Today in Kentucky

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to John Brown, a Kentucky founding father born in 1757.  His colleagues elected him as the Commonwealth’s 1st U.S. Senator… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

September 11, 1750, Christopher Gist, an agent for the Ohio River Company of Virginia, started from Old Town on the Potomac River and explored along… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to John Jordan Crittenden, born in 1787.  John represented Kentucky in the U.S. Senate four different times in both classes. … Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

The Virginia Gazette of September 9, 1775, described an exhibition of Morgan’s Riflemen or Morgan’s Rifles, previously Morgan’s Sharpshooters.  “A man held between his knees… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On September 8, 1775, Frances Jane Greenleaf and her crew reached Fort Harrod.  Francis later manufactured the 1st salt in Kentucky at Drilling’s Lick, an… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Monday, September 7, 1778, the Great Siege of Fort Boonesborough began when the best war chiefs of the Shawnee, an estimated 444 Native Americans, 12… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On September 6, 1807, William Clark arrived in Boone County with his famous older brother, General George Rogers Clark.  William wanted to devote more time… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On September 5, 1816, George Madison became the 6th governor of Kentucky and the 1st to die in office.  Immediately after the election, Madison traveled… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

September 4, 1804, Christopher Greenup’s inauguration as Kentucky’s 3rd governor occurred under an elm tree on the south lawn of the Old Capitol.  The 1st… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On September 3, 1783, the Brits and Americans signed The Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution.  The pact granted U.S. independence and provided significant… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY