Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune. Daniel Boone
August 26, 1828, Thomas Metcalfe became the 10th governor. Joseph Desha, the outgoing governor disliked Metcalfe so much he didn’t leave the residence till September 2. He believed that Metcalfe, a stonemason, was not worthy of being governor.
The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 2 by Kentucky Historical Society; pg: 15
August 26, 1895, Washington County lynched Harrison Lewis, a black male, for murder.
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Hopkinsville native Jerry David Claiborne, born in 1928.
August 26, 1950, Army SGT William F. Ward from Mason County died in the Korean War.
August 26, 1970, Army SP4 Curtis Estridge from Hoskinston in Leslie County died in the Vietnam War.
August 26, 2006, the favorite won going away in Saratoga’s $1,000,000 GI Travers Stakes.
