McFadin's Station

Historical marker location:

Bowling Green, Kentucky

( KY 1402, Porter Pike, Bowling Green)

First settlement in Warren County, 1/4 mi. east, was on north side of Barren River near mouth of Drake's Creek. Andrew McFadin, Rev. War soldier from N.C., surveyed area and established station, 1785. It was a popular stopover on Cumberland Trace. Emmett Logan, a Louisville Times editor, once owned land where station stood. Henry Watterson was frequent visitor to his home.

Creeks Cumberland Trace Forts and Stations Revolutionary War Rivers

The song "Happy Birthday to You" was written by two sisters, Mildred and Patty Hill, who were both born in Kentucky.