Tanner Street

ID: 3005
This file appears in: Tanner's Station, 1789

Reverend John Tanner and his family only stayed a few years in the place that became known as Tanner’s Station before moving to Missouri.
Courtesy of the Boone County Planning Commission

This file appears in: Tanner's Station, 1789

By Robin Edwards
Historical Marker #999 in Petersburg recognizes Tanner's Station as the first settlement in Boone County, Kentucky. In 1791, Baptist Reverend John Tanner and John Taylor bought 2000 acres along the…