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Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Isaac Shelby, the 1st Kentucky governor, born in 1750.
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Louisville native Thomas Coleman DuPont, born in 1863. The industrialist and U.S. Senator spent much of his young life in Kentucky. In 1927, Thomas offered to purchase the Cumberland Falls area for $400,000 to preserve it in its natural state. In 1931, his widow donated the land as a public park. The Kentucky Encyclopedia edited by John E. Kleber; pg: 344
December 11, 1923, William J. Fields, known as “Honest Bill from Olive Hill,” became the 41st governor. He increased the gasoline tax to help fund his highway program and preserved the Cumberland Falls from industrial development by working with T. Coleman du Pont. However, to the dismay of many, he loved keeping his dairy cows on the Governor’s Mansion’s lawn. A New History of Kentucky By James C. Klotter


