Joseph A. Altsheler
Author, newspaperman. Wrote more than 40 books based on American history and designed especially for young people. A native of Three Springs, educated at Glasgow, Ky., and Vanderbilt Univ. On staff of the Louisville Courier-Journal, 1885-92; joined New York World, 1892, as editor of its tri-weekly edition. His books reached peak of popularity about 1918. Died, 1919.
Marker is on Legrande Highway (Kentucky Route 218) north of Center Three Springs Road, on the right when traveling east.
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