Kentucky Historical Marker #0094
Augusta College 1822-1849. In 1822 the trustees of Bracken Academy with conferences of the Methodist Church of Kentucky and Ohio merged to found Augusta College, the first established Methodist College in the world.
Augusta College Grounds, KY 8, 19, Augusta, KY, United States
Kentucky Historical Marker #0750
A Foster Inspiration. Stephen Collins Foster, as youth, visited here, May 1833. His uncle Dr. Joseph S. Tomlinson was then President of Augusta College. The musical, harmonious voices from the old Negro church on the hill floated softly over the town. "It can hardly be doubted" Foster was impressed by these since he "put into song at a later time the sorrow their voices reflected."
Frankfort & 5th Sts., Augusta, KY 8, Augusta, KY, United States
Kentucky Historical Marker #1213
Bracken County Wine. During the 1870s, leading wine-producing county of US, furnishing over 30,000 gallons annually, half the entire national production. Germans, finding soil here similar to that in France and Spain, brought grape cultivation and wine production to this area. This last remaining wine cellar has 3-foot-thick walls of native limestone and a vaulted ceiling.
Augusta, KY 8, 19, Augusta, KY, United States
Kentucky Historical Marker #0501
Augusta in Civil War. By Sept. 1862, 6,000 Union troops had gone from this district. Only 100 Home Guards left, under Col. Bradford. On Sept. 27, Col. Duke with 350 Morgan Raiders attacked. Guards secreted in houses fought until Raiders penetrated area, burned and cannonaded houses. CSA losses of men and ammunition forced return to Falmouth and abandonment of raid into Ohio. Dedicated May 31, 1963. For more information, see ExploreKYHistory: Battle of Augusta
Augusta, KY 8, Augusta, KY, United States
Kentucky Historical Marker #0861
Bracken County, 1796. Formed from parts of Campbell and Mason. Named for William Bracken, hunter, fisherman, Indian fighter, came here 1773. Birthplace of John Gregg Fee, founder of Berea College, 1855. Birthplace and home of Dr. Joshua Taylor Bradford, 1819-71, world famous surgeon. Site Augusta College, first Methodist College in world, 1822. First White Burley tobacco, 1867, from Bracken seed.
Augusta, KY 8, Augusta, KY, United States
Kentucky Historical Marker #1842
Philip Buckner (1747-1820). Captain Philip Buckner, an Englishman, was a Revolutionary War veteran. He came to Va., served adopted colony as issuing commissary, received extensive land grants, then settled here. In 1797, he donated this lot for Augusta Public Square as part of land for town. It became the site of the courthouse until it burned, 1848; pioneer jail still standing.
Augusta Public Square, Augusta, KY, United States