TOUR 16 403, `
z r On a hill overlooking Main St. and the river stands the MEADE
1 p  COUNTY COURTHOUSE (R), which is more than a hundred years old
i 1  and contains historic records bearing on social institutions of an earlier
l r day, such as the following: "Henry Dawes, a poor child, is apprenticed
1 , to Henry R. Turnstall on this day, April 26, 1824, to learn the mystery
1 ‘ of carding and spinning in its several branches. Henry R. Turnstall
1 shall provide the above named Henry Dawes with meat, drink and
.   apparel, lodging, washing and other necessities. In addition to the
l above, Henry Dawes shall be taught reading, writing and common
, . arithmetic, including the rule of three."
, = On Main St. is (R) the SITE or WALNUT TAVERN, operated by
5 Solomon Brandenburg.
l I 
[ J Right from US 60 on a graveled street to the BUCKNER HOMEsTEAD (open),
_ 0.5 m., on a hillside that commands a view of the Ohio for 15 miles. The one-story
1 ‘  _frame house was built in 1855 by Col. Robert Buckner, a soldier of the War of
l' ’ 1812. The facade is broken by four 20-pane windows and a very wide doorway
5 ‘  with side lights and a transom. In the roof above the doorway is a small gable
·  with a large fanlight. The house is noteworthy for its hand-carved mantels, hand-
1 grooved weatherboarding, and, in its main hall, a winding staircase of the quarter-
. tum spiral type. For a time, during the War between the States, Gen. John Hunt
. Morgan had his headquarters in this house. This point was admirable as a look-
3 ( out, and served as a base for Morgan’s operations across the river. Cannon sta-
3 tioned on the hillside commanded Marvin’s Landing on the Indiana bank and af-
t A forded protection to troops while crossing here. When the MAso1~Uc BUILDING
{ (R), a two—story structure, was the Brandenburg Academy (1816-26), the sur-
B rounding property was its campus. Federal troops were housed here during the
r ° war.
S A The METHODIST CHURCH (R), built around 1838 on the former campus of Bran-
% denburg Academy, has been somewhat changed externally. In 1880 the belfry
was replaced by a spire and the two front entrances, one for men and the other
` ( for women, were replaced by a central entrance. The gallery for slaves has been
S 1 removed and there are now chairs instead of pews.
E IRVINGTON, 57 m. (620 alt., 764 pop.), a thriving trade center,
,1 was the scene of frequent depredations during the Reconstruction pe-
riod. Bands of raiders, following the course of the Ohio, looted the
_ rich farms of the region around Irvington, seized livestock and produce,
“ _ and transported their booty to the Indiana shore.
*‘ »  HARNED, 69.7 m. (777 alt., 175 pop.), is at the junction of State
E I 65, a graveled road.
- . · Left on this road 2.1 m. to the junction with State 223; L. on State 223 to
B Kmcswoon Cmusrrm COLLEGE, 3.3 m., opened in 1937 by a small fundamentalist
, , group for the training of ministers and missionaries. The campus is on a high ele-
’ ‘  vation, and the buildings consist of four plain, two—story white frame structures.
' · In the tabernacle amphitheater, in the wooded valley below the campus, camp ,
e .  meetings have been held annually in the past. Dr. ]. W. Hughes, who had founded
-_ Asbury College (sec Tour 15) at Wilmore, founded a Holiness college here that
_ 1 ceased operation in 1932.
*1 ‘ HARDINSBURG, 73.6 m. (715 alt., 805 pop.), seat of Breckin-
I ridge County, came into existence in 1780 as a fort built by Capt.