TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
March 14, 1804, Thomas Reed and John Carr, both Lexingtonians, met on the Field of Honor for an unknown reason. Reed received a wound in… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
March 14, 1804, Thomas Reed and John Carr, both Lexingtonians, met on the Field of Honor for an unknown reason. Reed received a wound in… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
On March 13, 1751, Christopher Gist met two men and obtained a jaw tooth weighing over four pounds, other teeth, several rib bones 11 feet… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
March 12, 1827, Gideon Shryock, a 25-year-old Lexington architect, received a $150 prize for the winning design of a new Capitol, and the legislators awarded… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
March 11-15, 1775, settlers returned to James Harrod’s fort and occupied it continuously from that point on. Many of the 50 men who came back… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
March 10, 1775, Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner set out to blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap for the Transylvania Company from Fort Chiswell,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
On March 9, 1828, Maysville felt three earthquakes between midnight and two in the morning, the 2nd strongest quake since 1812. March 9, 1859, Breckinridge… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
On March 8, 1777, Native Americans set fires to isolated cabins around Fort Harrod to draw the settlers out. Some settlers fought through the woods… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
March 7, 1777, “the Natives attempted to cut off from the Fort a small party of men – a skirmish ensued. We had four men… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
On March 6, 1750, Dr. Thomas Walker left Castle Hill, Virginia, with Ambrose Powell, William Tomlinson, Colby Chew, Henry Lawless, and John Hughes on a… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
On March 5, 1789, James Bray, Lexington’s 1st tavern keeper, announced his retirement and asked, “Will all those who owe me please settle with Mr.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY