was a wharf where the steamboats came in. Right down at the foot of Prince George Street...The Tolchester boat used to come in and they'd pick up one thing or another, an dbring them all up Prince George Street. ...

Soo Terminal Warehouse Limestone Entablature ca. 1912

Illinois Railway Museum obtained the limestone entablature displayed here in 1996. The Soo Line Freight House opened on April 1, 1914. It was located at Roosevelt and Canal in Chicago, Il. The entire complex which covered 11 city blocks was ...

New Jersey Building

New Jersey Building

at Centennial

Exposition of 1876

was re-erected and

stood on this site

from 1877 until

about 1900

Marker is on Kings Highway (New Jersey Route 41), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Paducah Coca-Cola Bottling Company

Paducah Coca-Cola Bottling Company was founded in 1903 by Luther F. Carson. The business moved into this landmark building at 32nd and Broadway in 1939. The building was designed by Lester Daley of Metropolis, Illinois. The lighted dome colorfully graced ...

DeWitt Williams Bridge

Named in honor

of

St. Stephen Native

Teacher and Principal

For Over 30 Years

Member

St. Stephen Town Council

1970-1979

Mayor Pro Tem

1974-1979

9th District member

S.C. Highway Commission

1972-1982

Member

House of Representatives

1983- (1996)

Dedicated in 1983

Marker is on State Road 45, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Big Spring

May 17, 1864: Butterfield's (3d) div., 20th A.C [US], marched this way from Field’s Mill, Coosawattee River, enroute to Kingston & camped at the Smith farm 2 ½ miles N. of Mosteller’s Mills.

May 18: Schofield's 23d A.C [US], marching from ...