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August 12-14, 1782, a war party consisting of Captain Caldwell, Simon Girty, Shawnee, and Wyandot Warriors of about 300 strong came into Kentucky.  Small detachments… Read More »`TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 11, 1787, brothers John and Fielding Bradford published the 1st issue of the Kentucke Gazette.  They returned to Lexington from Pennsylvania after learning the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On August 10, 1810, the Great Cherokee Children Massacre took place at Yahoo Falls in southeast Kentucky, nestled in the Big South Fork, right outside… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY