A replica of the cabin constructed by explorer and physician Dr. Thomas Walker stands on a 12-acre tract six miles southeast of Barbourville. Locat...
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The Old Mulkey Meeting House is a log church erected in 1804.
It is the oldest freestanding log meeting house in the Commonwealth. Adjacent to the...
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The William Whitley House, also known as Sportsman's Hill, stands today as a monument to pioneer ingenuity and resourcefulness.
It was the first b...
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During the 1790s, James Vann became a Cherokee Indian leader and wealthy businessman. He established the largest and most prosperous plantati...
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Visit the smallest park in the park system where the ½-acre burial grounds of the Shelby family sits amid the peaceful countryside of Lincol...
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As you enter the soft trails of the village, it's no longer the 21st century: you're immediately transported to the 1760s. You won't need your robo...
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Constitution Square is the site of the signing of Kentucky's Constitution in 1792. Stop into the Visitors Bureau at Grayson's Tavern to get a map o...
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On October 8, 1862, cannon explosions shattered the rural peace of this tranquil countryside and the death moans of young soldiers. Perryville beca...
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Twenty years before the 1849 gold rush in California, thousands of prospectors flocked into the Cherokee Nation in north Georgia, marking the true ...
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Antebellum house with three original outbuildings - slave quarters, smokehouse and ice house. Guided tours focus on the everyday lives of family an...
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Daniel Boone (1734-1820), known for his role in the exploring and settling of the Kentucky frontier decided that the settlement of Boonesborough ha...
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Circa 1815. Jeremiah Field, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, came with his family to settle in the Cherokee Nation at a site to be known as Fiel...
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John B. Broadwell was the great-grandson of Jesse Broadwell, an early (1838) settler of the area. Jesse obtained four land lots (160 acres) in Crab...
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The Dinsmore Sawmill was one of at least 30 sawmills in Milton County in the 1940s and 1950s. Some mills were fixed, others were portable so they c...
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This structure served the Birmingham community as one of seven militia district court-houses in Milton County. Rolls were maintained of eligible ma...
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By the time the first school was established here in 1874, the area had already been settled by several pioneer families. Many of their names appea...
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