Thank You For Visiting November 27, 1869, Samuel Smith Nicholas, the first President of the University of Louisville, passed away.  Before leading the new institution,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone November 26, 1923, Deputy Sheriff Charles Willard McKinney, Letcher County Sheriff’s Office, was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a drunken… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting November 25, 1813, Kentucky’s first permanent state capitol building burned down.  The first floor held the state auditor, treasurer and public… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting Localtonians wishes a Happy Birthday to President Zachary Taylor born in 1784.  In 1785 his family moved to a plantation in… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting November 23, 1812, the first reference to Lexington’s downtown square being called Cheapside was published in the Kentucky Gazette.  Cheapside was… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting Localtonians wishes a Happy Birthday to Murray native Nathan Beverly Stubblefield born in 1860.  Nathan was the inventor of the acoustic… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting November 21, 1799, the Kentucky Legislatures decreed John James Dufour of Vevey, Switzerland, the first commercial vineyard and winery in the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting November 20, 1822, the National Course of D.C. hosted a famous battle between the North and South.  James Harrison of Brunswick,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting Localtonians wishes a Happy Birthday to George Rogers Clark born in 1752 in Albemarle County, VA.  At 20, George made his… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thank You For Visiting November 18, 1861, eight months after civil war broke out, Kentucky’s Southern sympathizers from 68 of Kentucky’s 110 counties met at… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY