738 Kentucky Historian

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Marker reads, Lewis Collins, 1797-1870, born near Bryans Station, author of Collins Historical Sketches of Kentucky. He was presiding judge of Mason County, publisher-editor of the Eagle, lived here 52 years. His 1847 study of his own state-revised by Richard H. Collins, his son, 1874 as Collins History of Kentucky-is considered a basic source for the historian of today.