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Columbus-Belmont State Park, on the shores of the Mississippi River in Hickman County, near Columbus, Kentucky, is the site of a Confederate fortification built during the American Civil War. The site was considered by both North and South to be strategically significant in gaining and keeping control of the Mississippi River .
The Irvington Historic District in Irvington, Kentucky is a 12.6 acres (5.1 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1] It is roughly bounded by CSX tracks, Third, Caroline and Walnut Streets. It included 20 contributing buildings, 12 contributing structures, and three contributing sites ...
The local post office was first established as Merino (for the nearby Mt. Merino Seminary) on February 16, 1885. However, two area businessmen, R.M. Jolly and Edgar L. Bennett, anticipating the route of the Louisville, St. Louis, and Texas Railroad, purchased 315 acres (127 ha) of farmland at the site and then, with the help of the railroad's employees, platted a new community over the 1888 ...
Map of the Trace. The Trace was created by millions of migrating bison that were numerous in the region from the Great Lakes to the Piedmont of North Carolina. [2] It was part of a greater buffalo migration route that extended from present-day Big Bone Lick State Park in Kentucky, through Bullitt's Lick, south of present-day Louisville, and across the Falls of the Ohio River to Indiana, then ...
Chicago: 1949–1974 Joyland Park South Side, Chicago: 1923–1925 Kiddieland Amusement Park: Melrose Park: 1929–2009 Demolished in 2010 Kiddytown Norridge: 1953–1964 Luna Park: Chicago: 1907–1911 Old Chicago: Bolingbrook: 1975–1980 Paul Boytons Chutes Park South Side, Chicago: 1894–1907 Playland Park Justice: 1950–1979 Riverview ...
The Mississippi River, viewed from Columbus-Belmont State Park. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 253 square miles (660 km 2), of which 242 square miles (630 km 2) is land and 11 square miles (28 km 2) (4.3%) is water. [9] The elevation in the county ranges from 276 to 510 feet (84 to 155 m) above sea level.
The Walpole Company, Indiana Company, and members of the Ohio Company reorganized, and on December 22, 1769, formed the Grand Ohio Company. [14] In 1772, the Grand Ohio Company received from the British government a grant of a large tract lying along the southern bank of the Ohio as far west as the mouth of the Scioto River . [ 15 ]
Columbus: The Daughters of the Union dedicated a sundial on the grounds of the Ohio State House in 1941, the 75th anniversary of the GAR. [73] Kettering: In 1901, The Old Guard Post 23 erected a cannon monument in Beavertown cemetery; Urbana: W. A. Brand Post No. 98 placed a G.A.R. Civil War artillery shell monument in Oak Dale Cemetery. W. A.