Stories by author "Tim Talbott and Christopher Beebout": 3
Stories
Sort by:
Steamboat Inventor
Historical Marker #944 in Bardstown (Nelson County) commemorates steamboat innovator John Fitch, whose pioneering work helped set the stage for a transportation revolution.
Fitch was born on…
Whiskey Row
Historical Marker #2104 in Louisville notes the historical significance of that city’s Main Street whiskey firms.
Louisville’s rise to become Kentucky’s largest city in the nineteenth century was…
Bottled Bourbon
Historical Marker #2103 in Louisville notes the significance of the “Old Forester” brand, which was the first commercially bottled bourbon.
It will likely never be known who produced the first…