Simon Kenton's Tinderbox

ID: 1566
This file appears in: County Named, 1840
Simon Kenton's Tinderbox

This fire starter is believed to have belonged to Simon Kenton, the Kentucky frontiersman who explored the land with the likes of Daniel Boone, Isaac Shelby, and other noted pioneers. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: County Named, 1840

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #1168 commemorates the namesake of Kenton County, General Simon Kenton, who was an explorer and pioneer of early Kentucky. Born in Virginia on April 3, 1755, Kenton received no formal schooling as a boy, causing him to remain…