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Old Washington

Kentucky

Washington
Washington, KY 41056
United States

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Civil War-associated sites within this 1785 outpost for pioneers traveling the Buffalo Trace include: the birthplace and childhood home of Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston; the Methodist Episcopal Church South; the Paxton Inn, a documented Underground Railroad station; and the site of the slave auction that inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe to write Uncle Tom's Cabin -- now the Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum.

 

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Old Washington: What's Nearby

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Lafayette Tour Marker, Maysville, Kentucky (KY-92)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Georgetown, Kentucky (KY-52)
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Fort Washington
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Lexington, Kentucky (KY-148)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Lexington, Kentucky (KY-153)
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Versailles, Kentucky (KY-142)
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Leslie Morris Park at Fort Hill
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Frankfort, Kentucky (KY-50)
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The Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
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Lafayette Tour Marker, Shelbyville, Kentucky (KY-114)
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The Samuel May House Living History Museum
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