Today in Kentucky

September 26, 1820, Daniel Boone died in Missouri a few months short of his 86th birthday.  His family buried him in Missouri but reinterred him… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On September 25, 1773, from North Carolina, Boone set out with a party of family and friends for his 1st attempt to settle in the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

September 24, 1816, William Ramey, Elkhorn City’s 1st settler, bought 200 acres of land and began settling the rugged valley of Eastern Kentucky. Localtonians wish… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On September 23, 1913, Lexington’s grand premier of the Ben Ali Theater featured a vaudeville act, The Passing Show of 1912.  The stage was said… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On September 22, 1787, the Gazette printed a notice for all locals, “A company of armed gentlemen will meet at Bray’s Tavern and will arrange… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Bourbon county native Kenner Garrard, born in 1827.  Kenner was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

September 20, 1863, Gen. Benjamin Hardin Helm was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga and died the following day.  His father, John LaRue Helm,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

September 19, 1816, Sinking Springs Farm sold for $87.74 on the Elizabethtown courthouse steps.  This sale marked the end of Thomas Lincoln’s dream of owning… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On September 18, 1812, Richard M. Johnson’s men reached Fort Wayne in time to save it and turned back an Indian ambush in the War… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Lucy (Virgin) Downs, thought to be the 1st white child born west of the Allegheny Mountains.  Lucy was born… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY