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TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia
July 26, 1863, Morgan’s Great Raid of 1863 ended in Northern Ohio after being captured and imprisoned. Morgan’s Men captured and paroled about 6,000 Union soldiers, destroyed 34 bridges, disrupted the railroads at more than 60 places, and diverted tens of thousands of troops from other duties. Although it distracted some Union soldiers from Vicksburg and Gettysburg Campaigns and temporarily alarmed in the North, the raids did not do the damage Morgan had hoped for.
July 26, 1889, Bourbon County lynched James Kelly, a black male, for rape.
July 26, 1894, Nicholas County lynched William Tyler, a black male, for rape.
July 26, 1920, Confederate Colonel and POW Ezekiel F. Clay, proprietor of Runnymeade Stock Farm and one of the most widely known breeders of thoroughbred horses in the U.S., died at home in Bourbon County. Born at the homestead just north of Paris in 1841, he married Mary L. Woodford and had six children. Clay served as president of the Kentucky Racing Association and the most valued member of the Kentucky Racing Commission.
July 26, 2011, Lexington native Collin Cowgill made his MLB debut for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Kentucky Headlines
July 26, 1924
Fayette Tobacco Growers Hold Farm Festival with Pageants and Picnic on Winchester Pike
Governor Fields Sends 5 Peace Troops To Western Kentucky; Threat of Coal Strike Looms
July 26, 1974
Sales Start Early At Lexington Farmer’s Market at Newtown Pike & Main
Committee Considers Impeachment Articles
July 26, 1999
World Peace Bell Rings In Paris, France
Kentucky is Terminating Parents’ Rights At Fastest Rate Ever
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