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 Jefferson Davis Highway Zero Milestone, Fairview, KY Posted by:  snfromky
N 36° 50.602 W 087° 18.033
16S E 473203 N 4077538
A zero milestone that marks the birthplace of Jefferson Davis and the start of a highway bearing his name.
Waymark Code: WM3QV0
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2008
Views: 29
The Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway was conceived in 1913 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (U.D.C.). In that era, it was common for private organizations to identify a route, give it a name, and promote its use and improvement. In 1912, Carl Fisher had announced his plans for a "coast to coast" rock highway to be called the Lincoln Highway; the route was announced in September 1913. Mrs. Alexander B. White conceived the idea of a comparable southern route named after the President of the Confederate States of America. In addition to the transcontinental route, the U.D.C. designated two auxiliary routes one from Jefferson Davis' birthplace at Fairview, Kentucky, south to Beauvoir, Mississippi, where he lived in later years although the milestone reads Biloxi, Miss.
Condition: Worn
Date placed: 01/01/1930
Material: Stone
Inscription:
Zero Milestone
Jefferson Davis Highway
Fairview, KY.-Biloxi, Miss.
Erected 1920 by
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Born June 3, 1808
in Christian, now Todd Co. KY.
Died December 6, 1889
in New Orleans, LA.
Graduated West Point, 1828
Served in Indian Wars, Mexican War,
Hero of Buena Vista and Monterey
Secretary of War 1853
United States Senator from
Mississippi 1857
President of the
Confederate States of America
1861-1865
Patriot, Soldier, Statesman, Christian
Name of road: Jefferson Davis Highway/Russelville Road
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