Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
February 19, 1812, Kentuckians Thomas Marshall and Colonel Charles S. Mitchell dueled in Ohio across from Maysville. On the 1st fire, Mitchell wounded Marshall in the leg. “Both gentlemen acted with great firmness and bravery, as well as good conduct.” This account came from the Lexington Reporter three days after. Famous Kentucky Duels by J. Winston Coleman, Jr.; pg: 138
February 19, 1868, Thomas Clay McCreery became Kentucky’s 17th Class II U.S. Senator.
February 19, 2011, Fair Grounds held their GII $300,000 Risen Star Stakes for three-year-olds.