Today in Kentucky

June 1, 1789, Native Americans broke into the house of Edmond Stephenson in Madison County and wounded one person.  A number of horses had been… Read More »HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENTUCKY

May 31, 1797, the Kentucky Gazette ran an announcement for public amusement in Central Kentucky.  “A room for exhibition purposes has been erected for tumbling,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On May 30, 1806, Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickinson, two Tennesseans, crossed the state border to settle their differences in one of Kentucky’s most famous… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

May 29, 1775, Richard Henderson’s journal stated that a letter arrived at Boonesboro containing news of a battle near Boston.  The Battles of Lexington and… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On Sunday, May 28, 1775, Boonesborough hosted the 1st recorded public worship service in Kentucky.  The Reverend John Lyth, an Episcopalian clergyman, conducted the Anglican… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

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

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Shepherdsville native James Turner Morehead, Kentucky’s 12th governor, born in 1797 in Bullitt County.  The U.S. Senator was the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On May 23, 1775, the 1st legislative assembly west of the Cumberland Gap occurred when the 1st Transylvania Convention opened at Fort Boonesborough with Harrodsburg,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY