Month: February 2022
One of the most important Kentucky founders is buried on the edge of a cornfield and a creek bank. General Benjamin Logan. Benjamin Logan was born in 1742, in Augusta County, Virginia. An interesting not well-known fact about him is that he married Ann Montgomery, whose sister married Colonel William Casey, the namesake of Casey…
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This is the story of Captain John Jacques Jouett, Jr. His ride to save America was an amazing and an exciting feat. Captain Jack Jouett was born 7 December 1754, in Albemarle County, Virginia, and he wasn’t of normal ancestry. His father owned a tavern called “The Swan” that was quite a popular hangout spot…
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The Blind Bard of Kentucky! Even though he was blind by his teenage years, and deaf by the time he was 40, he became an accomplished author, poet, and invented creations that helped the deaf and blind, James “Morrison” Heady. Heady was born on 19 July 1829, in Elk Creek, Kentucky. When he was a…
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Isn’t it amazing? At one time, it was the tallest bridge over a navigable waterway in North America. High Bridge Kentucky! High Bridge spans over the Kentucky River, with Jessamine County on the north end, and Mercer County on the south end. Just a few hundred yards up river from the bridge is the mouth…
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