Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Where is Lexington, Kentucky, USA? Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA
Lexington was founded by European Americans in June 1775, in what was then considered Fincastle County, Virginia, 17 years before Kentucky became a state. A party of frontiersmen, led by William McConnell, camped on the Middle Fork of Elkhorn Creek (now known as Town Branch and rerouted under Vine Street) at the site of the present-day McConnell Springs. Upon hearing of the colonists' victory in the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775, they named their campsite Lexington. It was the first of what would be many American places to be named after the Massachusetts town...wikipedia
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Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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"John Hunt Morgan (June 1, 1825 – September 4, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
...He was killed at Greeneville, Tennessee in September 1864. "
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Morgan's home was built in Lexington, Kentucky in 1814. )
Morgan's Home
"John Hunt Morgan (June 1, 1825 – September 4, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
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1871 - Oyster Can ExplodesA sealed can of oysters carelessly left on the embers in a store at Lexington, Ky., the other day,...Read MORE...
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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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...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...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...Read MORE...
Lexington, Ky., March 20.- At 1 o'clock this morning was notified that the state school of reform...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...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.,...Read MORE...
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...Read MORE...
1908 - SOUTH BROADWAY INN IS DAMAGED BY FIREFire that might have attained serious proportions in the second floor of the South Broadway Inn, at ...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...Read MORE...
1916
Lexington, a city, the capital of Fayette co., Ky., is on the Louisville and Nashville, the Queen...Read MORE...
Lexington, a city, the capital of Fayette co., Ky., is on the Louisville and Nashville, the Queen...Read MORE...
1917 - Auto Damaged in CollisionAn automobile driven by George Calvin, of this city, collided with a horse and buggy driven by...Read MORE...
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Daniel H. BRAGG
(1809, - 27 January 1847, Lexington, Kentucky, USA)
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Lucy May COLE
(8 May 1863, Noblesville, Indiana, USA - 3 August 1947, Lexington, Kentucky, USA)
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Cemeteries in Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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