Today in Kentucky

June 30, 1780, the Virginia Assembly divided Kentucky County into Fayette, Lincoln, and Jefferson Counties.  The new counties all became effective on November 1, 1780. … Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 29, 1852, Henry Clay died of tuberculosis in Washington, D.C., at 75, while serving as a U.S. Senator.  Befitting Clay’s status as one of… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 28, 1792, Kentucky created Logan County from Lincoln County and named it in honor of Benjamin Logan, Revolutionary War General.  Russellville is the county… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 27, 1778, George Rogers Clark’s army of about 200 faithful followers landed on nearby Owen’s Island at Falls of Ohio.  A small hunting party… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 26, 1861, Cynthiana native Orville Hickman Browning became an Illinois U.S. Senator.  Five years later he became the 9th Secretary of the Interior. June… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 25, 1830, Ephraim McDowell, physician and surgeon who introduced pioneering techniques in abdominal surgery, passed away in Danville. On June 25, 1842, Lexingtonian Thomas… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 24, 1778, George Rogers Clark, 26, and 175 men “shot the falls” of the Ohio River in canoes during a total eclipse of the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 23, 1792, the young Commonwealth created Shelby County from Jefferson County.  Shelby was named in honor of Isaac Shelby, 1st and 5th governor.  Shelbyville… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 22, 1773, Capt. Thomas Bullitt and Hancock Taylor, both surveyors and others in one company, and James McAfee, George McAfee, Robert McAfee, James McCoun… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On June 21, 1761, four men left Alexandria for Kentucky.  They fought through the trackless western Virginian woods, across the deep stream, and over the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY