TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets July 6, 1788, the 6th Convention for Statehood, opened in Danville. Kentucky Trivia: Between 1784 and 1790, Kentucky held nine… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets July 6, 1788, the 6th Convention for Statehood, opened in Danville. Kentucky Trivia: Between 1784 and 1790, Kentucky held nine… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets July 5, 1863, General J. H. Morgan’s Raiders battled Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Hanson’s small Union force for nearly six… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets July 4, 1777, Fort Boonesborough endured its 3rd and most serious attack. With a force of 200 warriors, British Chief… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets On July 3, 1819, President James Monroe visited with students and faculty at Transylvania. Next, he walked to Matthew Jouett’s… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets On July 2, 1819, President James Monroe, accompanied by General Andrew Jackson, became the 1st chief executive to visit Lexington. … Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets July 1, 1774, Thomas Hanson captured the essence of Bluegrass Country in his journal entry describing the Elkhorn Creek: “All… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets June 30, 1780, the Virginia Assembly divided Kentucky County into Fayette, Lincoln, and Jefferson Counties. The new counties all became… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets June 29, 1852, Henry Clay died of tuberculosis in Washington, D.C., at 75, while serving as a U.S. Senator. Befitting… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets June 28, 1792, Kentucky created Logan County from Lincoln County and named it in honor of Benjamin Logan, Revolutionary War… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets June 27, 1778, George Rogers Clark’s army of about 200 faithful followers landed on nearby Owen’s Island at Falls of… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY