Today in Kentucky

On October 26, 1861, around 300 Union soldiers faced off in the Battle of Saratoga against 160 Confederate soldiers in Lyon County.  They battled over… Read More »Today in Kentucky History

October 25, 1805, Kentucky Cherokee Chief Doublehead signed the final Treaties of Tellico, ceding the land south of the Cumberland River. October 25, 1870, Pimlico… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On October 24, 1940, 120 Foxhounds and 19 saddle horses died when fire swept through the Nelson County Stockyards, bringing a tragic halt to the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Christian County native Adlai Ewing Stevenson, born in 1835.  The 23rd Vice President, who served under President Cleveland from… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

October 22, 1807, Kentucky 1st Lady Mary Catherine Pope Greenup died in the old Kentucky governor’s mansion.  According to later occupants, her image appears in… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On October 21, 1788, Lincoln County Court ordered a road between William Whitley’s Station to the Lincoln County Court House.  Mr. Whitley built the 1st… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

October 20, 1865, the federal government hung Champ Ferguson, a Civil War guerrilla from Spring Creek in Clinton County, for 53 counts of murder.  Sometimes… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On October 19, 1775, Mary Ingles and an old Dutch woman decided to escape from Big Bone and the Native Americans who captured them. Localtonians… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On October 18, 1770, British representatives insisted on negotiating a new treaty with Native Americans.  This new treaty would move the northeastern boundary of Cherokee… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

October 1775, William McConnell, Francis McConnell, David Perry, John McClelland, Robert Patterson, and others set out from Fort Pitt in Pennsylvania.  They packed supplies into… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY