Today in Kentucky

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Lexington native Gideon Shryock, born in 1802.  At 25, he designed the Old State Capitol on his professional debut,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On November 14, 1779, surveyors Walker and Smith walked off course while establishing the border between Kentucky and Tennessee.  In what is now Simpson County… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 13, 1816, Asa Park, one of Lexington’s earliest portrait painters advertised in the Kentucky Reporter, “Respectfully informs the inhabitants of Lexington and its vicinity… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 12, 1788, Virginia approved the creation of Woodford County from Fayette County.  Named in honor of William Woodford, Revolutionary War General, it would be… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 11, 1836, Bacon College in Georgetown opened its doors.  By 1837, it had 203 students.  The college would change cities and names over the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 10, 1782, George Rogers Clark sent a Kentucky force to invade Native Americans north of the Ohio.  They descended on the town of Miamis,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 9, 1804, 23-year-old Richard Mentor Johnson of Georgetown became a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.  However, he did not meet the Kentucky… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On November 8, 1789, folklore says that Elijah Craig distilled the 1st Bourbon Whiskey from corn in Bourbon County. Friday, November 8, 1805, John Adair… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 7, 1795, Benjamin J. Bradford established the Kentucky Journal in Frankfort, the Commonwealth’s 3rd newspaper.  Kentucky in Retrospect by Lila Jones Kingston pg: 34.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 6, 1793, Native Americans, under the leadership of Chief Little Turtle, attacked Major John Adair and about 100 Kentucky Militia near Ft. Saint Clair… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY