Today in Kentucky

August 13, 1826, James Johnson passed away while representing Kentucky in the U.S. House.  In 1817-18 he promoted the stagecoach industry in the Bluegrass and… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 12-14, 1782, a war party consisting of Captain Caldwell, Simon Girty, Shawnee, and Wyandot Warriors of about 300 strong came into Kentucky.  Small detachments… Read More »`TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 11, 1787, brothers John and Fielding Bradford published the 1st issue of the Kentucke Gazette.  They returned to Lexington from Pennsylvania after learning the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On August 10, 1810, the Great Cherokee Children Massacre took place at Yahoo Falls in southeast Kentucky, nestled in the Big South Fork, right outside… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On August 9, 1777, pioneers surrounded 10 or 12 Native Americans near Fort Harrod.  They killed three and wounded others; the plunder sold for upwards… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 8, 1785, the 3rd Kentucky Convention met at Danville, the 2nd convention occurred in May.  The 10th and final convention took place in April… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 7, 1776, the 1st recorded marriage in Kentucky took place at Fort Boonesborough.  Elizabeth (Betsy) Callaway married her Knight in Shining Armor, Samuel Henderson. … Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 6, 1801, Edward West, who had 1st exhibited his miniature steamboat on the waters of the Town Branch in 1793, showed a vastly improved… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Nicholas County native Thomas Harris Barlow, born in 1789.  Thomas invented a steam-powered mechanism to separate hemp’s fiber from… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 4, 1800, the 2nd U.S. Census officially began.  The government lost the original records from Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia. Saturday night,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY