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Old Jane Todd Crawford Trail roadbed has charm

In some places, it is grown up, but trail is still discernible
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By Judy Corbin
Some notes on Southern Green Co., KY

There is an enjoyable area of the country in Ebenezer that also has great history.

It is part of what is known as the Jane Todd Crawford Trail.

The Trail is on the Bill Shuffett Road off Hwy. 565 and it ends at the old road bed that has long since grown up, but is still visible to the eye.

It's charm is wonderful for anyone, but it is really beautiful to the eyes of the person who enjoys both history and nature, as the accompanying photos show.


  • A Historical Marker, Kentucky Historical Marker No. 183, is located 11.5 miles north of Columbia, KY, 7.5 miles south of Greensburg, on KY 61. The marker reads:
    "This pioneer woman rode a horse from this home sixty-four miles to Danville. On Christmas Day 1809 was operated on by Ephraim McDowell, M.D., for an ovarian tumor. Four weeks later she came back after recuperating from the world's first ovariotomy.
  • The Bill Shuffett RD area of Southern Green County, KY, is located about 15 miles north of Downtown Columbia, KY between Gresham and Ebenezer.

  • Jane Todd Crawford was the patient of famed Kentucky surgeon Ephraim McDowell. Dr. McDowell is credited with performing, on December 25, 1809, "the first successful abdominal operation when he took a 22 pound ovarian cyst from Jane Todd Crawford of Green Co. With no anesthesia, she sang hymns during the operation. Crawford recovered in 25 days and lived until 1842," according to Kentucky Historical Society Marker #2009 at the Ephraim McDowell House, 125 South 2nd ST, Danville, KY, 67.5 miles from the Public Square in Columbia, KY.

  • Jane Todd Crawford is buried near Graysville, IN, in Sullivan County. Details are at The Historical Marker Database: Grave of Jane Todd Crawford

  • Ephraim McDowell entry in Wikipedia
The hospital in Greensburg is named the Jane Todd Crawford Hospital in her honor.


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Scenic Green Co., KY: Jane Todd Crawford Trail



2010-04-11 - Photo by Judy Corbin. Between Gresham and Ebenezer, Green Co., KY
This part of the Jane Todd Crawford Trail goes along a scenic, wooded blue gravel lane. At other points, the trail in this area is grown over, but still visible

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Scenic Green Co., KY: Redbud along Jane Todd Crawford Trail



2010-04-11 - Photo by Judy Corbin. Between Gresham and Ebenezer, Green Co., KY
Parts of the Jane Todd Crawford Trail in Green County are very seldom used today, but wend though gorgeous countryside, especially at this time, with redbud hanging over the roadway, a part of the 60 mile trek taken by pioneer surgery patient Jane Todd Crawford from her home in Green County, just north of the Adair County line on her way to Danville, KY for the world's first successful ovariotomy.

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