TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Friday, February 7, 1812, the 4th and largest New Madrid earthquake hit from 1811-1812. There are many estimations of the magnitude ranging from 7.0 to… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Friday, February 7, 1812, the 4th and largest New Madrid earthquake hit from 1811-1812. There are many estimations of the magnitude ranging from 7.0 to… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
February 6, 1819, Kentucky created Owen County from Scott County, Franklin County, Gallatin County, and Pendleton County and named it in honor of Abraham Owen,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Elisha Warfield, Jr., born in 1781. When Elisha was nine years old; his family moved to Lexington from Maryland. … Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
February 4, 1791, President G. Washington signed the Kentucky Act, passed by the 1st U.S. Congress in its 3rd session. The act set June 1,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
On February 3, 1801, the famous Rowan-Chambers Duel occurred. John Rowan’s picked George Bibb as his 2nd, and Dr. James Chambers chose Major John Bullock. … Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Washington native Albert Sidney Johnston, born in 1803. The general fought in three different armies: the Texan Army, the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
February 1, 1785, the 1st college west of the Allegheny Mountains and the 16th in America, Transylvania Seminary, held their 1st class in the cabin… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
January 31, 1801, Dr. James Chambers challenged Judge John Rowan to a duel. The judge sat on the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and Chambers was… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
January 30, 1777, George Rogers Clark, John McClelland, Robert Patterson, Captain Edward Worthington, Robert Todd, and others, with their families, arrived to reinforce Fort Harrod. … Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
January 29, 1801, Judge John Rowan and Dr. James Chambers attended the same card game in Bardstown at Duncan McLean’s Tavern. Drunk and rowdy, after… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY