Zachary Taylor

ID: 698
This file appears in: Monterey
Zachary Taylor

Gen. Zachary Taylor, pictured here, was the commander of United States forces at the Battle of Monterrey. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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…