St. Joseph

ID: 1109
This file appears in: Catholic Pioneers
St. Joseph

Shown in this postcard image is the Basilica of St. Joseph in Bardstown. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Catholic Pioneers

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #913 in Marion County notes the location of the first Catholic church west of the Allegheny Mountains. Kentucky’s earliest settlers came from the states of the mid-Atlantic region. While Virginia, Kentucky’s mother state,…