Today in Kentucky

On January 28, 1753, a large party of Native Americans consisting of 70 Christian Conewagos and Ottawas, one French Canadian, and a renegade Dutchman named… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

January 27, 1808, Kentucky created Estill County from Clark County and Madison County and named it in honor of James Estill, military captain killed at… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On January 26, 1810, Kentucky passed the 1st scalp law, which enabled the state to pay citizens for wolves’ scalps. January 26, 1842, the Commonwealth… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

January 25, 1715, Thomas Walker was born in Queen and King County, VA.  As a Loyal Land Company member, Walker engaged in land speculation and… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

January 24, 1848, miners found gold in California.  Kentucky’s high migration rate to find the precious metal fell behind Ohio, Massachusetts, and New York. January… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On January 23, 1813, Nathaniel Gray Smith Hart, a Lexington lawyer and businessman, died, along with many of his men in the River Raisin Massacre.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

January 22, 1813, British and Native American forces attacked a pioneer militia retreating south from Detroit.  The “Battle of Frenchtown,” also known as the “Battle… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

January 21, 1819, the Kentucky General Assembly approved Centre College. Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Louisville native Roscoe Tarleton Goose, born in 1891.  Roscoe… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

January 20, 1815, Captain Matthew Harris Jouett of the Army’s 3rd Mounted Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers resigned.  Jouett-Bush-Frazer Early Kentucky Artist by William Barrow Floyd… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

January 19, 1809, Henry Clay and Humphrey Marshall held their famous duel across the Ohio River from Shippingport.  Marshall missed the 1st shot, and Clay… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY