Kentucky Trivia On November 29, 1800, the Lexington Library Association incorporated the Lexington Library. The association consisted of John Bradford, James Morrison, Samuel Postlethwait, and… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets November 28, 1785, the 1st official treaty between the U.S. and Cherokee Nation took place at Hopewell, South Carolina. The… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets November 27, 1863, General John Hunt Morgan and six officers made a daring escape from an Ohio prison. They tunneled… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets November 26, 1923, Deputy Sheriff Charles Willard McKinney, Letcher County Sheriff’s Office, died from a gunshot arresting a drunken man… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets November 25, 1813, Kentucky’s 1st permanent state capitol building burned down. The first floor held the state auditor, treasurer, and… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Happy Thanksgiving Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to President Zachary Taylor, born in 1784. In 1785, his family moved to a plantation in Louisville called… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets On November 23, 1812, the Kentucky Gazette made the 1st reference to Lexington’s downtown square as Cheapside, named after the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Murray native Nathan Beverly Stubblefield, born in 1860. Nathan invented the acoustic telephone, where… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets November 21, 1799, the Kentucky legislatures decreed John James Dufour of Vevey, Switzerland, the 1st commercial vineyard and winery in… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISOTRY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets November 20, 1822, the National Course of D.C. hosted a famous battle between the North and South. James Harrison of… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
