Today in Kentucky

November 30, 1822, Kentucky created Calloway County from Hickman County and named it in honor of Richard Callaway, pioneer.  Murray is the county seat.  Other… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On November 29, 1800, the Lexington Library Association incorporated the Lexington Library.  The association consisted of John Bradford, James Morrison, Samuel Postlethwait, and others.  The… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 28, 1785, the 1st official treaty between the U.S. and Cherokee Nation took place at Hopewell, South Carolina.  The Hopewell Treaty included the cession… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia November 27, 1869, Samuel Smith Nicholas, the University of Louisville’s 1st president, died.  President from 1846-47, the new university consisted of the recently… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 26, 1840, President-elect William Henry Harrison passed through Lexington and stayed with Dr. Benjamin Dudley of Transylvania University.  Harrison, who served the least time… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 25, 1813, Kentucky’s 1st permanent state capitol building burned down.  The 1st floor held the state auditor, treasurer, and public printer.  The 2nd floor… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to President Zachary Taylor, born in 1784. In 1785, his family moved to a plantation in Louisville called Springfield. Taylor… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On November 23, 1812, the Kentucky Gazette made the 1st reference to Lexington’s downtown square as Cheapside, named after the medieval market in London. November… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Murray native Nathan Beverly Stubblefield, born in 1860. Nathan invented the acoustic telephone, where wire carried sound vibrations directly… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On November 21, 1783, the Kentucky territory created its 1st tax.  The future Commonwealth taxed each 10 pounds of tobacco.  Also, during this year, Kentucky… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY