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County: Owen

Captain Samuel Sanders, 1813-1902

Marker Number: 

2265

Location: 

US 127 at entrance to Monterey

Samuel Sanders, a steamboat captain before and after the Civil War, braved the Kentucky River under occasional sniper fire from the Confederate army to bring supplies from Louisville to Monterey and up the Kentucky River to Shaker Landing.

Dedicated May 26, 2008.

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