Today in Kentucky

August 19, 1782, the Battle of Blue Licks occurred near present-day Mount Olivet in Robertson County.  The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 18, 1855, Governor Thomas “Stone Hammer” Metcalfe, our 10th governor, passed away from cholera at Forest Retreat in Nicholas County, his home.  Henry Clay… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 17, 1799, legislators adopted Kentucky’s 2nd Constitution to take effect in June 1800.  This Constitution abolished the electoral college, allowing senators, representatives, the governor,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 16, 1862, Adj. General Finnell reported that 41,703 Kentuckians volunteered for the Union Army, one year, four months, and four days into the war.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 15-17, 1782, Captain Caldwell and his combined Shawnee and Wyandot forces attempted to surprise Bryant’s Station.  The war party fired on the fort, burned… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Anniversary to Daniel Boone and Rebecca Boone, who wed in 1756.  They would settle in Rowan County, NC for a little… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 13, 1826, James Johnson passed away while representing Kentucky in the U.S. House.  In 1817-18 he promoted the stagecoach industry in the Bluegrass and… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 12-14, 1782, a war party consisting of Captain Caldwell, Simon Girty, Shawnee, and Wyandot Warriors of about 300 strong came into Kentucky.  Small detachments… Read More »`TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 11, 1787, brothers John and Fielding Bradford published the 1st issue of the Kentucke Gazette.  They returned to Lexington from Pennsylvania after learning the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On August 10, 1810, the Great Cherokee Children Massacre took place at Yahoo Falls in southeast Kentucky, nestled in the Big South Fork, right outside… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY