TODAY IN KENTUCKY HISTORY

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December 6, 1792, Kentucky created Clark County, the 1^st county formed from two counties, Fayette and Bourbon. All previous counties had split off from one county. Clark was named in honor of George Rogers Clark, Revolutionary War General. Winchester is the county seat. Other localities include: Becknerville, Bloomingdale, Colby, Combs Ferry, Ford, Goffs Corner, Lyndale, Pilot View and Trapp. Clark County was the 15^th county created and covers 255 square miles.

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Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Little Dixie native Ewing Galloway, born in 1880 in Pike County. A journalist who owned a photography agency that focused on the economy and transportation, the Ewing Galloway Agency was, at one time, the largest photography agency in the U.S.

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December 6, 1885, Lieutenant Edward B. Harding, Louisville Police Department, died from a gunshot while investigating a disturbance at a local saloon on the corner of Ninth Street and Walnut Street (Present day Muhammad Ali Boulevard).

December 6, 1889, Jefferson Finis Davis, from Christian County, now Todd County, died in New Orleans. After the Civil War, the U.S. imprisoned him at Fort Monroe, VA, for two years. They never tried him for treason but did release him on bond in May 1867. Davis, with his family, traveled for some time in Europe before returning to the American South. They 1^st lived in Tennessee then relocated to the Mississippi gulf coast, where Davis lived out his retirement years at his Beauvoir estate near Biloxi. Mississippi tried to return him to the U.S. Senate, but he was not legally qualified to serve since he refused to request an official pardon from the U.S. for his role in the Civil War. Like many of his contemporaries, Davis wrote about his wartime experiences, entitled The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, published in 1881.

December 6, 1899, accused of murder, several thousand people witnessed Richard Coleman tied to a tree and burned after a frenzied mob took him from Maysville deputies.

December 6, 1910, Lexington received 9.5 inches of snow.

December 6, 1911, Lexington laid the cornerstone for Abraham Lincoln School. A progressive model for elementary education, the facilities and programs were ahead of their time. The children benefited from a playground, swimming pool, carpenter shop, kitchen, sewing room, rooftop garden, neighborhood laundry, circulating library, and domestic science department. Unfortunately, the Lincoln School also exemplified the era of school segregation in Lexington. Black students were not allowed to attend throughout its 55 years of service. The school closed in 1967. The Kentucky Encyclopedia edited by John E. Kleber; pg: 118

December 6, 1922, Patrolman Alford Holland, Hazard Police Department, succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained two days earlier while questioning two drunk brothers about gunshots fired in town.

December 6, 1926, Covington native Harry Bartow Hawes became a U.S. Senator from Missouri.

December 6, 1947, Kentucky defeated the Villanova Wildcats 24-14 in Cleveland Stadium to play the one and only Great Lakes Bowl. Coach Bear Bryant, in his 2^nd season, entered the game 7-3 with losses to AL, TN, and Ole Miss. George Blanda scored the first points with a 27-yard field goal.

December 6, 1950, Army CPL James R. Bissell from Crittenden County, Army PFC Leslie Click from Floyd County, Army PFC Billie J. Hash from Whitley County, Army PFC Freeman Linsey from Breckinridge County, Army PVT James L. Mason from Bell County and Marine Corps SGT Ray M. Pope from Lebanon in Marion County, all died fighting in the Korean War.

December 6, 1953, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board revoked the liquor license for Yorkshire Bar, a stylish Newport night spot. The club operated card games, dice games, three crap tables, a roulette wheel, three “beat the dealer tables,” and a “chuck-a-luck” table.