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Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets April 8, 1782, John Floyd, his brother, Charles, and Alexander Breckinridge traveled from Floyd’s Station on Beargrass Creek to Bullitt’s… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to James Masterson, born in 1752.  James built Lexington’s original frame house.  Masterson and John… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets April 6, 1842, Charles Dickens arrived in Louisville on the steamboat Pike and spent the night in the Galt House… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets On April 5, 1792, Native Americans attacked Tucker’s Station in Green County.  The Rev. John Tucker, his wife, and two… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

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Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets April 4, 1818, Congress requested that President James Monroe present Kentuckian Richard Mentor Johnson a sword in honor of his… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Simon Kenton, born in 1755.  Simon’s friends included Daniel Boone, Simon Girty, Spencer Records, Thomas S. Hinde, and Isaac… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

April 2, 1775, Fort Boonesborough begun and foundations of Transylvania Colony laid.  Kentucky in Retrospect 1792-1967 by Kentucky Historical Society. pg: 9 April 2, 1780,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

April 1, 1775, Daniel Boone and his axmen arrived in the area near present-day Fort Boonesborough.  They made a preliminary campsite at Sycamore Hollow, near… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 31, 1842, with tears in his eyes, Henry Clay bid the Senate farewell to make a run for the presidency. March 31, 1851, during… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY