C. Bedford Crenshaw
Bedford Crenshaw
Born (1972-03-01 ) March 1, 1972 (age 52) Occupation Certified Genius/General Nuisance/
I'm just a cute, charming, lovable, brilliant, modest, oh-so-humble Confederate-American Sphenisciform named C. Bedford Crenshaw. I have a Bachelors of History , Bachelors of Geography , and Masters of Liberal Studies (focusing on history and geography) from Indiana University Southeast and have completed all the coursework for a Ph.D. in Economic Geography , specializing in Historical Geography , at Indiana State University . I am a well-known writer of Magic: The Gathering articles on Cardshark.com , having been the first person rated #1 in the Louisville area. I am currently seeking a job in history, as I am burnt out on geography (which is why I'm taking a break from the Ph.D. attainment). My main interests on Wikipedia are the history and tourism opportunities of Indiana and Kentucky, especially my hometown of Jeffersonville (and Louisville ), and delving into my scholarly specialty: American history from the American Revolution to the War of Northern Aggression . I am most proud of my work on Basil W. Duke , Big Four Bridge , Thomas Hines , Indiana in the American Civil War , History of slavery in Indiana , Music of the American Civil War , and Indianapolis in the American Civil War , all seven GA's, and Beck's Mill , Richard Lieber , and the John Work House and Mill Site .
Consider me as the Portal Penguin, as I have done Portal:Louisville (featured), Portal:Kentucky (featured), Portal:Indianapolis (featured), Portal:Cincinnati , and Portal:Freemasonry . I've contemplated starting Portal:Lexington , and Portal:Southern Indiana .
I was a Wikipedian Administrator, but it was stolen from me without due process by a few fellow administrators who thought they should arbitrarily decide what should be and should not be on Wikipedia, despite WP:NOTCENSORED , and got me desysoped.
"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. " (Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting Jonathan Swift
Bedford is a participant in WikiProject Louisville open collaborative effort to coordinate and develop appropriate, comprehensive and well-connected content covering metropolitan Louisville, Kentucky and related subjects in the Wikipedia.
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File:CBCMap.png The places I have lived and been in the second greatest country ever, the United States of America , and the greatest country ever, the Confederate States of America . I, Casliber award Bedford with the Triple Crown Jewels for exceptional content improvements to Wikipedia. Thank you for all you do. Cheers, Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs ) 06:51, 27 June 2008 (UTC) Coordinator of the
By order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of the outstanding contribution you have made to the project's organization by going above and beyond the call of duty in tagging, assessing, and classifying a massive number of articles during the 2007 assessment drive. --ROGER DAVIES talk By order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of the outstanding contribution you have made to the project's organization by going above and beyond the call of duty in tagging, assessing, and classifying a massive number of articles during the 2007 assessment drive. --ROGER DAVIES talk
The Original Barnstar For all your excellent work in working on Louisville-related articles, including snapping photos for use in some of them. Your dedication to this project and the Wikipedia in general has been inspiring. Cheers!
Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 01:28, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar To Bedford, for your work on
Wikipedia Portals . Louisville and Kentucky are probably inspiring visitors as well as other portal editors. Thank you.
Susanlesch (
talk ) 05:00, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar You assesssed more than 1000 articles in
spring 2008 assessment drive . Wonderful!!
Solar -Poseidon 16:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
The Bluegrass Barnstar For all the great work you have done with Louisville and Kentucky articles, and for a really great start for
Portal:Louisville , I hereby award one of Wikipedia's newest barnstars. Behold, the
Bluegrass Barnstar ! Enjoy. :)
The Bluegrass Barnstar In honor of your hard work in getting
Portal:Louisville promoted to Featured Portal status, I award you the Bluegrass Barnstar. Your work on
Portal:Kentucky is also noted and appreciated. Keep up the great work.
Acdixon (talk • contribs • count 15:03, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
The Bluegrass Barnstar For your valiant and successful efforts to make both
Portal: Louisville and
Portal:Kentucky featured portals. Great job!
Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 18:32, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar For your fine work on
2000 articles in
Tag & Assess 2007 , by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this
Tireless Contributor's barnstar . --
ROGER DAVIES talk 15:30, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar Awarded to Bedford for ongoing hard work at
WP:MILHIST and
T:DYK .
Blnguyen (
vote in the photo straw poll ) 02:16, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar For your excellent work on
3000 articles in
Tag & Assess 2007 , by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this
Working Man's barnstar . --
ROGER DAVIES talk 15:30, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence For your outstanding work on
4000 articles in
Tag & Assess 2007 , by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this
Barnstar of Diligence . --
ROGER DAVIES talk 15:30, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
The Epic Barnstar For your remarkable work on
5000 articles in
Tag & Assess 2007 , by order of the coordinators I hereby present you with this
Barnstar of Diligence . --
ROGER DAVIES talk 23:52, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar Awarded for the tireless effort to place images on wikipedia. Probablly half the images on Wikiproject Louisville were taken by Bedford. Keep up the good photography skills.
Jahnx (
talk ) 10:41, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar I hereby award The Special Barnstar to you for your great contributions to the first half of WikiProject Biography Spring 2008 Assessment Drive. Keep doing well in second half of it. :)
Solar -Poseidon 22:17, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
The Indiana Barnstar I hereby award you, Bedford, the Indiana Barnstar for all your wonderful contributions to WikiProject Indiana, and in particular for help on
Indiana in the American Civil War . Great Work!
Charles Edward 18:55, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
The Biography Barnstar For your valiant efforts in the
Biography WikiProject's Spring 2008 drive . Many thanks!!
Wildhartlivie (
talk ) 22:49, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar Well, you have at least one person's support :) Thank you for all the work that you've done and remaining staunch in the face of breathtakingly stupid criticism.
naerii 17:47, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
The WikiProject Barnstar For your help with improving future
Milhist drives at the
2008 Tag & Assess workshop , please accept this WikiProject Barnstar. --
ROGER DAVIES talk 07:31, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
The Main Page Barnstar I've seen a four-for-one DYK, and a five-for-one DYK, but never a six-for-one DYK... until now. For your exceptional contributions in many articles, and adding a
truly unique hook to
Did you know? , I hereby award you the
Main Page Barnstar (Because for some reason I can't find a DYK barnstar) .
Hers fold (t /a /c ) 22:12, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
The 200 DYK Medal
Hi, well done. Its a lot of effort to create these articles and there are so many. A nice range of subjects centred on the subject of civil war. Well done. Victuallers (talk ) 08:56, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Contributions
I have started the following pages:
I have started the following pages:
Indiana
Clark County
Jeff Township
Rest of Clark
Floyd County
State Parks:
Indianapolis
Miscellaneous Indiana
Kentucky
Louisville
Nelson County
Others
War of Northern Aggression
Miscellaneous
And have been a huge influence on the following pages
Indiana
Kentucky
and have these 200+ DYK contributions
Indiana DYKs
... that in the case of Ex parte Milligan William A. Bowles Harrison H. Dodd Lambdin P. Milligan (pictured) were thrown out? May 5, 2009
... that half the pioneers who settled in northwestern Indiana used the Michigan Road February 18, 2009
... that Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (pictured) marks where Abraham Lincoln lived in Indiana , and where his sister and birth mother died? February 12, 2009
... that the Milton-Madison Bridge U.S. Route 421 across the Ohio River , is considered structurally poor and unable to handle modern truck traffic? February 6, 2009
... that the Indiana Rangers Texas Rangers ? January 26, 2009
... that to defend Indiana during the War of 1812 Harrison (pictured) had to recruit militia from Kentucky January 23, 2009
... that unlike most historical homes, the Paul Dresser Birthplace (pictured) in Terre Haute, Indiana , USA , reflects the furnishings of a working class family, not the well-to-do? January 17, 2009
... that sugar cream pie Indiana , USA? January 13, 2009
... that the power station that powered the Terminal Arcade interurbans from 1907 to 1940 had a 999-year lease ? January 6, 2009
... that the Abbott-Holloway Farm Bethlehem, Indiana December 28, 2008
... that two-thirds of pioneers arriving in Indiana from Louisville used the Buffalo Trace September 8, 2008
... that the Bell Ford Bridge Truss covered bridge to still stand, collapsing in January 2006? August 29, 2008
... that the Grand Lodge of Indiana Schofield House Madison, Indiana's historic district July 31, 2008
... that Stream Cliff Farm herb farm in Indiana ? July 29, 2008
... that the Crawford-Gilpin House wager in a poker game? July 26, 2008
... that the residents of Tippecanoe, Indiana in 1860 built a new school July 22, 2008
... that an Indianapolis architect was sent to Château de Malmaison to replicate a copy of it in Indianapolis' Washington Park neighborhood July 18, 2008
... that the base of the main memorial (pictured) at George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Frederic Charles Hirons July 17, 2008
... that an owner of the DeForest Skinner House railroad director in the United States ? July 16, 2008
... that Harold's Steer-In in Indianapolis ' North Irvington Gardens Historic District MasterCard commercial featuring quarterback Peyton Manning ? July 16, 2008
... that the Dr. Nelson Wilson House Eastlake stickwork done in brick instead of wood? July 10, 2008
... that construction of the courthouse (pictured) of the Rochester Downtown Historic District faux stones cemented upon them? July 10, 2008
... that the first fire department in Indianapolis July 8, 2008
... that Pryor Brock Farmstead Italianate buildings, around Zionsville, Indiana ? July 6, 2008
... that Vic Aldridge pitcher in World Series history? July 5, 2008
... that despite holding "front-porch" speeches at his house (pictured) during his presidential campaign in 1888 , Benjamin Harrison 's home would not have a front porch until 1896? June 21, 2008
... that five thousand people went to Eugene V. Debs' home June 19, 2008
... that Indiana 's Morgan-Monroe State Forest gold panning ? June 8, 2008
... that large sandstone boulders rest atop trees in Yellowwood State Forest (example pictured) and no one knows how they got there? June 6, 2008
... that Hardy Lake Indiana 's smallest reservoir at 741 acres of surface area? June 5, 2008
... that the state of Indiana in 1972 set aside 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) of Hoosier National Forest wild turkey to the Hoosier state? May 31, 2008
... that Indiana 's Muscatatuck State Park Indiana state park to need no additional financial assistance, even through it never charged admission? May 27, 2008
... that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service paid for the establishment of Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge Muscatatuck River waterfowl stamps ? May 22, 2008
... that a Confederate scouting party Indiana in June 1863 dressed as an Union army patrol searching for deserters? May 22, 2008
... that Indiana's state parks May 20, 2008
... that DePauw Avenue Historic District New Albany, Indiana , was once the summer estate of the man who owned two thirds of the plate glass business of the United States ? May 14, 2008
... that 37 people were killed during construction of the Big Four Bridge (pictured) connecting Louisville, Kentucky to Jeffersonville, Indiana across the Ohio River ?
...that two US Presidents, Thomas Jefferson and William Henry Harrison , are responsible for the layout of the Old Jeffersonville Historic District April 23, 2008
...that Shelby Place Historic District woodworking industries that revitalized New Albany, Indiana ? April 10, 2008
...that New Albany, Indiana 's Cedar Bough Place Louisville, Kentucky ? April 9, 2008
....that attractions at Indianapolis, Indiana 's White City Amusement Park incubators and a Mount Vesuvius reenactment?
...that 150 Irish from Indianapolis Fenian raids , an attempt to invade Canada from Buffalo, New York in 1866? March 17, 2008 ...that the Indiana state constitution specifically states that Indianapolis' Military Park March 12, 2008
...that it took 38 years to build the Indiana World War Memorial (pictured) , which deteriorated during its building?
...that the Murat Centre Shrine temple with a French name, and is the largest Shrine temple in North America ?
...that the Zouave Guards of Indianapolis American Civil War broke out, but their leader Francis A. Shoup (pictured) switched sides and joined the Confederates before the war began?March 6, 2008
...that a blue line marks where Pogue's Run downtown Indianapolis ? February 29, 2008
...that the Indiana Medical History Museum pathology laboratory in the U.S.? February 28, 2008
...that Indiana 's White River Park February 27, 2008
...that the Battle of Pogue's Run American Civil War in Indiana ? February 25, 2008
...that four Indiana counties gave land to create Whitewater Memorial State Park memorial to fallen American soldiers of World War II ? February 24, 2008
...that Clark State Forest Indiana 's largest Civilian Conservation Corps cantonment ? February 23, 2008
...that Caesars Indiana 'The Glory of Rome is the largest riverboat in North America , and the largest riverboat casino in the world?
...that the only New Deal housing project with spacious, wide-open areas was Lockefield Gardens February 7, 2008
...that visitors to James Whitcomb Riley's boyhood home Riley to write many of his poems, including Little Orphant Annie February 6, 2008
...that the construction of the James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home hardtack to Union troops in the American Civil War ? February 5, 2008
...that famed Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley would regularly supply the children of the Lockerbie Square candy on his walks? February 4, 2008
...that Indiana state governor Frank O'Bannon stayed at Fort Harrison State Park February 3, 2008
...that residents of Indianapolis came to the aid of Confederate prisoners of war at Camp Morton February 2, 2008
...that Jacob Piatt Dunn Indian Wars ? February 2, 2008
...that Indianapolis' Garfield Park Conservatory conservatory in the United States? February 2, 2008
...that the Indiana Historical Society Allegheny Mountains ? January 31, 2008
...that Adam R. Johnson's Newburgh Raid stovepipes , charred wood, a broken wagon, and only 27 men, resulted in the first capture of a northern town in the American Civil War ? January 26, 2008
...that no commercial boat has beaten the steamboat Robert E. Lee's 1870 speed record between New Orleans and St. Louis of 90 hours and 14 minutes to this day? January 12, 2008
...that during the American Civil War, Indiana January 9, 2008
...that Indianapolis 's Scottish Rite Cathedral Freemasonry in the United States , and features many measurements in multiples of 33? January 6, 2008
...that New Harmony's Atheneum Athena , the Athenaion? December 30, 2007
...that only eight of the planned 296 miles of the Indiana Central Canal Indiana being bankrupted by the Panic of 1837 ? December 14, 2007
...that the establishment of Camp Joe Holt Kentucky from fully seceding to the Confederate States of America , had to be done in Indiana ? November 18, 2007
...that despite having only $300,000 to the incumbent's $4 million in campaign funds, Greg Ballard Indianapolis , one of the biggest electoral upsets in Indiana history?November 13, 2007
...that Parke County, Indiana bills itself as the Covered Bridge Capital of the World covered bridges than any other county in the United States ? September 16, 2007
...that slavery existed in Indiana Indiana was always a free state above the Mason-Dixon line , and slavery had been outlawed in the region due to the Northwest Ordinance in 1787? June 5, 2007
...that German -born Richard Lieber Indiana state parks , started the trend of American state parks having inns and charging fees for using the parks, so that citizens would appreciate them more? May 20, 2007
...that the Kintner-Withers House 'plantation in the state of Indiana ? November 5, 2006.
...that in 1996 Andy Campbell, a ranger serving as Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation 'sSeptember 5, 2006
Kentucky DYKs
... that the Union Monument Vanceburg, Kentucky , is the only monument south of the Mason–Dixon line that honors Union soldiers that is not in a cemetery ? May 19, 2009
... that the 2007 dedication of the 1872-built Confederate Monument Crab Orchard, Kentucky , included Kentucky governor Ernie Fletcher and the United States Army ? May 18, 2009
... that the Kentucky Railway Museum (pictured) , next door to an historic hotel official state locomotive Kentucky , a "Jim Crow" car four-star hotel on rails gas-powered motor rail car southeastern United States ? February 13, 2009
... that Abraham Lincoln 's "earliest recollection" was of his boyhood home Knob Creek Farm (pictured) ? February 13, 2009
... that during the Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad 'vehicle ? February 13, 2009
... that Lincoln Homestead State Park Abraham Lincoln 's father Thomas proposed to his mother Nancy ? February 12, 2009
... that Hodgenville, Kentucky 's Abraham Lincoln Statue (pictured) was built to celebrate the centennial of Lincoln's birth a few miles away? February 12, 2009
... that Mordecai Lincoln House Washington County is the only home of a member of Abraham Lincoln 's family that still stands in Kentucky ? February 12, 2009
... that the Nancy Lincoln Inn Abraham Lincoln Birthplace N.H.S. ? February 11, 2009
... that the old stone jail Bardstown, Kentucky , an active prison from 1819 to 1987, is the last stone jail in operation in Kentucky ? February 5, 2009
... that in 1785, men between 16 and 50, who were not ministers, were required to help build Bardstown, Kentucky 's Cobblestone Path February 3, 2009
... that Bardstown, Kentucky 's Wickland Shelbyville, Kentucky 's Wickland February 2, 2009
... that the Old L & N Station Bardstown, Kentucky , was the state's only dry stone railroad station ? February 1, 2009
... that The Hunters of Kentucky Battle of New Orleans , was used as Andrew Jackson 's 1828 campaign song? January 30, 2009
... that Kentucky 's Great Saltpetre Cave saltpetre for the War of 1812 , was later used to film part of the 1997 Steven Seagal film Fire Down Below January 25, 2009
... that during the Battle of New Haven Confederate howitzer aimed at was not damaged, but the town's only hotel and bar were? January 21, 2009
... that Kentucky 's Cherokee State Park Kenlake State Resort Park blacks-only state park in the Southern United States ? January 20, 2009
... that the post office in Coxs Creek, Kentucky U.S. 31E January 19, 2009
... that the Confederate Monument (pictured) in Murray, Kentucky , is the only Civil War Monument in Kentucky to prominently feature Robert E. Lee ? November 20, 2008
... that the Confederate Monument Owensboro, Kentucky was sculpted by a Hungarian? November 18, 2008
... that the first railroad depot in Stanford, Kentucky Union general Ambrose Burnside and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad ? November 17, 2008
... that the Confederate Memorial Nicholasville, Kentucky , took sixteen years to fund, and was originally a statue of a Union soldier ? November 17, 2008
... that the Confederate Memorial Fulton, Kentucky is the only one in the state with a statue atop an arch ? November 12, 2008
... that in November 1864, Camp Nelson November 11, 2008
... that the Confederate Memorial Gateway Hickman, Kentucky took ten years and US$10,000 to build? November 10, 2008
... that the Union Station Owensboro, Kentucky was once turned into a discothèque and a pizza parlor? November 10, 2008
... that memorials to the Confederacy in Mayfield Kentucky include a fountain and a series of cemetery gates November 9, 2008
... that Kentucky 's Paducah Freight House November 9, 2008
... that a riot at Paducah, Kentucky 's Woolfolk Home Ulysses S. Grant 's promotion above his superior officer, Brigadier General Charles Ferguson Smith ? November 8, 2008
... that Paducah, Kentucky 's Lloyd Tilghman Memorial Marylander , and was built by an English immigrant from Boston ? November 8, 2008
... that Camp Beauregard American Civil War camp in western Kentucky , was abandoned in less than six months due to over 1,000 cases of typhoid and pneumonia ? November 7, 2008
... that the Wooldridge Monuments November 7, 2008
... that the Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument 10th Mississippi Infantry United States ? November 4, 2008
... that the William Forst House Confederate government of Kentucky was founded, commemorated nearby with the Confederate Monument in Russellville November 1, 2008
... that among Lexington, Kentucky's contributions to the American Civil War First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and Confederate leaders John C. Breckinridge and John Hunt Morgan ? October 30, 2008
... that the Russellville Historic District Kentucky , U.S. is the site of the first documented bank robbery of Jesse James ? October 29, 2008
... that visitors to the Old Talbott Tavern Bardstown, Kentucky's historic district King Louis-Philippe of France and Queen Marie of Romania ? September 6, 2008
... that horseshoeing was among the courses taught at the Masonic University September 5, 2008
... that D. W. Griffith bought a house for his mother August 13, 2008
... that Rob Morris's first home in La Grange, Kentucky Union army ? August 12, 2008
... that Kentucky judge John Milton Elliott August 10, 2008
... that magazines like the Southern Bivouac Southern Historical Society Papers Lost Cause of the Confederacy ?
... that Confederate spy Thomas Hines (pictured, left) had to escape Detroit by ferryboat due to being confused with assassin John Wilkes Booth (pictured, right) ? August 8, 2008
... that after switching sides multiple times during the American Civil War , Benjamin Anderson
... that although on private property, the Unknown Confederate Dead Monument (pictured) outside Perryville, Kentucky was built by the federal government sixty-six years after the battle ? August 4, 2008
... that the Confederate Monument in Perryville government of Kentucky to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Perryville , and 5,000–10,000 people attended its dedication?
... that the Union Monument in Perryville Kentucky dedicated to Union soldiers , and it took an act of Congress to build it? August 2, 2008
... that singer Elvis Presley (pictured) is said to have made an impromptu performance at Colonial Gardens in Louisville 's Senning's Park July 28, 2008
... that the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home Grand Lodge of Kentucky North America ? July 26, 2008
... that Riverside Drive Historic District Covington, Kentucky marks where the first white settlers in the Cincinnati area lived? July 5, 2008
... that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building Louisville, Kentucky is one of the largest commercial Beaux Arts buildings still in existence?
... that Jenny Wiley State Resort Park Cherokees , after her three-month-old child was killed by tomahawk ? June 18, 2008
... that less than an acre remains of the original 400-acre (160 ha) property of the Zachary Taylor House Richard Taylor June 18, 2008
... that the United States owns all of Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Zachary Taylor and his family are actually buried? June 17, 2008
... that Taylorsville Lake State Park lake in Kentucky ? June 15, 2008
... that the Latham Confederate Monument Hopkinsville, Kentucky was supposed to honor both Confederate and Union soldiers? June 14, 2008
... that the L & N Railroad depot Hopkinsville, Kentucky 's commercial district Louisville and Nashville Railroad due to the fact that one could legally purchase alcohol there? June 14, 2008
... that Hopkinsville, Kentucky 's tribute to Confederate veterans fountain ? June 12, 2008
... that 13 separate churches served the German population of Louisville June 11, 2008
... that the oldest firehouse still standing Louisville , Kentucky was once a church? May 30, 2008
... that the Captain Andrew Offutt Monument Civil War related monuments in Kentucky to stress strong Union sentiment? May 28, 2008
... that among the ways the citizens of Danville, Kentucky memorialized Confederate forces locally May 27, 2008
... that the Colored Soldiers Monument Frankfort, Kentucky is the only one dedicated to Black Union soldiers in Kentucky , and only one of four in the United States ? May 22, 2008
... that Kentucky 's Livermore Bridge McLean County , but passes over two rivers and Ohio County to reach its destination? May 20, 2008
... that the oldest courthouse west of the Allegheny Mountains is in the historic district of Greensburg, Kentucky May 19, 2008
... that Jimmy Doolittle commanded a 22 plane demonstration celebrating the opening of Henderson, Kentucky 's Audubon Memorial Bridge May 18, 2008
... that Kentucky 's Union County largely supported the Confederacy in the Civil War and built a monument to its Confederate dead May 18, 2008
... that the 1911 Confederate Dedication Day ceremony key speakers at the Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument Union officers ? May 17, 2008
... that the Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument Morgantown, Kentucky was built due to the feelings of reconciliation following the Spanish-American War ? May 17, 2008
... that Union general Stephen G. Burbridge spent many years trying to remove the letters CSA from the Thompson and Powell Martyrs Monument (pictured) ? May 16, 2008
... that Ulysses S. Grant sent his family to live in the Licking Riverside neighborhood Covington, Kentucky in 1862? May 13, 2008
... that Theodore O'Hara 's Bivouac of the Dead American Civil War memorials Kentucky soldiers in Latin America a decade before the War? May 10, 2008
... that the portrait bust of the Beriah Magoffin Monument Harrodsburg, Kentucky was built in Neoclassical style, a style more commonly used a century before the monument was constructed?
... that Daniel Carter Beard 's boyhood home National Historic Landmark ? May 8, 2008
... that the first public library in Covington, Kentucky was built by its Trinity Episcopal Church
... that the G.A.R. Monument Covington, Kentucky is the only American Civil War monument in the Bluegrass state shaped like a sarcophagus ? May 3, 2008
... that the Veteran's Monument in Covington Kentucky is the state's only Civil War platform memorial and also the only one referring to that conflict as the "War Between the States"? May 3, 2008
...that the first refuge from malaria that residents of Memphis, Tennessee had in 1878 was Bowling Green's Louisville and Nashville Railroad Station April 30, 2008
...that the Confederate Monument Glasgow, Kentucky honors Confederate soldiers of Glasgow and Barren County, Kentucky , who won more Southern Cross of Honors than those from any other Kentucky county? April 27, 2008
...that the Bourbon County Confederate Monument (pictured) is unique for being shaped like a thirty-foot (nine-meter) chimney ? March 29, 2008
...that the French once had an outpost called La Belle, where Louisville March 28, 2008
...that the Confederate Monument Cynthiana, Kentucky was the first monument to the Confederate States of America in Kentucky , and long believed to be the first one anywhere? March 28, 2008
...that three-foot tall stone slabs were placed every five miles to mark the boundary between Kentucky and Tennessee March 23, 2008
...that when built in 1868, Louisville 's Fourteenth Street Bridge bridge in the United States? March 22, 2008
...that the influx of Irish to Louisville (example of Irish-built housing pictured) led to the diminishing of slaves in Louisville by 1860? March 17, 2008 ...that the Kentucky Irish American Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman ? March 17, 2008 ...that Basil W. Duke L&N Railroad after the American Civil War , even though he led many efforts in destroying their property during the war? February 27, 2007
...that the hiring of Tom Jurich University of Louisville was dubbed "the most significant day in the recent history of college sports in Kentucky "? February 27, 2007
...that eighteen fallen Confederate soldiers were moved when the Confederate Monument in Georgetown February 16, 2008
...that the oldest black church in Kentucky is the Second Christian Church in Midway, Kentucky's historic district February 16, 2008
...that most of the American Civil War events in Midway, Kentucky , including that which the Martyrs Monument in Midway horses ?
...that Louisville's Union Station southern United States ? February 11, 2008
...that the United States Navy 's Naval Ordnance Station Louisville, Kentucky was chosen due to being so far inland as to prevent enemy airstrikes? January 30, 2008
...that Bullitt's Lick salt in what is now the Commonwealth of Kentucky ? January 28, 2008
...that the Pewee Valley Confederate Memorial American Civil War obelisk monument in Kentucky to be made of zinc ? January 27, 2008
...that the hollow log pipes of the 1787 Mann's Lick 1940s ? January 26, 2007
...that over 10,000 people attended the 1876 dedication of the Confederate Monument Bowling Green, Kentucky ? January 25, 2008
...that the Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument Hart County, Kentucky is unique for being built with geodes , and for honoring a Louisiana soldier who died accidentally by his own rifle?January 25, 2008
...that the story of Stephen Foster visiting what is now My Old Kentucky Home State Park January 21, 2008
...that Queen Elizabeth II was given a Louisville Stoneware musical box at the 2007 Kentucky Derby ? January 21, 2008
...that none of Louisville's fortifications American Civil War were ever used, as Louisville was never endangered while they existed? January 21, 2008
..that the St. James-Belgravia Historic District Louisville, Kentucky , the site of the 1883-87 Southern Exposition , has buildings modeled after London 's Belgravia ? January 20, 2008
...that the statue of King Louis XVI built in 1829, currently at the Metro Hall Louisville, Kentucky , was endangered by the Second French Revolution in 1830?
...that the traditional song Happy Birthday to You Little Loomhouse Louisville, Kentucky ? January 15, 2008
...that Louisville's Eleven Jones Cave beetle , Pseudanophthalmus troglodytes ? January 15, 2008
...that the Ladies' Confederate Memorial Lexington, Kentucky was described by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper as "the most perfect thing of its kind in the South"? January 11, 2008
...that only 10% of the monuments to the American Civil War in Kentucky January 8, 2008
...that the Rowan County War Rowan County, Kentucky , and the founding of what would become Morehead State University ? December 27, 2007
...that American Civil War leader William Tecumseh Sherman said, "No single body of men can claim more honor for the grand result than the officers and men of the Louisville Legion December 20, 2007
...that John Hunt Morgan 's beloved mare , Black Bess, was portrayed as a stallion in the John Hunt Morgan Memorial Pompeo Coppini , believed "No hero should bestride a mare! "? September 1, 2007
...that the Prussian Nicola Marschall Confederate States of America 's first flag, the Stars & Bars ? August 29, 2007
...that the United States Marine Hospital Louisville, Kentucky is considered the best remaining antebellum hospital in the US ? May 30, 2007
...that the Louisville Water Tower water tower in the world? May 13, 2007
...that the 32nd Indiana Monument Cave Hill Cemetery is the oldest surviving monument of the American Civil War ? May 11, 2007.
...that the average speed of the contestants in the Great Steamboat Race Kentucky Derby , is only 7 miles per hour ? May 2, 2007.
Elsewhere
... that a persimmon regiment persimmons ?September 17, 2009
... that six Prussians Union army in the American Civil War ? April 25, 2009
... that 42 Australians Confederate ship CSS Shenandoah (pictured) when the vessel was docked outside Melbourne ? February 23, 2009
... that the recently announced Marianna Fault Arkansas was discovered due to the stretches of fine sand in otherwise fertile soil ? February 6, 2009
... that although composed in late 1812, the popular Canadian War of 1812 song The Bold Canadian January 30, 2009
... that a bounty jumper Adam Worth (pictured) , became the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's fictional villain Professor Moriarty ? January 11, 2009
... that chee kufta Armenian raw meat dish similar to steak tartare ? January 10, 2009
... that secessionists in St. Augustine, Florida town's fort (pictured) three days before Florida actually seceded from the United States? January 9, 2009
... that American Civil War soldiers celebrated Christmas salt pork and hardtack as ornaments on Christmas trees? December 24, 2008
...that George Julian Zolnay (pictured) , the so-called "sculptor of the Confederacy ," was actually Hungarian and did not move to the United States until decades after the Confederacy had ceased to exist? November 19, 2008
... that among the ghost sightings involving the American Civil War ghost reenacting one of his defeats in a battle that took place 415 miles (668 km) away? October 31, 2008
... that The Witchery of Archery Maurice Thompson in 1878, was the first book about hunting with a bow ever published? October 31, 2008
... that only three novels catering to soldiers' sexual proclivities during the American Civil War October 25, 2008
... that the American Civil War saw buglers (infantry band pictured) required to learn forty-nine separate calls October 21, 2008
... that salt workers in the Confederate States of America October 20, 2008
... that the Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home Alabama ? October 18, 2008
... that over 3,000 Nebraskans participated in the American Civil War killed in action ? October 16, 2008
... that due to the American Civil War, the Bahamas imports increase by a factor of 23, and exports increase by a factor of 29.6? August 18, 2008
... that Union Army officials offered US$ 5,000 for the scalp of Confederate Cherokee William Holland Thomas ? August 17, 2008
... that Abraham Lincoln called the Beefsteak Raid cattle-stealing " he ever heard of? August 16, 2008
... that the last Confederate general to surrender, Stand Watie , did so in Oklahoma August 16, 2008
... that the last living veteran of the Civil War in Idaho August 15, 2008
... that Union general John A. Logan seized a Confederate general's house Columbia, South Carolina in 1865? August 15, 2008
... that Charles Dickens once wrote that in Civil War-era Montana Varina Davis , the first lady of the Confederate States of America ? August 14, 2008
... that the Cheonhado world map developed in Korea during the 17th century that displays both real and fictional places? August 1, 2008
... that after a gift of candles they sent was mentioned on the Rush Limbaugh Show Wicks n' More August 1, 2008
... that the Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial Battle of Gettysburg , due to both being Freemasons ? July 25, 2008
... that Confederate president Jefferson Davis had a young mulatto ward named Jim Limber June 26, 2008
... that Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Andrew Johnson 's daughter? June 20, 2008
... that Virginia City boomtowns ? June 18, 2008
... that Edward, Prince of Wales stayed at Perry Belmont's House Washington D.C. at the behest of President Woodrow Wilson ? June 13, 2008
... that the only time a Confederate flag was displayed in Nevada during the American Civil War saloon ? June 10, 2008
... that some Aleutian natives were still enslaved in Alaska June 3, 2008
... that by the time Fort Scott May 31, 2008
... that Eisenhower's home Mamie Eisenhower 's whims?
... that soldiers from Fort Benning patrolled the woods around the Little White House World War II ?
... that prehistoric people used the same 89 °F (32 °C) warm springs Franklin Delano Roosevelt would use in the 20th century? May 28, 2008
... that after writing Confederates in the Attic Tony Horwitz was sued for calling Alberta Martin 's husband a deserter in the book? May 14, 2008
... that the 27th U.S. President William Howard Taft 's boyhood home funeral parlor ?
...that Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park 'sBattle of Sayler's Creek in April 1865?
...that the South Carolina secessionists had to relocate from their original meeting site at Columbia 's First Baptist Church smallpox outbreak?
...that Jefferson Davis conceded the American Civil War at the Burt-Stark Mansion February 28, 2008
...that the captain of the steamboat Natchez bacon and hog fat in its engines, and giving his men whiskey ? January 13, 2008
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... that in the case of Ex parte Milligan William A. Bowles Harrison H. Dodd Lambdin P. Milligan (pictured) were thrown out? May 5, 2009
... that half the pioneers who settled in northwestern Indiana used the Michigan Road February 18, 2009
... that Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial (pictured) marks where Abraham Lincoln lived in Indiana , and where his sister and birth mother died? February 12, 2009
... that the Milton-Madison Bridge U.S. Route 421 across the Ohio River , is considered structurally poor and unable to handle modern truck traffic? February 6, 2009
... that the Indiana Rangers Texas Rangers ? January 26, 2009
... that to defend Indiana during the War of 1812 Harrison (pictured) had to recruit militia from Kentucky January 23, 2009
... that unlike most historical homes, the Paul Dresser Birthplace (pictured) in Terre Haute, Indiana , USA , reflects the furnishings of a working class family, not the well-to-do? January 17, 2009
... that sugar cream pie Indiana , USA? January 13, 2009
... that the power station that powered the Terminal Arcade interurbans from 1907 to 1940 had a 999-year lease ? January 6, 2009
... that the Abbott-Holloway Farm Bethlehem, Indiana December 28, 2008
... that two-thirds of pioneers arriving in Indiana from Louisville used the Buffalo Trace September 8, 2008
... that the Bell Ford Bridge Truss covered bridge to still stand, collapsing in January 2006? August 29, 2008
... that the Grand Lodge of Indiana Schofield House Madison, Indiana's historic district July 31, 2008
... that Stream Cliff Farm herb farm in Indiana ? July 29, 2008
... that the Crawford-Gilpin House wager in a poker game? July 26, 2008
... that the residents of Tippecanoe, Indiana in 1860 built a new school July 22, 2008
... that an Indianapolis architect was sent to Château de Malmaison to replicate a copy of it in Indianapolis' Washington Park neighborhood July 18, 2008
... that the base of the main memorial (pictured) at George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Frederic Charles Hirons July 17, 2008
... that an owner of the DeForest Skinner House railroad director in the United States ? July 16, 2008
... that Harold's Steer-In in Indianapolis ' North Irvington Gardens Historic District MasterCard commercial featuring quarterback Peyton Manning ? July 16, 2008
... that the Dr. Nelson Wilson House Eastlake stickwork done in brick instead of wood? July 10, 2008
... that construction of the courthouse (pictured) of the Rochester Downtown Historic District faux stones cemented upon them? July 10, 2008
... that the first fire department in Indianapolis July 8, 2008
... that Pryor Brock Farmstead Italianate buildings, around Zionsville, Indiana ? July 6, 2008
... that Vic Aldridge pitcher in World Series history? July 5, 2008
... that despite holding "front-porch" speeches at his house (pictured) during his presidential campaign in 1888 , Benjamin Harrison 's home would not have a front porch until 1896? June 21, 2008
... that five thousand people went to Eugene V. Debs' home June 19, 2008
... that Indiana 's Morgan-Monroe State Forest gold panning ? June 8, 2008
... that large sandstone boulders rest atop trees in Yellowwood State Forest (example pictured) and no one knows how they got there? June 6, 2008
... that Hardy Lake Indiana 's smallest reservoir at 741 acres of surface area? June 5, 2008
... that the state of Indiana in 1972 set aside 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) of Hoosier National Forest wild turkey to the Hoosier state? May 31, 2008
... that Indiana 's Muscatatuck State Park Indiana state park to need no additional financial assistance, even through it never charged admission? May 27, 2008
... that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service paid for the establishment of Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge Muscatatuck River waterfowl stamps ? May 22, 2008
... that a Confederate scouting party Indiana in June 1863 dressed as an Union army patrol searching for deserters? May 22, 2008
... that Indiana's state parks May 20, 2008
... that DePauw Avenue Historic District New Albany, Indiana , was once the summer estate of the man who owned two thirds of the plate glass business of the United States ? May 14, 2008
... that 37 people were killed during construction of the Big Four Bridge (pictured) connecting Louisville, Kentucky to Jeffersonville, Indiana across the Ohio River ?
...that two US Presidents, Thomas Jefferson and William Henry Harrison , are responsible for the layout of the Old Jeffersonville Historic District April 23, 2008
...that Shelby Place Historic District woodworking industries that revitalized New Albany, Indiana ? April 10, 2008
...that New Albany, Indiana 's Cedar Bough Place Louisville, Kentucky ? April 9, 2008
....that attractions at Indianapolis, Indiana 's White City Amusement Park incubators and a Mount Vesuvius reenactment?
...that 150 Irish from Indianapolis Fenian raids , an attempt to invade Canada from Buffalo, New York in 1866? March 17, 2008 ...that the Indiana state constitution specifically states that Indianapolis' Military Park March 12, 2008
...that it took 38 years to build the Indiana World War Memorial (pictured) , which deteriorated during its building?
...that the Murat Centre Shrine temple with a French name, and is the largest Shrine temple in North America ?
...that the Zouave Guards of Indianapolis American Civil War broke out, but their leader Francis A. Shoup (pictured) switched sides and joined the Confederates before the war began?March 6, 2008
...that a blue line marks where Pogue's Run downtown Indianapolis ? February 29, 2008
...that the Indiana Medical History Museum pathology laboratory in the U.S.? February 28, 2008
...that Indiana 's White River Park February 27, 2008
...that the Battle of Pogue's Run American Civil War in Indiana ? February 25, 2008
...that four Indiana counties gave land to create Whitewater Memorial State Park memorial to fallen American soldiers of World War II ? February 24, 2008
...that Clark State Forest Indiana 's largest Civilian Conservation Corps cantonment ? February 23, 2008
...that Caesars Indiana 'The Glory of Rome is the largest riverboat in North America , and the largest riverboat casino in the world?
...that the only New Deal housing project with spacious, wide-open areas was Lockefield Gardens February 7, 2008
...that visitors to James Whitcomb Riley's boyhood home Riley to write many of his poems, including Little Orphant Annie February 6, 2008
...that the construction of the James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home hardtack to Union troops in the American Civil War ? February 5, 2008
...that famed Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley would regularly supply the children of the Lockerbie Square candy on his walks? February 4, 2008
...that Indiana state governor Frank O'Bannon stayed at Fort Harrison State Park February 3, 2008
...that residents of Indianapolis came to the aid of Confederate prisoners of war at Camp Morton February 2, 2008
...that Jacob Piatt Dunn Indian Wars ? February 2, 2008
...that Indianapolis' Garfield Park Conservatory conservatory in the United States? February 2, 2008
...that the Indiana Historical Society Allegheny Mountains ? January 31, 2008
...that Adam R. Johnson's Newburgh Raid stovepipes , charred wood, a broken wagon, and only 27 men, resulted in the first capture of a northern town in the American Civil War ? January 26, 2008
...that no commercial boat has beaten the steamboat Robert E. Lee's 1870 speed record between New Orleans and St. Louis of 90 hours and 14 minutes to this day? January 12, 2008
...that during the American Civil War, Indiana January 9, 2008
...that Indianapolis 's Scottish Rite Cathedral Freemasonry in the United States , and features many measurements in multiples of 33? January 6, 2008
...that New Harmony's Atheneum Athena , the Athenaion? December 30, 2007
...that only eight of the planned 296 miles of the Indiana Central Canal Indiana being bankrupted by the Panic of 1837 ? December 14, 2007
...that the establishment of Camp Joe Holt Kentucky from fully seceding to the Confederate States of America , had to be done in Indiana ? November 18, 2007
...that despite having only $300,000 to the incumbent's $4 million in campaign funds, Greg Ballard Indianapolis , one of the biggest electoral upsets in Indiana history?November 13, 2007
...that Parke County, Indiana bills itself as the Covered Bridge Capital of the World covered bridges than any other county in the United States ? September 16, 2007
...that slavery existed in Indiana Indiana was always a free state above the Mason-Dixon line , and slavery had been outlawed in the region due to the Northwest Ordinance in 1787? June 5, 2007
...that German -born Richard Lieber Indiana state parks , started the trend of American state parks having inns and charging fees for using the parks, so that citizens would appreciate them more? May 20, 2007
...that the Kintner-Withers House 'plantation in the state of Indiana ? November 5, 2006.
...that in 1996 Andy Campbell, a ranger serving as Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation 'sSeptember 5, 2006
Kentucky DYKs
... that the Union Monument Vanceburg, Kentucky , is the only monument south of the Mason–Dixon line that honors Union soldiers that is not in a cemetery ? May 19, 2009
... that the 2007 dedication of the 1872-built Confederate Monument Crab Orchard, Kentucky , included Kentucky governor Ernie Fletcher and the United States Army ? May 18, 2009
... that the Kentucky Railway Museum (pictured) , next door to an historic hotel official state locomotive Kentucky , a "Jim Crow" car four-star hotel on rails gas-powered motor rail car southeastern United States ? February 13, 2009
... that Abraham Lincoln 's "earliest recollection" was of his boyhood home Knob Creek Farm (pictured) ? February 13, 2009
... that during the Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad 'vehicle ? February 13, 2009
... that Lincoln Homestead State Park Abraham Lincoln 's father Thomas proposed to his mother Nancy ? February 12, 2009
... that Hodgenville, Kentucky 's Abraham Lincoln Statue (pictured) was built to celebrate the centennial of Lincoln's birth a few miles away? February 12, 2009
... that Mordecai Lincoln House Washington County is the only home of a member of Abraham Lincoln 's family that still stands in Kentucky ? February 12, 2009
... that the Nancy Lincoln Inn Abraham Lincoln Birthplace N.H.S. ? February 11, 2009
... that the old stone jail Bardstown, Kentucky , an active prison from 1819 to 1987, is the last stone jail in operation in Kentucky ? February 5, 2009
... that in 1785, men between 16 and 50, who were not ministers, were required to help build Bardstown, Kentucky 's Cobblestone Path February 3, 2009
... that Bardstown, Kentucky 's Wickland Shelbyville, Kentucky 's Wickland February 2, 2009
... that the Old L & N Station Bardstown, Kentucky , was the state's only dry stone railroad station ? February 1, 2009
... that The Hunters of Kentucky Battle of New Orleans , was used as Andrew Jackson 's 1828 campaign song? January 30, 2009
... that Kentucky 's Great Saltpetre Cave saltpetre for the War of 1812 , was later used to film part of the 1997 Steven Seagal film Fire Down Below January 25, 2009
... that during the Battle of New Haven Confederate howitzer aimed at was not damaged, but the town's only hotel and bar were? January 21, 2009
... that Kentucky 's Cherokee State Park Kenlake State Resort Park blacks-only state park in the Southern United States ? January 20, 2009
... that the post office in Coxs Creek, Kentucky U.S. 31E January 19, 2009
... that the Confederate Monument (pictured) in Murray, Kentucky , is the only Civil War Monument in Kentucky to prominently feature Robert E. Lee ? November 20, 2008
... that the Confederate Monument Owensboro, Kentucky was sculpted by a Hungarian? November 18, 2008
... that the first railroad depot in Stanford, Kentucky Union general Ambrose Burnside and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad ? November 17, 2008
... that the Confederate Memorial Nicholasville, Kentucky , took sixteen years to fund, and was originally a statue of a Union soldier ? November 17, 2008
... that the Confederate Memorial Fulton, Kentucky is the only one in the state with a statue atop an arch ? November 12, 2008
... that in November 1864, Camp Nelson November 11, 2008
... that the Confederate Memorial Gateway Hickman, Kentucky took ten years and US$10,000 to build? November 10, 2008
... that the Union Station Owensboro, Kentucky was once turned into a discothèque and a pizza parlor? November 10, 2008
... that memorials to the Confederacy in Mayfield Kentucky include a fountain and a series of cemetery gates November 9, 2008
... that Kentucky 's Paducah Freight House November 9, 2008
... that a riot at Paducah, Kentucky 's Woolfolk Home Ulysses S. Grant 's promotion above his superior officer, Brigadier General Charles Ferguson Smith ? November 8, 2008
... that Paducah, Kentucky 's Lloyd Tilghman Memorial Marylander , and was built by an English immigrant from Boston ? November 8, 2008
... that Camp Beauregard American Civil War camp in western Kentucky , was abandoned in less than six months due to over 1,000 cases of typhoid and pneumonia ? November 7, 2008
... that the Wooldridge Monuments November 7, 2008
... that the Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument 10th Mississippi Infantry United States ? November 4, 2008
... that the William Forst House Confederate government of Kentucky was founded, commemorated nearby with the Confederate Monument in Russellville November 1, 2008
... that among Lexington, Kentucky's contributions to the American Civil War First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and Confederate leaders John C. Breckinridge and John Hunt Morgan ? October 30, 2008
... that the Russellville Historic District Kentucky , U.S. is the site of the first documented bank robbery of Jesse James ? October 29, 2008
... that visitors to the Old Talbott Tavern Bardstown, Kentucky's historic district King Louis-Philippe of France and Queen Marie of Romania ? September 6, 2008
... that horseshoeing was among the courses taught at the Masonic University September 5, 2008
... that D. W. Griffith bought a house for his mother August 13, 2008
... that Rob Morris's first home in La Grange, Kentucky Union army ? August 12, 2008
... that Kentucky judge John Milton Elliott August 10, 2008
... that magazines like the Southern Bivouac Southern Historical Society Papers Lost Cause of the Confederacy ?
... that Confederate spy Thomas Hines (pictured, left) had to escape Detroit by ferryboat due to being confused with assassin John Wilkes Booth (pictured, right) ? August 8, 2008
... that after switching sides multiple times during the American Civil War , Benjamin Anderson
... that although on private property, the Unknown Confederate Dead Monument (pictured) outside Perryville, Kentucky was built by the federal government sixty-six years after the battle ? August 4, 2008
... that the Confederate Monument in Perryville government of Kentucky to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Perryville , and 5,000–10,000 people attended its dedication?
... that the Union Monument in Perryville Kentucky dedicated to Union soldiers , and it took an act of Congress to build it? August 2, 2008
... that singer Elvis Presley (pictured) is said to have made an impromptu performance at Colonial Gardens in Louisville 's Senning's Park July 28, 2008
... that the Masonic Widows and Orphans Home Grand Lodge of Kentucky North America ? July 26, 2008
... that Riverside Drive Historic District Covington, Kentucky marks where the first white settlers in the Cincinnati area lived? July 5, 2008
... that the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building Louisville, Kentucky is one of the largest commercial Beaux Arts buildings still in existence?
... that Jenny Wiley State Resort Park Cherokees , after her three-month-old child was killed by tomahawk ? June 18, 2008
... that less than an acre remains of the original 400-acre (160 ha) property of the Zachary Taylor House Richard Taylor June 18, 2008
... that the United States owns all of Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Zachary Taylor and his family are actually buried? June 17, 2008
... that Taylorsville Lake State Park lake in Kentucky ? June 15, 2008
... that the Latham Confederate Monument Hopkinsville, Kentucky was supposed to honor both Confederate and Union soldiers? June 14, 2008
... that the L & N Railroad depot Hopkinsville, Kentucky 's commercial district Louisville and Nashville Railroad due to the fact that one could legally purchase alcohol there? June 14, 2008
... that Hopkinsville, Kentucky 's tribute to Confederate veterans fountain ? June 12, 2008
... that 13 separate churches served the German population of Louisville June 11, 2008
... that the oldest firehouse still standing Louisville , Kentucky was once a church? May 30, 2008
... that the Captain Andrew Offutt Monument Civil War related monuments in Kentucky to stress strong Union sentiment? May 28, 2008
... that among the ways the citizens of Danville, Kentucky memorialized Confederate forces locally May 27, 2008
... that the Colored Soldiers Monument Frankfort, Kentucky is the only one dedicated to Black Union soldiers in Kentucky , and only one of four in the United States ? May 22, 2008
... that Kentucky 's Livermore Bridge McLean County , but passes over two rivers and Ohio County to reach its destination? May 20, 2008
... that the oldest courthouse west of the Allegheny Mountains is in the historic district of Greensburg, Kentucky May 19, 2008
... that Jimmy Doolittle commanded a 22 plane demonstration celebrating the opening of Henderson, Kentucky 's Audubon Memorial Bridge May 18, 2008
... that Kentucky 's Union County largely supported the Confederacy in the Civil War and built a monument to its Confederate dead May 18, 2008
... that the 1911 Confederate Dedication Day ceremony key speakers at the Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument Union officers ? May 17, 2008
... that the Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument Morgantown, Kentucky was built due to the feelings of reconciliation following the Spanish-American War ? May 17, 2008
... that Union general Stephen G. Burbridge spent many years trying to remove the letters CSA from the Thompson and Powell Martyrs Monument (pictured) ? May 16, 2008
... that Ulysses S. Grant sent his family to live in the Licking Riverside neighborhood Covington, Kentucky in 1862? May 13, 2008
... that Theodore O'Hara 's Bivouac of the Dead American Civil War memorials Kentucky soldiers in Latin America a decade before the War? May 10, 2008
... that the portrait bust of the Beriah Magoffin Monument Harrodsburg, Kentucky was built in Neoclassical style, a style more commonly used a century before the monument was constructed?
... that Daniel Carter Beard 's boyhood home National Historic Landmark ? May 8, 2008
... that the first public library in Covington, Kentucky was built by its Trinity Episcopal Church
... that the G.A.R. Monument Covington, Kentucky is the only American Civil War monument in the Bluegrass state shaped like a sarcophagus ? May 3, 2008
... that the Veteran's Monument in Covington Kentucky is the state's only Civil War platform memorial and also the only one referring to that conflict as the "War Between the States"? May 3, 2008
...that the first refuge from malaria that residents of Memphis, Tennessee had in 1878 was Bowling Green's Louisville and Nashville Railroad Station April 30, 2008
...that the Confederate Monument Glasgow, Kentucky honors Confederate soldiers of Glasgow and Barren County, Kentucky , who won more Southern Cross of Honors than those from any other Kentucky county? April 27, 2008
...that the Bourbon County Confederate Monument (pictured) is unique for being shaped like a thirty-foot (nine-meter) chimney ? March 29, 2008
...that the French once had an outpost called La Belle, where Louisville March 28, 2008
...that the Confederate Monument Cynthiana, Kentucky was the first monument to the Confederate States of America in Kentucky , and long believed to be the first one anywhere? March 28, 2008
...that three-foot tall stone slabs were placed every five miles to mark the boundary between Kentucky and Tennessee March 23, 2008
...that when built in 1868, Louisville 's Fourteenth Street Bridge bridge in the United States? March 22, 2008
...that the influx of Irish to Louisville (example of Irish-built housing pictured) led to the diminishing of slaves in Louisville by 1860? March 17, 2008 ...that the Kentucky Irish American Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman ? March 17, 2008 ...that Basil W. Duke L&N Railroad after the American Civil War , even though he led many efforts in destroying their property during the war? February 27, 2007
...that the hiring of Tom Jurich University of Louisville was dubbed "the most significant day in the recent history of college sports in Kentucky "? February 27, 2007
...that eighteen fallen Confederate soldiers were moved when the Confederate Monument in Georgetown February 16, 2008
...that the oldest black church in Kentucky is the Second Christian Church in Midway, Kentucky's historic district February 16, 2008
...that most of the American Civil War events in Midway, Kentucky , including that which the Martyrs Monument in Midway horses ?
...that Louisville's Union Station southern United States ? February 11, 2008
...that the United States Navy 's Naval Ordnance Station Louisville, Kentucky was chosen due to being so far inland as to prevent enemy airstrikes? January 30, 2008
...that Bullitt's Lick salt in what is now the Commonwealth of Kentucky ? January 28, 2008
...that the Pewee Valley Confederate Memorial American Civil War obelisk monument in Kentucky to be made of zinc ? January 27, 2008
...that the hollow log pipes of the 1787 Mann's Lick 1940s ? January 26, 2007
...that over 10,000 people attended the 1876 dedication of the Confederate Monument Bowling Green, Kentucky ? January 25, 2008
...that the Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument Hart County, Kentucky is unique for being built with geodes , and for honoring a Louisiana soldier who died accidentally by his own rifle?January 25, 2008
...that the story of Stephen Foster visiting what is now My Old Kentucky Home State Park January 21, 2008
...that Queen Elizabeth II was given a Louisville Stoneware musical box at the 2007 Kentucky Derby ? January 21, 2008
...that none of Louisville's fortifications American Civil War were ever used, as Louisville was never endangered while they existed? January 21, 2008
..that the St. James-Belgravia Historic District Louisville, Kentucky , the site of the 1883-87 Southern Exposition , has buildings modeled after London 's Belgravia ? January 20, 2008
...that the statue of King Louis XVI built in 1829, currently at the Metro Hall Louisville, Kentucky , was endangered by the Second French Revolution in 1830?
...that the traditional song Happy Birthday to You Little Loomhouse Louisville, Kentucky ? January 15, 2008
...that Louisville's Eleven Jones Cave beetle , Pseudanophthalmus troglodytes ? January 15, 2008
...that the Ladies' Confederate Memorial Lexington, Kentucky was described by Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper as "the most perfect thing of its kind in the South"? January 11, 2008
...that only 10% of the monuments to the American Civil War in Kentucky January 8, 2008
...that the Rowan County War Rowan County, Kentucky , and the founding of what would become Morehead State University ? December 27, 2007
...that American Civil War leader William Tecumseh Sherman said, "No single body of men can claim more honor for the grand result than the officers and men of the Louisville Legion December 20, 2007
...that John Hunt Morgan 's beloved mare , Black Bess, was portrayed as a stallion in the John Hunt Morgan Memorial Pompeo Coppini , believed "No hero should bestride a mare! "? September 1, 2007
...that the Prussian Nicola Marschall Confederate States of America 's first flag, the Stars & Bars ? August 29, 2007
...that the United States Marine Hospital Louisville, Kentucky is considered the best remaining antebellum hospital in the US ? May 30, 2007
...that the Louisville Water Tower water tower in the world? May 13, 2007
...that the 32nd Indiana Monument Cave Hill Cemetery is the oldest surviving monument of the American Civil War ? May 11, 2007.
...that the average speed of the contestants in the Great Steamboat Race Kentucky Derby , is only 7 miles per hour ? May 2, 2007.
Elsewhere
... that a persimmon regiment persimmons ?September 17, 2009
... that six Prussians Union army in the American Civil War ? April 25, 2009
... that 42 Australians Confederate ship CSS Shenandoah (pictured) when the vessel was docked outside Melbourne ? February 23, 2009
... that the recently announced Marianna Fault Arkansas was discovered due to the stretches of fine sand in otherwise fertile soil ? February 6, 2009
... that although composed in late 1812, the popular Canadian War of 1812 song The Bold Canadian January 30, 2009
... that a bounty jumper Adam Worth (pictured) , became the inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's fictional villain Professor Moriarty ? January 11, 2009
... that chee kufta Armenian raw meat dish similar to steak tartare ? January 10, 2009
... that secessionists in St. Augustine, Florida town's fort (pictured) three days before Florida actually seceded from the United States? January 9, 2009
... that American Civil War soldiers celebrated Christmas salt pork and hardtack as ornaments on Christmas trees? December 24, 2008
...that George Julian Zolnay (pictured) , the so-called "sculptor of the Confederacy ," was actually Hungarian and did not move to the United States until decades after the Confederacy had ceased to exist? November 19, 2008
... that among the ghost sightings involving the American Civil War ghost reenacting one of his defeats in a battle that took place 415 miles (668 km) away? October 31, 2008
... that The Witchery of Archery Maurice Thompson in 1878, was the first book about hunting with a bow ever published? October 31, 2008
... that only three novels catering to soldiers' sexual proclivities during the American Civil War October 25, 2008
... that the American Civil War saw buglers (infantry band pictured) required to learn forty-nine separate calls October 21, 2008
... that salt workers in the Confederate States of America October 20, 2008
... that the Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home Alabama ? October 18, 2008
... that over 3,000 Nebraskans participated in the American Civil War killed in action ? October 16, 2008
... that due to the American Civil War, the Bahamas imports increase by a factor of 23, and exports increase by a factor of 29.6? August 18, 2008
... that Union Army officials offered US$ 5,000 for the scalp of Confederate Cherokee William Holland Thomas ? August 17, 2008
... that Abraham Lincoln called the Beefsteak Raid cattle-stealing " he ever heard of? August 16, 2008
... that the last Confederate general to surrender, Stand Watie , did so in Oklahoma August 16, 2008
... that the last living veteran of the Civil War in Idaho August 15, 2008
... that Union general John A. Logan seized a Confederate general's house Columbia, South Carolina in 1865? August 15, 2008
... that Charles Dickens once wrote that in Civil War-era Montana Varina Davis , the first lady of the Confederate States of America ? August 14, 2008
... that the Cheonhado world map developed in Korea during the 17th century that displays both real and fictional places? August 1, 2008
... that after a gift of candles they sent was mentioned on the Rush Limbaugh Show Wicks n' More August 1, 2008
... that the Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial Battle of Gettysburg , due to both being Freemasons ? July 25, 2008
... that Confederate president Jefferson Davis had a young mulatto ward named Jim Limber June 26, 2008
... that Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Andrew Johnson 's daughter? June 20, 2008
... that Virginia City boomtowns ? June 18, 2008
... that Edward, Prince of Wales stayed at Perry Belmont's House Washington D.C. at the behest of President Woodrow Wilson ? June 13, 2008
... that the only time a Confederate flag was displayed in Nevada during the American Civil War saloon ? June 10, 2008
... that some Aleutian natives were still enslaved in Alaska June 3, 2008
... that by the time Fort Scott May 31, 2008
... that Eisenhower's home Mamie Eisenhower 's whims?
... that soldiers from Fort Benning patrolled the woods around the Little White House World War II ?
... that prehistoric people used the same 89 °F (32 °C) warm springs Franklin Delano Roosevelt would use in the 20th century? May 28, 2008
... that after writing Confederates in the Attic Tony Horwitz was sued for calling Alberta Martin 's husband a deserter in the book? May 14, 2008
... that the 27th U.S. President William Howard Taft 's boyhood home funeral parlor ?
...that Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park 'sBattle of Sayler's Creek in April 1865?
...that the South Carolina secessionists had to relocate from their original meeting site at Columbia 's First Baptist Church smallpox outbreak?
...that Jefferson Davis conceded the American Civil War at the Burt-Stark Mansion February 28, 2008
...that the captain of the steamboat Natchez bacon and hog fat in its engines, and giving his men whiskey ? January 13, 2008
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