TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets May 27, 1778, a small band of pioneers established Louisville on Corn Island in the Ohio River. During the following… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets May 27, 1778, a small band of pioneers established Louisville on Corn Island in the Ohio River. During the following… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets May 26, 1865, the federal government arrested Albany native Champ Ferguson, a Civil War guerrilla. They charged him with 53… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets Localtonians wish a Happy Anniversary to Matthew Harris Jouett and Margaret (Peggy) Henderson Allen, who wed in 1812 in Fayette… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Shepherdsville native James Turner Morehead, Kentucky’s 12th governor, born in 1797 in Bullitt County. … Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets May 23, 1775, the 1st Transylvania Convention opened at Fort Boonesborough with Harrodsburg, Boiling Springs, St. Asaph, and Boonesborough representatives. … Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets May 22, 1825, The Marquis de Lafayette, the namesake of Fayette County, left the Commonwealth after a 12 day visit… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets May 21, 1860, Woodlawn Race Course Association, also known as Saratoga of the West, held their 1st day of racing… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets May 20, 1777, in the early morning hours, while the women were milking cows outside the gates, 100 Native Americans… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets May 19, 1840, John Adair, Kentucky’s 8th governor (1820-24), died. Kentucky historian Lowell H. Harrison opined that creating the Bank… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY
Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets May 18, 1808, Elijah Craig passed away in Georgetown. A former Baptist preacher, he received jail time in Virginia for… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY