Stories by author "Daniel Burge": 7
Stories
Marker #1498, "New Providence" [Presbyterian Church]
In October 1773, a group of men gathered in Philadelphia at the First Continental Congress and sent a petition to King George III, asking for the Intolerable Acts to be repealed. Five months earlier, and nearly seven hundred miles away, a different…
Marker #1335 "Early Gun Shop Site"
Born in New York, Benjamin Mills—who usually went by Ben—moved to Kentucky in the early 1840s. Where he learned how to make guns is not known, although there is a possibility that his father was a gunmaker. Mills established a gun shop in…
Mexican War, 1846-48
Historical Marker #964 in Paducah highlights the service of Kentucky’s soldiers during the Mexican-American War.
The U.S.-Mexican War began over a boundary dispute. In 1845, the United States annexed the Republic of Texas. Texas had claimed the…
Christopher "Kit" Carson
Historical Marker #79 in Richmond, Kentucky, notes the birthplace of western scout and soldier Christopher “Kit” Carson.
Carson was born in Madison County, Kentucky, near Richmond, in 1809. His father, a Revolutionary War veteran, moved the…
Buena Vista Furnace
Historical Marker #1010 in Boyd County notes the location of the Buena Vista Furnace. Established in 1847, it was named for the Mexican-American War battle fought that same year.
U.S. and Mexican forces clashed on February 22-23, 1847, a few…
Henry Clay, Jr.
Historical Marker #1 in Lexington notes the location of Ashland, the home and estate of Kentucky statesman Henry Clay. Henry Clay, Sr. was born in 1777 in Virginia. The son of a Baptist minister, Henry was the seventh of nine children. Clay worked…
General William O. Butler
Historical Marker #823 in Jessamine County commemorates the birthplace of General William O. Butler, a War of 1812 veteran.
William O. Butler was born in Jessamine County in 1791, into a notable military family. Butler’s father, along with four…