A view up the Kentucky River near Gratz, Kentucky, Owen County

ID: 87
This file appears in: Owen County, Kentucky

A view up the Kentucky River near Gratz, Kentucky. Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Owen County, Kentucky

By Sanders
Historical Marker #831 commemorates Owen County for being named after a casualty of the Battle of Tippecanoe, a fight that some consider to be the unofficial beginning of the War of 1812. Born in…