Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
July 8, 1774, Shawnee killed two men under James Harrod’s leadership at Oldtown while a small group surveyed the Fontainbleau Spring area. The others escaped back to the Salt River camp, three miles away.
History of Kentucky by Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins
July 8, 1950, Army COL Robert R. Martin from Jefferson County died in the Korean War.
July 8, 1951, Army PVT Patrick H. Ford Jr. from Jefferson County died in the Korean War.
July 8, 1953 Army PFC James R. Winston from Christian County died in the Korean War.
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Anchorage native Joan Osborne, born in 1962.
July 8, 1967, Army SSG James L. Cotton Jr. from Oak Grove died in the Vietnam War.
July 8, 1968, Army SGT William R. Hopkins from Pikeville died in the Vietnam War.
July 8, 1969, Army PFC Bobby L. Gentry from Winchester died in the Vietnam War.