Mineral Mound Home Site

Historical marker location:

Eddyville, Kentucky

( Mineral Mound State Park, 48 Finch Ln., Eddyville)

Home of Willis B. Machen (1810-93). He was a member of the Kentucky Constitutional Convention 1849, Ky. Senate 1853, Ky. House of Rep. 1855-61, Confederate Congress 1861-65, US Senate 1872-73. He was one of only a few that served in both CSA and US Congresses. His granddaughter, Zelda Sayre, was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife.

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Mineral Mound was named for a mineral spring on the farm. During the Civil War, the home flew the Confederate flag, and as a result, it was damaged by Union gunboats from the Cumberland River. R. S. Mason, a prominent Lyon County businessman, owned the estate from 1917 until it burned in 1947.

Civil War Springs State Parks Politicians