Lewis & Clark at Old Fort Jefferson

Long before Lewis and Clark stopped near Wickliffe in western Kentucky on their outbound trip to the west, Fort Jefferson had been built in 1780-81 by George Rogers Clark during the Revolutionary War as an outpost against British-led Indian attacks. ...

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Fort Jefferson

(North Side):Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Fort Jefferson

Lewis and Clark and a party of eight men visited the site of Fort Jefferson on Nov. 18, 1803, while on their epic 1803-1806 journey to the Pacific. Fort est. in 1780 by ...

Fort Jefferson

Fort Jefferson (also known as Camp Crittenden) was the second of two Union Army posts established in Ballard County in September 1861, following the Confederate occupation of Columbus. Fort Jefferson was first established during the American Revolution by George Rogers ...

Jefferson Davis' Flight

Having crossed the Catawba at Nation Ford, April 27, 1865, the President of the Confederacy fled south along this road following the fall of Richmond. He was accompanied by the remaining members of his cabinet and a detachment of cavalry ...

Jefferson Davis Bridge

Jefferson Davis

West Point Graduate

Class of 1828

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Services:

Indian Wars 1829- 1835

Member of Congress 1845-'46

Colonel U.S. Army

Hero of Buena Vista and Monterey

Secretary of War 1853-'57

Senator from Mississippi

1849-'51 1857-'61

President of

Confederate States of America

1861 - 1865

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A tribute from ...

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate States of America

Soldier, Planter,

Author, Statesman

Born June 3, 1808

Fairview Kentucky

Died December 6, 1889

New Orleans, Louisiana

"He was a Statesman with clean hands and pure heart who served his people faithfully and well from budding manhood to hoary age"

Marker ...

Thomas Jefferson Rusk

Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas, Brigadier General of the Army and hero at San Jacinto, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas, United States Senator, he ...

Shadwell, Birthplace of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson—author of the Declaration of Independence, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia—was born near this site on 13 April 1743. His father, Peter Jefferson (1708–1757), a surveyor, planter, and officeholder, began acquiring ...

Thomas Jefferson Monument

Proclaim Liberty throughtout the land unto the inhabitants thereof —Leviticus XXIV.

This monument to Thomas Jefferson was presented to the people to perpetuate the teachings and examples of the Founders of the Republic.

Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

Religious ...

Jefferson County Courthouse Site

The county seat of Jefferson County was moved from Elyton to Birmingham in 1873. On this site stood the first Courthouse in the City of Birmingham. The Italianate style structure was designed by architect W. K. Ball. Completed in 1875, ...