Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets July 6, 1788, the 6th Convention for statehood, opened in Danville. July 6, 1802, Edward West, a Lexington inventor and… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets July 5, 1863, General J. H. Morgan’s Raiders battled Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Hanson’s small Union force for nearly six… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY July 4, 1777, Fort Boonesborough endured one of the its heaviest and most serious attacks.  With a force of 200 warriors,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets July 3, 1819, Major William S. Dallum, a renter the Pope Villa in Lexington, hosted a lavish event to honor… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets July 2, 1819, President James Monroe, accompanied by General Andrew Jackson, arrived in Lexington while touring the country.  During a… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets July 1, 1774, Thomas Hanson captured the essence of Bluegrass Country in his journal entry describing the vicinity of Elkhorn… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets June 30, 1780, the Virginia Assembly divided Kentucky County into Fayette, Lincoln, and Jefferson Counties.  The new counties all became… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets June 29, 1852, Henry Clay died of tuberculosis in Washington, D.C. at 75, while serving as a U.S. Senator representing… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets June 28, 1792, Kentucky created Logan County from Lincoln County and named it in honor of Benjamin Logan, Revolutionary War… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets June 27, 1778, George Rogers Clark’s army of about 200 faithful followers landed on nearby Owen’s Island at Falls of… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY