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On May 27, 1778, a small band of pioneers established Louisville on Corn Island in the Ohio River.  During the following summer, George Rogers Clark… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

May 26, 1865, the federal government arrested Albany (Clinton County) native Champ Ferguson, a Civil War guerrilla.  They charged him with 53 counts of murder. … Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Dr. Frederick Ridgely, born in 1757.  Frederick became one of the most celebrated of the early physicians of the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY