Thank You For Visiting September 19, 1816, Sinking Springs Farm sold for $87.74 on the Elizabethtown courthouse steps.   This sale marked the end of Thomas… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting September 18, 1861, the Kentucky state legislature formally declared the end of Kentucky’s neutrality in the Civil War and calls for… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting Localtonians wishes a Happy Birthday to Lucy (Virgin) Downs, thought to be the first white child born west of the Allegheny… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting September 16, 1874, feuding between the Little and Strong clans caused Governor Preston H. Leslie to send 60 members of the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting September 15, 1875, Isaac Murphy won his first race.  The win came at the Lexington Crab Orchard track, aboard B. F.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting On September 14, 1814, the Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key as he gazed at Old Glory with… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting On September 13, 1781, the Long Run massacre occurred at the intersection of Floyd’s Fork Creek with Long Run Creek, along… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting Localtonians wishes a Happy Birthday to John Brown, born in 1757.  John was one of the founding fathers of Kentucky. September… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting September 11, 1777, a company of 37 men were sent to Captain Joseph Bowman to help shell corn.  While shelling, they… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting Localtonians wishes a Happy Birthday to John Jordan Crittenden, born in 1787.  John was our U.S. Senator, U.S. Attorney General, 17th… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY