History, News and Stories of Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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• 1775 - Lexington, Kentucky founded
  
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• 1854 - Lexington
  Lexington, a handsome and wealthy city, capital of Fayette county, Kentucky, on the Town fork of the Elkhorn river, 26 miles S. E. from Frankfort, 81 miles S. from Cincinnati, and 94 miles E. from Louisville. Lexington is the second city of the state in population and importance. Few inland towns... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1861 - August 6 - Lexington KY-Union miltary camp forms in neutral state
  
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• 1862 - October 18 - Morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY
  
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•   1871 - Oyster Can Explodes
  A sealed can of oysters carelessly left on the embers in a store at Lexington, Ky., the other day, exploded with tremendous force, bursting the grate to atoms, shaking the house, and severely injuring a bystander.
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  January 28, 1871
  
• 1894 - May 20 - A record late snow of two to eight inches whitened parts of central and eastern Kentucky. Lexington KY received six inches of snow.
  
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• 1895 - Lexington
  Lexington, a handsome city, the capital of Fayette co., Ky., is on the Kentucky Central Railroad, at its junction with the Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington Railroad, and on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, 29 miles E.S.E. of Frankfort, 77 miles S. of Cincinnati, and 94 miles E. by S. of... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1896 - Mangled By A Trolley Car. Miss Masie Todd, Cousin of Robert Todd Lincoln, Killed.
  Lexington, Ky., May 13.-Special Telegram-An electric street car ran down and killed Miss MASIE TODD, who was attempting to cross in front of it on her bicycle on South Broadway, at 6 o'clock this evening. She was horribly mangled, one wheel passing over her body. She was 20 years old, the youngest... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1897 - COURT HOUSE BURNED. BUILDING DESTROYED BUT RECORDS WERE SAVED.
  Lexington, Ky., May 14. - Fire broke out in the attic of the court house here at 9:45 a.m., and in a few minutes the upper story and dome were in flames. Hart's statue, "Woman Triumphant" bought by Lexington women for $5,000 was in the rotunda. The court house was completely burned, and in an hour... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1902 - STATE SCHOOL BURNED. The 282 Children Confined There are Thought to Have Gotten Out Safely.
  Lexington, Ky., March 20.- At 1 o'clock this morning was notified that the state school of reform six miles from the city and in which 282 children are confined was in flames. The inmates are thought to have all been gotten out safely. A fire engine was sent from the city. At 1:10 the boy's... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1902 - FIRE AT COLONEL GIBSON'S.
  The residence of Colonel Hart Gibson on the Harrodsburg pike was saved from burning by quick work on the part of the fire department early yesterday morning.
  
  The roof was on fire when the chemical engine started, and upon arrival a hole had burnt in the roof. The flames were extinguished before... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1905 - TWELVE PERSONS ARE INJURED. RAILROAD TRAIN HURLED FROM A BRIDGE INTO A CREEK.
  Lexington, Ky., Oct. 28 - Passengers on the Louisville Southern train No. 9, due here at 7 p.m., had a narrow escape when the train was hurled from a bridge seven miles from here into a creek forty feet below. Twelve persons were injured, but none was killed.
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•   1908 - CHRIS. LILLARD HURT IN FALL FROM A CAR. Knocked Unconscious While Attempting to Alight From Moving Car.
  Chris. Lillard, who resides at 141 East Fourth street, met with an accident about noon yesterday which will no doubt confine him to his home for some time. While attempting to alight from a moving street car at the corner of Fourth and Limestone streets yesterday, Mr. Lillard in some way lost his... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1908 - SOUTH BROADWAY INN IS DAMAGED BY FIRE
  Fire that might have attained serious proportions in the second floor of the South Broadway Inn, at 343 South Broadway, at 8 o'clock last night, was extinguished by the Fire Department before great damage was done.
  
  The firebox under a great, apparently defective, ignited the wood work near it.... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1910 - Eye Burned Out By Red Hot Iron. Blacksmith Cahill Victim Of A Serious Accident While At Work.
  George Cahill, a blacksmith, living on Jefferson Street, met with an accident yesterday afternoon by which his eye was burned out. He was at work in Kroghan’s blacksmith shop on West Short Street on a small piece of red hot iron when it jumped from the anvil and struck him in the eye.
  
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• 1916
  Lexington, a city, the capital of Fayette co., Ky., is on the Louisville and Nashville, the Queen and Crescent and other railroads, 29 miles ESE. of Frankfort. Lat. 38° 3' N. ; Lon. 84° 33' W. It is surrounded by a fertile, undulating country. It is the seat of the Kentucky University and of a... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1917 - Auto Damaged in Collision
  An automobile driven by George Calvin, of this city, collided with a horse and buggy driven by James Ecton, colored, at the corner of Main and Washington streets Sunday. The machine was considerably damaged by the impact. The windshield was broken and glass was scattered over Mr. Calvin, who... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1955 - March 15 - WLEX TV channel 18 in Lexington, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
  
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