Today in Kentucky

August 24, 1799, angry men sawed off Micajah Big Harpe’s head and stuck it on a pole in Henderson after a posse finally tracked him… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 23, 1814, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth founded the Nazareth Academy, the 3rd oldest educational institution west of the Allegheny Mountains.  The motherhouse… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 22, 1786, George Adams held a meeting to organize the county of Madison.  A group of local men met and elected the 1st justices,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 21, 1836, in the evening, Lexington’s Grand Masonic Hall caught fire.  Local fire engines Kentuckian, Resolution, and Lyon responded to the call, but the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 20, 1792, Danville established the 1st Post Office with Thomas Barbeeas as Postmaster, nearly two years before Harrodsburg, Washington, Lexington, Bairdstown (later Bardstown), Bourbontown… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 19, 1782, the Battle of Blue Licks occurred near present-day Mount Olivet in Robertson County.  The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 18, 1855, Governor Thomas “Stone Hammer” Metcalfe, our 10th governor, passed away from cholera at Forest Retreat in Nicholas County, his home.  Henry Clay… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 17, 1799, legislators adopted Kentucky’s 2nd Constitution to take effect in June 1800.  This Constitution abolished the electoral college, allowing senators, representatives, the governor,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 16, 1862, Adj. General Finnell reported that 41,703 Kentuckians volunteered for the Union Army, one year, four months, and four days into the war.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

August 15-17, 1782, Captain Caldwell and his combined Shawnee and Wyandot forces attempted to surprise Bryant’s Station.  The war party fired on the fort, burned… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY