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Breckinridge County

The county was named for John Breckinridge, (1760-1806). He served as Attorney General of Kentucky, 1793-1797. Representative in Kentucky Legislature, 1797-1801. John Breckinridge served a key role in writing the constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1799. He then served as a United States senator 1801-1805.

The County is considered as one of the oldest counties in the United States, being formed in 1799.

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Marker # 584 Hardinsburg Courthouse Burned

During the Civil War, twenty two Kentucky courthouses were burned during the course of the war. Twelve courthouses were burned by the confederates, eight by guerrillas, two by Union accidents.

The courthouse in Hardinsburg, was set on fire by guerillas. This incident occurred on December 28, 1864. The citizens of Hardinsburg saved the building and records contained within.

Marker # 850 Early Shipping Port

Located in Cloverport, this site became an important shipping point that began in 1798. Joe Houston, who moved from Virginia to this site and opened a trading post, where tobacco and other goods were transported for sale in New Orleans. Steamboats began to be used here in 1820.

Marker # 557 First Coal Oil

Coal was first produced in Cloverport in 1851. A plant was built in 1857, and was first of it’s kind in the world. The coal was loaded in Cloverport and exported to England via New Orleans for gas manufacture. This site was an English owned operation, with Prince of Wales who later would become King Edward VII as an investor. The operation closed due to the following reasons: disastrous fire, the discovery of petroleum, and the Civil War.

Marker # 552 Joseph Holt

Six miles north of Cloverport, are the birthplace of Joseph Holt, 1807-1896. Joseph Holt was the Commissioner of Patents, Postmaster General and Secretary of War in President Buchanan’s Administration. President Abraham Lincoln entitled Joseph Holt as Judge Advocate General of the Union Army in 1862.

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