Weston ~ Vital Junction
N 37° 24.158 W 088° 01.272
16S E 409617 N 4140028
With the passing of the golden age of river trade, the town's prosperity faded
Waymark Code: WM4YZZ
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2008
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Weston
West~town, as early name implies, was most important river port for western Kentucky pioneers before Jackson Purchase opened in 1820s. Incorporated as a town in 1854. It developed around Flynn's Ferry at Ohio River crossing of the old Saline Trace. With the passing of the golden age of river trade, the town's prosperity faded. Site of Weston, 10 mi.-north.
Vital Junction
George Flynn improved the north~south trace, previously used by animals on way to salt licks, into a wagon road. This intersection of the two main roads of that day, Weston to Princeton and Caseyville to Marion, was vital to the free movement of troops during Civil War. Hotly contested by Confederate raiding parties and US occupation forces until war's end.
Marker Name: Weston ~ Vital Junction
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number (for official markers): 1298
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society... Kentucky Department of Highways
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