TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia November 4, 1778, the Virginia Legislature voided the Transylvania Purchase made by Richard Henderson, again. A History of the Daniel Boone National Forest,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia November 4, 1778, the Virginia Legislature voided the Transylvania Purchase made by Richard Henderson, again. A History of the Daniel Boone National Forest,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia November 3, 1792, in the 1st post office west of the Allegheny Mountains, postmaster Thomas Barbee received the 1st mail delivery. Monday, November… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia On November 2, 1820, the city of Franklin incorporated. Throughout the 1820s, famous duels took place at Lincompinch, situated on the KY/TN border… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia November 1, 1780, Kentucky’s original three counties, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Fayette, became effective. At the time, the territory had five established communities: Boonesborough,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky TriviaHappy Halloween October 31, 1869, Springfield native Charles Anderson Wickliffe, our 14th governor, passed away. He became Lt. Governor in 1836. When Governor J.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia On October 30, 1870, Robert Fox, an elderly mortician, his brother Samuel, and a business partner, Horace Pearce, created the 1st Rebellious Civil… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia October 29, 1877, Patrolman Martin Roth, Louisville Police Department, succumbed to injuries sustained one week earlier when a subject assaulted him during an… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia October 28, 1811, the 1st steamboat boat arrived in Louisville. Residents congratulated Mr. Roosevelt on his success but told him they doubted they… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to John B. Bibb, born in 1789, a Kentucky statesman who also developed Bibb Lettuce. October 27, 1869,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia On October 26, 1861, around 300 Union soldiers faced off in the Battle of Saratoga against 160 Confederate soldiers in Lyon County. They… Read More »Today in Kentucky History