Today in Kentucky

February 21, 1792, James Harrod, who established Kentucky’s 1st settlement, disappeared.  Many felt Native Americans got him, or he became sick and died while hunting. … Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

February 20, 1836, Kentucky created Clinton County from Wayne County and Cumberland County and named it in honor of NY Governor DeWitt Clinton.  Albany is… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

February 19, 1812, Kentuckians Thomas Marshall and Colonel Charles S. Mitchell dueled in Ohio across from Maysville.  On the 1st fire, Mitchell wounded Marshall in… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

February 18, 1815, the War of 1812 ended, advantage U.S.  The need for a formal U.S. military began. February 18, 1861, Montgomery, Alabama, held the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

February 17, 1795, J. H. Stewart’s Kentucky Herald became the 2nd newspaper produced in Kentucky; however, it later consolidated into the Kentucky Gazette. February 17,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

February 16, 1838, the Kentucky General Assembly passed an act to create the state’s 1st system of free public education.  It provided for a state… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Fayette County native Carter Harrison Sr., born in 1825.  He served two terms as Chicago’s mayor ending in 1893.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

February 14, 1815, William Henry and Lieut. James Haydon met on the big hill in the back of the State House in Frankfort.  There were… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On February 13, 1818, Virginian George Rogers Clark passed away in Louisville.  Clark became the highest-ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Hodgenville native Abraham Lincoln, born in 1809 in LaRue County.  At the age of 21, he left home and… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY