TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Lexington native Gideon Shryock, born in 1802. At 25, he designed the Old State Capitol on his… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Lexington native Gideon Shryock, born in 1802. At 25, he designed the Old State Capitol on his… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia On November 14, 1779, surveyors Walker and Smith walked off course while establishing the border between Kentucky and Tennessee. In what is now… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Louisville native Louis Dembitz Brandeis, born in 1856, the 1st Jewish man to sit on the U.S.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia November 11, 1836, Bacon College in Georgetown opened its doors. By 1837, it had 203 students. The college would change cities and names… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia November 10, 1782, George Rogers Clark sent a Kentucky force to invade Native Americans north of the Ohio. They descended on the town… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia 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… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia On November 8, 1789, folklore says that Elijah Craig distilled the 1st Bourbon Whiskey from corn in Bourbon County. November 8, 1805, John… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia November 7, 1795, Benjamin J. Bradford established the Kentucky Journal in Frankfort, the Commonwealth’s 3rd newspaper. Kentucky in Retrospect by Lila Jones Kingston… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia November 6, 1793, Native Americans, under the leadership of Chief Little Turtle, attacked Major John Adair and about 100 Kentucky Militia near Ft.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia November 5, 1768, the Haudenosaunee and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Fort, which established a property line following the Ohio River. The… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY