Today in Kentucky

March 19, 1782, settlers observed an unoccupied Indian raft floating past Boonesborough down the Kentucky River.  To the alert frontiersmen, this indicated Natives were crossing… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On March 18, 1813, Rebecca Boone passed over.  Her family laid her to rest in the Boone Family Cemetery overlooking Tuque Creek, on a farm… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Silas Harlan, born in 1753 in West Virginia.  He journeyed to Kentucky with James Harrod in 1774 and served… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 16, 1836, the 1st railroad accident occurred on the Lexington & Ohio line, two miles north of Frankfort.  A train leaped over a barrier,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

President Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767. While not a Kentuckian, Jackson is memorialized with a federal highway—U.S. Highway 31E—running through the state.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 14, 1804, Thomas Reed and John Carr, both Lexingtonians, met on the Field of Honor for an unknown reason.  Reed received a wound in… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY