Today in Kentucky

On March 13, 1751, Christopher Gist met two men and obtained a jaw tooth weighing over four pounds, other teeth, several rib bones 11 feet… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On March 12, 1808, two locals established The Reporter, later named the Kentucky Reporter.  The paper stressed local news and was less concerned with national… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 11-15, 1775, settlers returned to James Harrod’s fort and occupied it continuously from that point on.  Many of the 50 men who came back… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 10, 1775, Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner set out to blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap for the Transylvania Company from Fort Chiswell,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On March 9, 1828, Maysville felt three earthquakes between midnight and two in the morning, the 2nd strongest quake since 1812. March 9, 1859, Breckinridge… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On March 8, 1780, Colonel Richard Callaway, Pemberton Rawlings, and three enslaved people worked on a ferry boat about a mile above Boonesborough when the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 7, 1777, “the Natives attempted to cut off from the Fort a small party of men – a skirmish ensued.  We had four men… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On March 6, 1750, Dr. Thomas Walker left Castle Hill, Virginia, with Ambrose Powell, William Tomlinson, Colby Chew, Henry Lawless, and John Hughes on a… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On March 5, 1789, James Bray, Lexington’s 1st tavern keeper, announced his retirement and asked, “Will all those who owe me please settle with Mr.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 4, 1780, Captain Abraham Lincoln received a land grant for his service in the Revolutionary War along the Green River in what is now… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY