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Boyd County

This area was settled by 1799 by members of the Poage family from the Commonwealth of Virginia.

This county was once known as Poage’s Landing until renamed in 1854 for Henry Clay’s Lexington estate.

The county was named for Linn Boyd. Linn Boyd served in Kentucky legislature 1827-1831, U.S. Congress 1835-1837, 1839-1855, and speaker 1851-1855. Boyd was elected as Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; however, Boyd died before assuming his post.

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Marker # 2184 Booker T. Washington School

This school was located in the city of Ashland. It was closed due to desegregation, in 1962. The first two year high school class graduated back in 1925. The first four year class graduated in 1932. J. J. Rogers served as principal of Booker T. Washington from 1903 to 1922. Charles B. Nuckolls served as the principal from 1922 to 1962.

Marker # 643 Civil War Army Base

This location was a Union post, protecting the Ohio River traffic. Troops under the command of Colonel J. A. Garfield, who later became the 20^th President of The United States, drove the Confederacy from this area, due to their victory at Middle Creek, during the winter of 1861-1862.

Marker # 921 Indian Mounds

Located in Central Park, a row of mounds built by American Indians can be found. Some of these mounds are burial mounds; others contained artifacts such as arrowheads, and stone tools.

Marker # 2136 Mary Elliott Flanery

Mary Elliott Flanery was the first woman elected Kentucky Legislature in 1921. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Boyd County, Kentucky. She and her husband are buried in Ashland Cemetery.

Marker # 1416 Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church, Ashland was organized on June 11, 1819, as Bethesda Presbyterian Church with twenty members, led by Rev. Robert Wilson. This is the oldest church in Boyd County.

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