Today in Kentucky

On March 30, 1775, Colonel Richard Henderson began his journey through the Cumberland Gap.  Henderson started the trip with Colonel Benjamin Logan and immigrants from… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Anniversary to Judge Todd and Lucy Washington, who wed in 1812 in the 1st White House wedding.  Todd married while an… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On March 28, 1775, Virginia’s governor proclaimed the arrest of Richard Henderson and his Transylvania associates while emphasizing the danger of Henderson’s enterprise if not… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 27, 1751, Christopher Gist left the 1st written record of travels through what is now Hazard.  His notes on this date acknowledged the large… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 26, 1866, with the formal duel well into decline and strict Kentucky laws forbidding the practice, Joseph Desha (32) and Alexander Kimbrough (27) meet… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 25, 1775, while lying asleep in a Madison County camp, about 15 miles south of the future Boonesborough, Native Americans attacked before dawn.  Captain… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to our 16th governor, William Owsley, born in 1782.  Education made progress during Owsley’s tenure as a Whig, largely due… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to the Louisville native and poet Madison Julius Cawein, born in 1865.  In 1913, a year before his death, Cawein… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 22, 1782, in the Battle of Little Mountain, seven of Captain James Estill’s axmen, out of 25, died in desperate hand-to-hand fighting with a… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 21, 1775, Virginia Governor Dunmore issued a strong proclamation against Richard Henderson and the Transylvania Company. On March 21, 1782, Captain Estill’s party regrouped… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY