Today in Kentucky

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Kentucky’s 25th governor, John White Stevenson, born in 1812.  In 1867, just five days after John L. Helm and… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Thursday, May 3, 1900, Lieut. Gibson won the 26th Kentucky Derby.  His winning time of 2:06 1/4 for a 1 ¼ mile stood as the… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Munfordville native Simon Bolivar Buckner, born in 1823.  Our 30th governor fought in the Mexican-American War and the Civil… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On May 1, 1769, Daniel Boone, John Finley, and four others set out for the Cumberland Gap using the same route Dr. Walker had used… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

April 30, 1745, Shireborn delivered Selima on the Earl of Godolphin’s stud farm near Newmarket. April 30, 1789, New York City hosted the 1st U.S.… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On April 29, 1814, Henry Clay loaned famed Kentucky artist Joseph H. Bush $50.00 and months later, $150.00.  Jouett-Bush-Frazer Early Kentucky Artist by William Barrow… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

April 28, 1816, the 1st commercial steamboat to ply the Kentucky River set sail from the mouth of Hickman Creek in Jessamine County.  Bosworth &… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On April 27, 1805, Presley Neville O’Bannon became the 1st person to raise a U.S. flag over foreign soil during war.  The Marine and future… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to John James Audubon, born in 1785. April 26, 1865, a posse tracked John Wilkes Booth to a barn near… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

April 25, 1793, the Kentucke Gazette, the 1st newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains, reported that “Indians ambushed and killed the post rider on… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY