The World's Most Beautiful Places
The Golden Spike National Historic Site is located in Promontory, Utah, and commemorates the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. This historic event took place on May 10, 1869, when the Central Pacific Railroad (Jupiter locomotive) and the Union Pacific Railroad (locomotive No. 119) met at Promontory Summit, marking the unification of the Eastern and Western U.S. rail systems.
This rustic log cabin, was used by Kentucky pioneers as the first district courthouse, prior to statehood and the split from Virginia. Located in Danville, the courthouse was staffed by prominent early Kentuckians. Samuel McDowell, John Floyd, and George Muter served as the court’s first judges. Walker Daniel, the man for whom Danville is named, was the prosecutor and John May served as the court clerk.
Today, the courthouse stands in Danville’s Constitution Square, the location of prominent early buildings including a meetinghouse, post office and jail which served vital roles in administering the terrority an young state of Kentucky.
It is also the site where numerous constitutional conventions were held to hammer out the details of Kentucky’s first constitution. The state’s first constitution was accepted by the United States Congress on June 1, 1792, making Kentucky the fifteenth state.
The Atkinson Griffin Log House is a historic two story wooden structure that was built in 1840. The log cabin served as a Confederate hospital after the Tebbs Bend Civil War Battle, which took place July 4th, 1863. The Tebbs Bend Battlefield is located near Campbellsville, Kentucky.