Today in Kentucky

November 10, 1782, George Rogers Clark sent a Kentucky force to invade Native Americans north of the Ohio.  They descended on the town of Miamis,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 9, 1804, 23-year-old Richard Mentor Johnson of Georgetown became a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives.  However, he did not meet the Kentucky… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On November 8, 1789, folklore says that Elijah Craig distilled the 1st Bourbon Whiskey from corn in Bourbon County. Friday, November 8, 1805, John Adair… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 7, 1795, Benjamin J. Bradford established the Kentucky Journal in Frankfort, the Commonwealth’s 3rd newspaper.  Kentucky in Retrospect by Lila Jones Kingston pg: 34.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 6, 1793, Native Americans, under the leadership of Chief Little Turtle, attacked Major John Adair and about 100 Kentucky Militia near Ft. Saint Clair… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 5, 1768, the Haudenosaunee and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Fort, which established a property line following the Ohio River.  The boundary ceded… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 4, 1778, the Virginia Legislature voided the Transylvania Purchase made by Richard Henderson, again.  A History of the Daniel Boone National Forest, 1770-1970 by… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 3, 1792, in the 1st post office west of the Allegheny Mountains, postmaster Thomas Barbee received the 1st mail delivery. Monday, November 3, 1794,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On November 2, 1820, the city of Franklin incorporated.  Throughout the 1820s, famous duels took place at Lincompinch, situated on the KY/TN border in Simpson… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

November 1, 1780, Kentucky’s original three counties, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Fayette, became effective.  At the time, the territory had five established communities: Boonesborough, Fort Harrod/Boiling… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY