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Ernest Hogan
Historical Marker #2282, located in Bowling Green, KY (Warren County) honors the adventurous spirit and talented charisma of Black musician and comedian Ernest Hogan.
Ernest Reuben Crowdus Jr. was born on April 17, 1865 in Bowling Green to Reuben…
Fairness Ordinance
Historical Marker #2595 commemorates the historic passage of the first county-wide Fairness Ordinance in Kentucky, by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG) on July 9, 1999.
In January 1999 the city of Louisville had passed an…
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Hickman County, Kentucky
Historical Marker #895 in Clinton commemorates Hickman County being named for a War of 1812 casualty.
Paschal Hickman moved to Kentucky in 1784. The family settled in Frankfort, and Paschal's house was supposedly "near the railroad…
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Governor Beriah Magoffin
Historical Marker #786 in Magoffin County commemorates the county being named for Beriah Magoffin, one of Kentucky's Civil War governors.
A Harrodsburg lawyer, Magoffin became governor of Kentucky on the eve of the Civil War. Although…
Charles H. Parrish, Jr. (1899-1989)
Historical Marker #2008 notes contributions made to the University of Louisville by Charles H. Parrish, Jr., the institution's first African American professor.
Parrish's father was born into slavery in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1859.…
County Named, 1860
Historical Marker #783 in Dixon—Webster County's county seat—remembers the nineteenth century political giant, Daniel Webster, the county's namesake.
Daniel Webster made up one-third of the so-called "Great Triumvirate," which…
Nurse Mary W. Arvin
Historic Marker #2241 in Henderson County notes the location of the home of famed nurse Mary W. Arvin.
On April 21, 1879, Mary was born in Henderson, Kentucky, to William Meade and Beattie Towles Arvin. In 1904, she graduated from the School of…
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A project by Kentucky Historical SocietyThe Kentucky Historical Society invites you to explore Kentucky history online and on the road with the new "ExploreKYHistory" smartphone app! "ExploreKYHistory" takes the stories behind our community-driven historical markers, adds related items from the KHS collections and combines it into a historical tour of our Commonwealth.
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