Isaac Shelby

ID: 2252

This file appears in: First Courthouse

Former governor Isaac Shelby, pictured on this commemorative medal, assisted in the negotiation of the Jackson Purchase. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: First Courthouse

First Courthouse

By Katie Crawford-Lackey

Historical Marker #1263 in Murray commemorates the history of the first courthouse constructed in Calloway County. The Calloway County courthouse originally functioned as a one room log structure and was built in 1823, one year after the county…