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Creation Date
8-21-2019
Description
The marker reads: "FIRST LOG CABIN Here in April 1821, three years after the Jackson Purchase, the first home, a round-log cabin, was built by James and William Pore. Only a few Indians remained. James Davis, his wife and three sons, built a shelter soon after. In the next five years a score or more settled along the Tennessee River. Town was first named Pekin. Over Marker by Greater Paducah Chamber of Commerce 1967 KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS 1052" Top of sign: Seal of Kentucky: Commonwealth of Kentucky United We Stand Divided We Fall
Latitude, Longitude
37 deg 5' 17.95", 88 deg 35' 39.68"
Recommended Citation
Taylor,, George Lansing Jr., "First Log Cabin Marker Paducah, KY" (2019). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 7748.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/7748
Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Keywords
Taylor, George Lansing, Jr.; Lance Taylor; Photographers -- Florida –Jacksonville; Photograph collections -- Florida – Jacksonville; Paducah, KY; Historic markers; McCracken County (Ky.); Paducah (Ky.); Historic buildings — residence; Dwellings — residence; Images