Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
December 16, 1802, Lexington incorporated its 1st bank, the Kentucky Insurance Company. The bank failed in the general depression of 1818. The Squire’ Sketches of Lexington by J. Winston Coleman, Jr.; pg: 24
December 16, 1840, Bourbon County native Thomas Corwin became Ohio’s 15th governor.
December 16, 1951, Air Force 1LT Lawrence B. Kelly from Louisville died in the Korean War.
December 16, 1980, Maker’s Mark became a National Historic Landmark.
December 16, 2004, Neon native Martha Carson, born Irene Amburgey, passed away.

Kentucky Christmas Ideas
Mills, Murders and More in Early Days of Jessamine County by Billy Jackson Bower
