Today in Kentucky

On May 1, 1769, Daniel Boone, John Finley, and four others set out for the Cumberland Gap using the same route Dr. Walker had used… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

April 30, 1745, Shireborn delivered Selima on the Earl of Godolphin’s stud farm near Newmarket. April 30, 1789, New York City hosted the 1st U.S.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On April 29, 1814, Henry Clay loaned famed Kentucky artist Joseph H. Bush $50.00 and months later, $150.00.  Jouett-Bush-Frazer Early Kentucky Artist by William Barrow… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

April 28, 1816, the 1st commercial steamboat to ply the Kentucky River set sail from the mouth of Hickman Creek in Jessamine County.  Bosworth &… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On April 27, 1805, Presley Neville O’Bannon became the 1st person to raise a U.S. flag over foreign soil during war.  The Marine and future… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to John James Audubon, born in 1785. April 26, 1865, a posse tracked John Wilkes Booth to a barn near… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

April 25, 1793, the Kentucke Gazette, the 1st newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, reported that “Indians ambushed and killed the post rider on… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

The first open attack at Fort Boonesborough occurred at sunrise on April 24, 1777. On April 24, 1884, Kentucky established a line of stages from… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

April 23, 1775, Richard Henderson called for an election for members to the “House of Delegates of the Transylvania Colony. Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

April 22, 1750, Dr. Walker and his Ax Men built a bark canoe and crossed the Cumberland River, a few miles south of Barbourville, forcing… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY