Historical Marker #2198 in Murray commemorates the one-room schoolhouse that teacher Joseph Spillman Waters established in Calloway County. In 1838, the Kentucky General Assembly created the…

Historical Marker #200 near Dexter, Kentucky, notes the history of Wadesboro, which served as Calloway County's seat of government from 1822 to 1842. The first permanent settlement in the Jackson…

Historical Marker #1770 in Murray commemorates Harvey Boyce Taylor and his work on the Cooperative Program. Murray's First Baptist Church, under the leadership of Taylor, proposed a new unified…

Historical Marker #87 on the Murray State University campus remembers the life of inventor Nathan Beverly Stubblefield, who developed an early form of radio. The nineteenth century was a…

Historical Marker #1427 on the campus of Murray State University commemorates the school's history from normal school to regional teacher's college to state university. In part, Murray State owes…

Historical Marker #1373 in Calloway County commemorates Gerard Furnace, an important producer of pig iron in the far western part of Kentucky during the mid-nineteenth century. The production of…

Historical Marker #1263 in Murray commemorates the history of the first courthouse constructed in Calloway County. The Calloway County courthouse originally functioned as a one room log structure…

Historical Marker #825 in Murray honors early Kentucky explorer and settler Richard Callaway. Calloway County (spelled differently), which was established in 1822, is named for this pioneer…

Historical Marker #1977 on the Murray State University campus commemorates the life of Calloway County native and literary critic Cleanth Brooks. In the twentieth century, Brooks and other…

Historical Marker #1945 at Kirksey in Calloway County commemorates the history of Calloway Normal College, a teachers' school that operated from 1899 to 1913. The term "normal" was popularly used in…