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October 20, 1865, the federal government hung Champ Ferguson, a Civil War guerrilla from Spring Creek in Clinton County, for 53 counts of murder.  Sometimes… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On October 19, 1775, Mary Ingles and an old Dutch woman decided to escape from Big Bone and the Native Americans who captured them. Localtonians… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On October 18, 1770, British representatives insisted on negotiating a new treaty with Native Americans.  This new treaty would move the northeastern boundary of Cherokee… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY