———————————————————————— September 18, 1861, the Kentucky State Legislature formally declared the end of Kentucky’s neutrality in the Civil War.  Kentucky now entered the war on… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

———————————————————————- September 17, 1769, Lucy (Virgin) Downs, thought to be the first white child born west of the Allegheny Mountains, was born in what is… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

———————————————————————— September 16, 1874, feuding between the Little and Strong clans caused Gov. Preston H. Leslie to send 60 members of the state militia to… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

———————————————————————— September 15, 1875, Isaac Burns Murphy won his first race.  The win came at the Lexington Crab Orchard track, aboard B. F. Pettit’s chestnut… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY