Today in Kentucky

June 24, 1778, George Rogers Clark, 26, and 175 men “shot the falls” of the Ohio River in canoes during a total eclipse of the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 23, 1792, the young Commonwealth created Shelby County from Jefferson County.  Shelby was named in honor of Isaac Shelby, 1st and 5th governor.  Shelbyville… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 22, 1773, Capt. Thomas Bullitt and Hancock Taylor, both surveyors and others in one company, and James McAfee, George McAfee, Robert McAfee, James McCoun… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On June 21, 1761, four men left Alexandria for Kentucky.  They fought through the trackless western Virginian woods, across the deep stream, and over the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 20, 1778, Daniel Boone arrived back at Fort Boonesborough after being held captive for approximately five months by the Shawnee.  He made the brave… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 19, 1865, Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and then enforced the Emancipation Proclamation.  Juneteenth is… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 18, 1792, the Kentucky legislature elected their first two senators, John Brown and John Edwards, to the U.S. Senate. Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On June 17, 1781, locals constituted Severn’s Valley Baptist Church with 17 members in Hardin County.  This church is the oldest Baptist congregation to exist… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On June 16, 1774, locals established Fort Harrod, Kentucky’s first white settlement.  James Harrod led 30-37 men down the Ohio River and then up the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

June 15, 1778, the Shawnee returned from an unsuccessful raid against Donelly’s Fort on the Greenbrier River in today’s WVA.  Smarting for revenge, they decided… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY