Today in Kentucky

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

On March 13, 1751, Christopher Gist met two men and obtained a jaw tooth weighing over four pounds, other teeth, several rib bones 11 feet… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On March 12, 1808, two locals established The Reporter, later named the Kentucky Reporter.  The paper stressed local news and was less concerned with national… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 11-15, 1775, settlers returned to James Harrod’s fort and occupied it continuously from that point on.  Many of the 50 men who came back… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

March 10, 1775, Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner set out to blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap for the Transylvania Company from Fort Chiswell,… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

On March 9, 1828, Maysville felt three earthquakes between midnight and two in the morning, the 2nd strongest quake since 1812. March 9, 1859, Breckinridge… Read More »TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY