Butler Sword

ID: 692
This file appears in: Monterey
Butler Sword

This presentation sword was given to General William O. Butler by the U.S. Congress for his heroism in the Battle of Monterey. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Monterey

By Daniel J. Burge
Historical Marker #925 in Monterey notes that town’s association with steamboat travel and trade on the Kentucky River. Monterey, in Owen County, was originally named Williamsburg after James and Alexander Williams, who moved into the area around…