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Hatuey (/ ɑːˈtweɪ /), also Hatüey (/ ˌɑːtuˈeɪ /; died 2 February 1512), was a Taíno Cacique (chief) of the Hispaniolan cacicazgo of Guanaba (in present-day La Gonave, Haiti). [1] He lived from the late 15th until the early 16th century. Chief Hatuey and many of his tribesmen travelled from present-day La Gonave by canoe to Cuba to ...
July 17, 1997. The John Hunt Morgan Memorial in Lexington, Kentucky, is a monument created during the Jim Crow era, as a tribute to Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, who was from Lexington and is buried in Lexington Cemetery. The monument was originally situated on the Courthouse Lawn at the junction of North Upper and East Main Street, [2 ...
37°47′15″N 79°26′31″W / 37.787500°N 79.441944°W / 37.787500; -79.441944 (Lee Chapel, Washington and Lee University) 11. Lexington and Covington Turnpike Toll House. Lexington and Covington Turnpike Toll House. November 27, 2004. (#04001268) 453 Lime Kiln Rd.
March 14, 1973. Gratz Park is a neighborhood and historic district located just north of downtown Lexington, Kentucky. It was named after early Lexington businessman Benjamin Gratz whose home stands on the corner of Mill and New streets at the edge of Gratz Park. The Gratz Park Historic District consists of 16 contributing buildings including ...
Headstones at Lexington Cemetery in Lexington, Ky on May 9, 2024. The cemetery is privately owned and operated by a board of directors and is not maintained by the city.
October 15, 1966. Designated NHL. December 19, 1960. Ashland is the name of the plantation of the 19th-century Kentucky statesman Henry Clay, [2] located in Lexington, Kentucky, in the central Bluegrass region of the state. The buildings were built by slaves who also grew and harvested hemp, farmed livestock, and cooked and cleaned for the Clays.
The house and 3.4 acres of land were purchased and restored by Save Our Heritage, a Concord non-profit that transferred ownership to the National Park Service in 2012. Lexington Battle Green, formerly known as Lexington Common, site of the first action on April 19, 1775, is part of the park's story, but the Town of Lexington owns and maintains it.
The monument was a gift to the Lexington Automobile Club from a local business executive named William M. Ingram. It was dedicated Nov. 20, 1926, according to a June 30, 1931, issue of the ...