Historical Marker
Chenoweth Massacre
Historical marker location:
Louisville, Kentucky
( Jct. US 60 & English Station Rd., Louisville)
One mile north. Scene of one of many Indian raids which plagued this area from time of earliest settlements to 1795. On July 17, 1789 Shawnees attacked the fort-springhouse built (1785) by one of Louisville's founders, Richard Chenoweth. Five were massacred-one, Bayless, burned at stake and Chenoweth's wife scalped; however, she survived and lived to age 80.
The first successful gold rush in the United States occurred in 1806 in Kentucky. The gold was found in the sand and gravel of the Ohio River and its tributaries.