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Two new Columbia historical markers coming about Oct 31, 2007

Columbia Mayor Pat Bell says City of Columbia will fund two new historical markers, one for Columbia-Union Presbyterian church, one for mounting block on Guardian Street; Vonnie Kolbenschlag has written inscriptions; Adair sites two of 15 approved. Total number of Kentucky Historical Society Historial Markers in Adair County will be 10, with eight already erected
By Ed Waggener
Two new foundry cast historical markers will be erected in Columbia sometime around the end of October to early November, according to Columbia Mayor Pat Bell.

They will be placed at Columbia's historic Columbia-Union Presbyterian Church and on Guardian Street, at the horse mounting block on E. Guardian Street.

The research for the markers, the applications, and the narratives are all the work of Vonnie Kolbenschlag.


The cost of the markers, about $1,750 each, will be paid for by the City of Columbia, Mayor Bell said.

Mrs. Kolbenschlag said that getting the two markers approved was remarkable. "The Kentuckian Historical Society has tightened the standards recently. It's harder to get an official marker than it used to be," she said, and noted that the Adair County Historical Markers are two of only 15 granted in all 120 Kentucky Counties.

The new markers bring to 10 the number of foundry-cast Kentucky Historical Society markers in Adair County.

Four of the markers are on the Courthouse Lawn. A fifth is on the Square, and another, within walking distance of the Square on Jamestown Street. The two new historical markers will make eight readily accessible from the Columbia Square.

The other two historical markers are at the Spout Springs home of Janice and Henry Giles and at the Colonel Casey House on Edmonton Road.

The eight existing markers include the following:
  • Adair County Courthouse: Marker Number1599; located on the Adair County Courthouse Lawn, downtown Columbia, KY:
    Description: On June 28, 1802, court ordered permanent seat of justice on the public square. First courthouse built in 1806. Present structure was designed by McDonald Bros., Louisville, and built by William H. Hudson and Columbus Stone in 1887. A unique architectural feature is the carving of faces on the south columns. Listed on National Register of Historic Places, 1974. (Subjects: Architects | Courthouses | National Register of Historic Places)

  • Col. Frank L. Wolford, Marker Number 604; on the Adair County Courthouse Lawn, downtown Columbia, KY:
    Description: A foremost champion of the Union, a staunch friend of the stricken South, defender of constitutional freedom. Born Columbia 1817, died 1895 and buried in city cemetery. Veteran Mexican War, leader famed First Kentucky Union Cavalry, hero of many battles, eight times wounded. Bold warrior, chivalrous foe. Renowned lawyer and orator. Member Legislature and Congress.

  • Confederate Raids, Marker Number: 707: on the Adair County Courthouse Lawn, downtown Columbia, KY:
    Description: General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry, returning from second Kentucky raid, passed here on way back to Tennessee, Jan. 1, 1863. On raid, Union's rail supply line wrecked and $2,000,000 property destroyed. July 3, 1863, Morgan here again drove out small USA force. On July 8, at Brandenburg, crossed river into Indiana. Captured in NE Ohio, July 26. See map over.(Subjects: Civil War | Morgan, John Hunt)

  • County Named, 1801, Marker Number: 1139; on the Adair County Courthouse Lawn, downtown Columbia, KY:
    Description: For Gen. John Adair, Governor of Kentucky 1820-24. Born, 1757, in South Carolina, came to Ky., 1788. Member of Kentucky Constitutional Convention, 1792. Served in Ky. House of Representatives, 1793-95, 1798, 1800-03, 1817. US Senator, 1805-06, Congressman, 1831-33. At Battle of Thames, 1813. Commanded Kentucky troops in Battle of New Orleans, 1815. Died, 1840. (Subjects: Constitutional Convention (1792) | New Orleans, Battle of | Thames: Battle of)

  • Jane Lampton Home, Marker Number: 128; Located on the corner of Greensburg Street and the Public Square, downtown Columbia, KY.
    Description: Girlhood home of Jane Lampton (1803-1891). Wife of John Marshall Clemens. Mother of "Mark Twain." Granddaughter of Colonel William Casey, original Adair County settler. (Subjects: Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain)

  • Daniel Trabue (1760-1840), Marker Number: 1782; Located in front of the Trabue-Russell House, owned by the City of Columbia, 299 Jamestown St., Columbia, KY.
    Description: A founder of Columbia, Trabue built original house (SW corner of this structure) ca. 1823. He served as trustee, sheriff, and justice of peace; operated grist mill, inn and retail store. Here Trabue wrote memoirs, 1827, of pioneer era, which included events at Logan's Station, Boonesborough, and service under Anthony Wayne. These accounts part of famous Draper Manuscripts. (Subjects: Boonesborough | Forts and stations | Grist mills)

  • Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), Marker Number: 1813; Near Janice H. Giles home, between Old Neatsville and Knifley, KY on KY 76 (Elkhorn Road) at Spout Springs RD, District 6 of Adair County.
    Description: Historical novels by this talented author have sold more than three million copies. Most settings of her some twenty books reflect her adopted home, the Green River area where she lived with her husband Henry, and the Indian territory of Okla. and Ark. where Giles spent early years. Her works, noted for action and imagery, include The Enduring Hills and The Believers. (Subjects: Authors | Books | Rivers)

  • Site of Casey Home, Marker Number: 806; Located 3 miles south of Columbia on KY W. 80, the Edmonton Road.
    Description: Home of Col. William Casey, early Ky. pioneer and great-grandfather of Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain). Born in Va., came to Ky. in 1779. Built Casey Station on Dix River. In 1791 moved to Russell Creek near here. Member second Kentucky Const. Conv., 1799. Trustee, town of Columbia, 1802. Presidential elector, 1813. Died here, 1816. Casey County named for him, 1806. (Subjects: Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain) | Constitutional Convention (1799) | Forts and stations)
Information above from Kentucky Historical Society.

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Site of new Adair KY Historical Marker: Presbyterian Church



2007-08-19 - Burkesville ST, Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener.
The COLUMBIA-UNION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH will be the site of a new foundry cast Kentucky Historical Society Marker sometime around October 31, 2007. The reasearch, application, and narratives have been completed by Vonnie Kolbenschlag and accepted by the KHS. The City of Columbia will pay the approximately $1,750 cost of the marker, Mayor Pat Bell said.
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New Historical Marker coming for Horse Mounting Block



2007-08-19 - West Guardian ST, Columbia, KY - Photo By Ed Waggener.
THIS HORSE MOUNTING BLOCK on West Guardian Street, once called Graded Hill because it was the hill to the old Columbia Graded & High School which once stood just beyond this site, will be the location for a Kentucky State Historical Marker, paid for by the City of Columbia. The research, the application, and the narrative all accepted by the state historical society, was the work of Vonnie Koblenschlag, who also has written the narratives for the many Wayside Exhibits in Adair County.
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