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... that in the case of
Ex parte Milligan , the convictions of
William A. Bowles ,
Harrison H. Dodd , and
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 , which carries
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 inspired the creation of the more famous
Texas Rangers ? January 26, 2009
... that to defend
Indiana during the War of 1812 , Governor
Harrison (pictured) had to recruit
militia from Kentucky as those from Indiana would not join the army? 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 is being considered to become the official state pie of
Indiana , USA? January 13, 2009
... that the power station that powered the
Terminal Arcade 's
interurbans from 1907 to 1940 had a 999-year
lease ? January 6, 2009
... that the
Abbott-Holloway Farm has two of the only four pre-1840 buildings in
Bethlehem, Indiana , that were not destroyed by fire or tornado? December 28, 2008
... that two-thirds of pioneers arriving in
Indiana from
Louisville used the
Buffalo Trace to settle the state? September 8, 2008
... that the
Bell Ford Bridge was the last Post
Truss
covered bridge to still stand, collapsing in January 2006? August 29, 2008
... that the
Grand Lodge of Indiana was started at the
Schofield House of
Madison, Indiana's historic district on January 13, 1818? July 31, 2008
... that
Stream Cliff Farm is the oldest
herb farm in
Indiana ? July 29, 2008
... that the
Crawford-Gilpin House is alleged to have once changed owners due to being lost as a
wager in a
poker game? July 26, 2008
... that the residents of
Tippecanoe, Indiana in 1860 built
a new school right next to a preexisting cemetery? 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 , designed by
Frederic Charles Hirons , has a dirt floor? July 17, 2008
... that an owner of the
DeForest Skinner House was once the youngest
railroad director in the
United States ? July 16, 2008
... that Harold's Steer-In in
Indianapolis '
North Irvington Gardens Historic District was the site of a 2005
MasterCard commercial featuring
quarterback
Peyton Manning ? July 16, 2008
... that the
Dr. Nelson Wilson House is unusual for having
Eastlake stickwork done in brick instead of wood? July 10, 2008
... that construction of the courthouse (pictured) of the
Rochester Downtown Historic District may have spurred nearby buildings to have
faux stones cemented upon them? July 10, 2008
... that the first
fire department in Indianapolis was established seventeen months after the first fire in the city? July 8, 2008
... that
Pryor Brock Farmstead is the best representation of a farmstead, with
Italianate buildings, around
Zionsville, Indiana ? July 6, 2008
... that
Vic Aldridge , nicknamed the "Hoosier Schoolmaster", had the worst seventh game start for a
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 to attend his funeral sermon in 1926? June 19, 2008
... that
Indiana 's
Morgan-Monroe State Forest features
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 is
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 just for the purpose of reintroducing
wild turkey to the Hoosier state? May 31, 2008
... that
Indiana 's
Muscatatuck State Park was the first
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 , along the
Muscatatuck River , by selling
waterfowl stamps ? May 22, 2008
... that a
Confederate scouting party entered
Indiana in June 1863 dressed as an Union army patrol searching for deserters? May 22, 2008
... that
Indiana's state parks were initially designed to preserve their natural state, but gradually began to include recreational activities? 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 was begun due to the
woodworking industries that revitalized
New Albany, Indiana ? April 10, 2008
...that
New Albany, Indiana 's
Cedar Bough Place is the only "private street" in a city near
Louisville, Kentucky ? April 9, 2008
....that attractions at
Indianapolis, Indiana 's
White City Amusement Park included baby
incubators and a
Mount Vesuvius reenactment?
...that 150
Irish from Indianapolis participated in the
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 can never be sold? 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 is the only
Shrine temple with a
French name, and is the largest Shrine temple in
North America ?
...that the
Zouave Guards of
Indianapolis volunteered to fight before the
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 once ran through
downtown Indianapolis ? February 29, 2008
...that the
Indiana Medical History Museum is the oldest surviving
pathology
laboratory in the U.S.? February 28, 2008
...that
Indiana 's
White River Park were the first state games to feature regional qualifiers instead of tryouts? February 27, 2008
...that the
Battle of Pogue's Run was done to prevent Democrats from rising against the
American Civil War in
Indiana ? February 25, 2008
...that four
Indiana counties gave land to create
Whitewater Memorial State Park as a
memorial to fallen American soldiers of
World War II ? February 24, 2008
...that
Clark State Forest was
Indiana 's largest
Civilian Conservation Corps
cantonment ? February 23, 2008
...that
Caesars Indiana ' s 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 inspired
Riley to write many of his poems, including
Little Orphant Annie ? February 6, 2008
...that the construction of the
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home was paid for by the owner's contract to supply
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 with
candy on his walks? February 4, 2008
...that
Indiana state governor
Frank O'Bannon stayed at
Fort Harrison State Park while the governor's mansion was being made handicapped-accessible? February 3, 2008
...that residents of
Indianapolis came to the aid of Confederate
prisoners of war at
Camp Morton , providing food, clothing, and nursing? February 2, 2008
...that
Jacob Piatt Dunn in 1886 wrote the first scholarly history concerning the
Indian Wars ? February 2, 2008
...that
Indianapolis'
Garfield Park Conservatory was the first glass and welded-aluminum
conservatory in the United States? February 2, 2008
...that the
Indiana Historical Society is the oldest state historical society west of the
Allegheny Mountains ? January 31, 2008
...that
Adam R. Johnson's
Newburgh Raid , using two
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 , a Northern state, saw one township secede from the Union? January 9, 2008
...that
Indianapolis 's
Scottish Rite Cathedral is the largest building dedicated to
Freemasonry in the
United States , and features many measurements in multiples of 33? January 6, 2008
...that
New Harmony's Atheneum is named after the ancient Greek temple to the goddess
Athena , the Athenaion? December 30, 2007
...that only eight of the planned 296 miles of the
Indiana Central Canal were built, due to
Indiana being
bankrupted by the
Panic of 1837 ? December 14, 2007
...that the establishment of
Camp Joe Holt , the first significant act to keep
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 won the 2007 mayoral election in
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 because it has more
covered bridges than any other
county in the
United States ? September 16, 2007
...that
slavery existed in Indiana as late as 1840, even though
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 , the founder of
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 ' s Cedar Farm is the only antebellum
plantation in the
state of
Indiana ? November 5, 2006.
...that in 1996 Andy Campbell, a ranger serving as
Tunnel Mill Scout Reservation 's caretaker, was shot to death by a wandering drunk who trespassed onto the property, the first such incident in the history of Scouting? September 5, 2006
... that the
Union Monument in
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 in
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 , features the
official state locomotive of
Kentucky , a
"Jim Crow" car , a
four-star hotel on rails , and the only
gas-powered motor rail car in the
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 ' s last week of passenger service, the superintendent transported the train's passengers in his own private
vehicle ? February 13, 2009
... that
Lincoln Homestead State Park contains the house in which
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 in
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 was once deemed an "unacceptable adjacent commercialization" to the
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace N.H.S. ? February 11, 2009
... that the
old stone jail in
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 or be subject to a fine? February 3, 2009
... that
Bardstown, Kentucky 's
Wickland , namesake of
Shelbyville, Kentucky 's
Wickland , was the home of three different U.S. state governors? February 2, 2009
... that the
Old L & N Station in
Bardstown, Kentucky , was
the state's only
dry stone
railroad station ? February 1, 2009
... that
The Hunters of Kentucky , which commemorated the
Battle of New Orleans , was used as
Andrew Jackson 's 1828 campaign song? January 30, 2009
... that
Kentucky 's
Great Saltpetre Cave , which produced
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 , the fort the
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 , now part of
Kenlake State Resort Park , was the first
blacks-only state park in the
Southern United States ? January 20, 2009
... that the post office in
Coxs Creek, Kentucky , had to be moved because it created many accidents along
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 in
Owensboro, Kentucky was sculpted by a Hungarian? November 18, 2008
... that the first
railroad depot in Stanford, Kentucky , was built due to a compromise between
Union general
Ambrose Burnside and the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad ? November 17, 2008
... that the
Confederate Memorial in
Nicholasville, Kentucky , took sixteen years to fund, and was originally a statue of a
Union soldier ? November 17, 2008
... that the
Confederate Memorial in
Fulton, Kentucky is the only one in the state with a statue atop an
arch ? November 12, 2008
... that in November 1864,
Camp Nelson ′s Union soldiers forced 400 ex-slaves outside its shelter, resulting in 102 exposure deaths? November 11, 2008
... that the
Confederate Memorial Gateway in
Hickman, Kentucky took ten years and US$10,000 to build? November 10, 2008
... that the
Union Station in
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 was bigger than required because it was originally intended to service a larger rail network?
November 9, 2008
... that a
riot at
Paducah, Kentucky 's
Woolfolk Home led to
Ulysses S. Grant 's promotion above his superior officer,
Brigadier General
Charles Ferguson Smith ? November 8, 2008
... that
Paducah, Kentucky 's
Lloyd Tilghman Memorial honors a
Marylander , and was built by an
English immigrant from
Boston ? November 8, 2008
... that
Camp Beauregard , an
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 have been dubbed "The Strange Procession Which Never Moves"? November 7, 2008
... that the
Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument , which honors Smith and the
10th Mississippi Infantry , is believed to be the second-biggest single-stone monument in the
United States ? November 4, 2008
... that the
William Forst House was the site where the
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 were residents U.S.
First Lady
Mary Todd Lincoln and
Confederate leaders
John C. Breckinridge and
John Hunt Morgan ? October 30, 2008
... that the
Russellville Historic District in
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 in
Bardstown, Kentucky's historic district included
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 that had been used as a funeral home? August 13, 2008
... that
Rob Morris's first
home in La Grange, Kentucky was burned to the ground, and his books had to be saved by the
Union army ? August 12, 2008
... that
Kentucky
judge
John Milton Elliott was murdered by a fellow judge after adjudicating in a case involving the latter's sister? August 10, 2008
... that
magazines like the
Southern Bivouac and the
Southern Historical Society Papers helped to spread the belief of the
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 committed suicide, saying he "would prefer being dead than disgraced"?
... 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 was built by the
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 is one of only seven monuments in
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 , while visiting his nearby grandparents? July 28, 2008
... that the
Masonic Widows and Orphans Home , founded by the
Grand Lodge of Kentucky , is the oldest Masonic Home foundation in
North America ? July 26, 2008
... that
Riverside Drive Historic District in
Covington, Kentucky marks where the first white settlers in the
Cincinnati area lived? July 5, 2008
... that the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building in
Louisville, Kentucky is one of the largest commercial
Beaux Arts buildings still in existence?
... that
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park is named after a woman who escaped from
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 , built by
Richard Taylor ? June 18, 2008
... that the United States owns all of
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery , except where
Zachary Taylor and his family are actually buried? June 17, 2008
... that
Taylorsville Lake State Park is the most heavily stocked
lake in
Kentucky ? June 15, 2008
... that the
Latham Confederate Monument of
Hopkinsville, Kentucky was supposed to honor both Confederate and Union soldiers? June 14, 2008
... that the
L & N Railroad depot in
Hopkinsville, Kentucky 's
commercial district was a popular stop on the
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 was a public drinking
fountain ? June 12, 2008
... that 13 separate churches served the
German population of Louisville in the 19th century? June 11, 2008
... that the
oldest firehouse still standing in
Louisville ,
Kentucky was once a church? May 30, 2008
... that the
Captain Andrew Offutt Monument barely mentioning Sherman's March to the Sea makes it only one of two
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 included givng up their own grave plots? May 27, 2008
... that the
Colored Soldiers Monument in
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 starts and ends in
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 in 1932? May 18, 2008
... that
Kentucky 's
Union County largely supported the
Confederacy in the
Civil War and built
a monument to its Confederate dead afterwards? May 18, 2008
... that the 1911 Confederate Dedication Day ceremony key speakers at the
Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument were former
Union officers ? May 17, 2008
... that the
Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument in
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 of
Covington, Kentucky in 1862? May 13, 2008
... that
Theodore O'Hara 's
Bivouac of the Dead , popularized in
American Civil War
memorials , was actually written for fallen
Kentucky soldiers in
Latin America a decade before the War? May 10, 2008
... that the portrait bust of the
Beriah Magoffin Monument in
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 was a nurses' dormitory when it became a
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 in
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 in
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 of
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 now stands? March 28, 2008
...that the
Confederate Monument in
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 was the longest iron
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 counted among its subscribers
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Harry Truman ? March 17, 2008
...that
Basil W. Duke became the chief consul and lobbyist for the
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 by the
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 was dedicated? 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 commemorates, involved the stealing of
horses ?
...that
Louisville's Union Station was reported to be the largest such facility in the
southern United States ? February 11, 2008
...that the
United States Navy 's
Naval Ordnance Station in
Louisville, Kentucky was chosen due to being so far inland as to prevent enemy airstrikes? January 30, 2008
...that
Bullitt's Lick was the first industry and supplier of
salt in what is now the Commonwealth of
Kentucky ? January 28, 2008
...that the
Pewee Valley Confederate Memorial 7is the only
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 salt furnace allegedly still existed in the
1940s ? January 26, 2007
...that over 10,000 people attended the 1876 dedication of the
Confederate Monument in
Bowling Green, Kentucky ? January 25, 2008
...that the
Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument in
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 may have started in order to raise the sale value of the property? 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 for the
American Civil War were ever used, as Louisville was never endangered while they existed? January 21, 2008
..that the
St. James-Belgravia Historic District of
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 in
Louisville, Kentucky , was endangered by the
Second French Revolution in 1830?
...that the traditional song
Happy Birthday to You was first sung at the
Little Loomhouse of
Louisville, Kentucky ? January 15, 2008
...that
Louisville's
Eleven Jones Cave is the only known location for the Louisville cave
beetle , Pseudanophthalmus troglodytes ? January 15, 2008
...that the
Ladies' Confederate Memorial in
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 were dedicated to Union forces, even through the state produced 90,000 Union troops compared to 35,000 for the Confederacy? January 8, 2008
...that the
Rowan County War resulted in 20 deaths, talk of dissolving
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 , as its sculptor,
Pompeo Coppini , believed "No hero should bestride a mare! "? September 1, 2007
...that the
Prussian
Nicola Marschall was the designer of the
Confederate States of America 's first flag, the
Stars & Bars ? August 29, 2007
...that the
United States Marine Hospital in
Louisville, Kentucky is considered the best remaining
antebellum hospital in the
US ? May 30, 2007
...that the
Louisville Water Tower is the oldest ornamental
water tower in the world? May 13, 2007
...that the
32nd Indiana Monument at
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 , held each year before the
Kentucky Derby , is only 7
miles per hour ? May 2, 2007.
... that a
persimmon regiment was a nickname for three Union army regiments that had an unusual fondness for eating
persimmons ?September 17, 2009
... that six
Prussians served as generals for the
Union army in the
American Civil War ? April 25, 2009
... that 42
Australians became crewmembers of
Confederate ship
CSS Shenandoah (pictured) when the vessel was docked outside
Melbourne ? February 23, 2009
... that the recently announced
Marianna Fault in
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 was not published until 1907, and not fully until 1927? 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 is an
Armenian raw meat dish similar to
steak tartare ? January 10, 2009
... that
secessionists in St. Augustine, Florida , captured the
town's fort (pictured) three days before
Florida actually seceded from the United States? January 9, 2009
... that
American Civil War soldiers celebrated Christmas by using
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 are a
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 , written by
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 are known to still exist? October 25, 2008
... that the
American Civil War saw
buglers (infantry band pictured) required to learn
forty-nine separate calls for infantry alone? October 21, 2008
... that
salt workers in the Confederate States of America were immune from being drafted? October 20, 2008
... that the
Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home was the only home for Confederate veterans in
Alabama ? October 18, 2008
... that over 3,000
Nebraskans
participated in the American Civil War , though only 35 were
killed in action ? October 16, 2008
... that due to the
American Civil War, the Bahamas saw
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 "the slickest piece of
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 died in 1952? August 15, 2008
... that
Union general
John A. Logan seized
a Confederate general's house as his headquarters in
Columbia, South Carolina in 1865? August 15, 2008
... that
Charles Dickens once wrote that in
Civil War-era Montana , a town was to be named after
Varina Davis , the
first lady of the
Confederate States of America ? August 14, 2008
... that the
Cheonhado is a type of circular
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 , sales at
Wicks n' More increased fivefold? August 1, 2008
... that the
Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial depicts the historical event of an Union officer aiding a Confederate officer at the
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 , part of
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site , was bequeathed to the public by
Andrew Johnson 's daughter? June 20, 2008
... that
Virginia City was the prototype for future urban/industrial
boomtowns ? June 18, 2008
... that
Edward, Prince of Wales stayed at
Perry Belmont's House in
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 was over a
saloon ? June 10, 2008
... that some
Aleutian natives were still
enslaved in Alaska as late as 1903? June 3, 2008
... that by the time
Fort Scott was completed, it was already obsolete? May 31, 2008
... that
Eisenhower's home cost more than six times to renovate than it did to purchase, due to union labor and
Mamie Eisenhower 's whims?
... that soldiers from
Fort Benning patrolled the woods around the
Little White House during
World War II ?
... that
prehistoric people used the same 89 °F (32 °C)
warm springs that
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 almost became a
funeral parlor ?
...that
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park 's Hillsman House still has bloodstains on its floor dating to its use as a hospital after the
Battle 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 , due to a
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 would increase his boat's speed by putting
bacon and
hog
fat in its engines, and giving his men
whiskey ? January 13, 2008
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