Simon Kenton

ID: 1097
This file appears in: Cartwright’s Station

Simon Kenton, shown here, explored a portion of Kentucky with Samuel Cartwright in 1774. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Cartwright’s Station

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1339 in Marion County notes the location of Cartwright’s Station, an important frontier post between the Cumberland Gap and the Falls of the Ohio River. Samuel Cartwright was an…