Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
July 17, 1778, one of the men taken prisoner at Salt Camp, William Hancock, returned to Fort Boonesborough. He had news that Boone’s escapee did delay the intended attack on the fort.
A History of the Daniel Boone National Forest, 1770-1970 by Robert F. Collins; pg: 102
July 17, 1804, William Lowery of Lexington vs. Thomas Hurd of Georgia dueled at Kaskaskia in Illinois. Cause of the duel was a political debate at a tavern where “Hurd bestowed on Lowery several indecent expressions.” Lowery received a mortal wound in the side of which he died the next day. Hurd received a flesh wound.
Famous Kentucky Duels by J. Winston Coleman, Jr.; pg: 136
July 17, 1887, Madison County lynched John Thomas, a black male, for rape.
July 17, 1891, Bell County lynched Frank Rossimus, a white male, for murder.
July 17, 1894, Boone County lynched Louis Laferdetta, a white male, for murder.
July 17, 1902, Daviess County lynched Joshua Anderson, a white male, for murder.
July 17, 1971, Ack Ack claims the Hollywood Gold Cup.
July 17, 1996, the Louisville Slugger Museum opens and receives its first visitors.
Kentucky Trivia: According to company legend, 17-year-old Bud Hillerich created the first pro bat for Pete Browning in 1884, the megastar for Louisville’s major league team, the Eclipse. Bud skipped out of work one spring afternoon to watch the Eclipse play. He saw Browning break his bat and offered to make a new one at the woodworking shop. According to the story, in the next game, Browning got three hits with the bat Bud made.