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Timeline of important dates and major events in the history of Kentucky. Illustrated list of events and people from our today in history archives.
Offers a chronological timeline of important dates, events, and milestones in Kentucky history. Kentucky's first inhabitants are descendants of prehistoric people who migrate from Asia over the Arctic land bridge. Archaic people grow squash in the area, and Woodland people cultivate corn and beans. Kentucky was granted statehood in 1792 ...
Revolutionary War. March 10, 1775 • Daniel Boone along with 35 axmen begin to blaze a trail from Fort Chiswell through Cumberland Gap into central Kentucky. Financed by the Transylvania Company, the trail eventually came to be known as the Wilderness Road.
9 lis 2009 · A few Indigenous people managed to escape and remain in Kentucky. Today some Cherokee still live in Kentucky, but the state has no federally- or state-recognized Native American tribes.
Take a look through the centuries at an overview of Kentucky's rich history.
29 gru 2021 · The largest national historic landmark in Kentucky was home to the third largest Shaker community in the United States between 1805 and 1910. Today, Shaker Village offers dining, daily adventures, workshops, special events and overnighting in 13 restored historic Shaker buildings. The year: 1805.
4 dni temu · During the American Revolution (1775–83), British officers antagonized the native peoples, who responded most notably by mounting raids on Boonesborough in 1777 and 1778 and by executing a bloody ambush at Blue Licks in 1782. Settlers also endured numerous smaller-scale sieges and skirmishes.
