GLCEvent+Abraham Lincoln Becomes President of the USCNoteNKentucky-born Abraham Lincoln becomes the 16th President of the United States.Rhttp://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/ Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001.American Civil WarlAlthough Kentucky officially declared itself a neutral state and never seceded from the Union, both the Union and Confederate governments quickly recognized its strategic potential, and recruiting was conducted openly by forces for both sides.http://lexington.about.com/library/weekly/aa042500b.htm Taken from the Internet, July 24, 2001. and http://www.us-civilwar.com/ Taken from the Internet July 3, 2001.American RevolutionO ZNBegan with the Declaration of Independence and ended with the Treaty of Paris.[http://webpages.homestead.com/revwar/files/INDEX.HTM Taken from the Internet, July 3, 2001Attempted Lynching Stopped LexingtonA mob of white men stormed the courthouse steps, knocking aside an Army machine gunner. They wanted to lynch a black man named Will Lockett. He had confessed to killing a 10-year-old white girl named Geneva Hardman. When the mob, firing guns, charged the courthouse, soldiers and local officials fired back. Six people were killed and about 50 were wounded. But there was no lynching. It was called the first case south of the Mason-Dixon Line where a lynch mob had been stopped by fire from troops. Lockett was later electrocuted for the murder of the Hardman girl. But the Lockett incident had sent a message to the rest of the country.phttp://www.kentuckyconnect.com/heraldleader/news/051397/fm2edwards.html Taken from the Internet, July 24, 2001.Battle of Blue Licks\X Licking RiverBlue Licks is most renowned as the site of the last battle of the Revolutionary War in Kentucky. In 1782, Kentuckians engaged Indians and British soldiers near the Licking River. Outnumbered, Kentucky suffered great losses, including one of Boone's sons.http://lexington.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.kystateparks.com/agencies/parks/bluelick.htm Taken from the Internet, July 24, 2001.Becomes a StatefAfter nine conventions to discuss the separation, Kentucky was made a separate state and was admitted to the Union as the fifteenth state.`http://lexington.about.com/library/weekly/aa042500b.htm Taken from the Internet, July 24, 2001.Boonsborough: Fort to Spa_NFounded by Daniel Boone and Richard Henderson. A hollow squared stockade enclosing about an acre of ground with blockhouses and cabins was eventually completed in September 1778 - just in time to withstand a nine-day attack by Indians and Frenchmen, later known as "The Great Siege." Boonesborough ceased to exist as a town by 1820 and became a mineral spring resort in the early twentieth century. http://lexington.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/parks/ftboones.htm Taken from the Internet, July 24, 2001.Escape From SlaveryMargaret Garner escapes from slavery, is captured in Ohio, and kills her infant daughter rather than see her returned to slavery. Her story is later immortalized in Toni Morrisons 1987 novel, Beloved. nhttp://www.womeninkentucky.com/us_and_ky_timeline.html#1500s / 1600s Taken from the Internet, July 24, 2001.First Governor of KentuckyfVl4Issac Shelby becomes the first Governor of Kentucky.Rhttp://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/ Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001.,First Permanent White Settlement in KentuckyL Fort HarrodxJames Harrod constructed the first permanent settlement in Kentucky at Fort Harrod, the site of present-day Harrodsburg.`http://lexington.about.com/library/weekly/aa042500a.htm Taken from the Internet, July 24, 2001.First Use of Coal in Kentuckyf*Dr. Thomas Walker was the first recorded person to discover and use coal in Kentucky. He is also the first known white person to explore the area that would become Kentucky.http://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/ Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001. and Channing, Steven A. Kentucky: A Bicentennial History. New York: WW Norton, 1977. p. 8.Founding of LouisvilleRLouisville began its recorded history as a military tactic - a ruse of sorts. George Rogers Clark brought down a small group of settlers in the spring of 1778 as camouflage for his real intentions: He planned to attack the British garrisons at the former French towns of Kaskaskia, Cahokia and Vincennes in what was then called the Illinois Territory. The Falls of the Ohio was his base of operations for the Northwest Campaign, which broke British control of the upper Midwest.]http://www.insiders.com/louisville/main-history.htm Taken form the Internet, July 24, 2001.Hargis-Cockrill Feud#Breathitt Countyt"This dispute betwen two rival coalitions of families and political factions was a classic example of mountain feuding and vigilantism...The dispute supposedly orginiated in guerrilla battles waged during the Civil War, but by the time thirty-seven murders took place in 1901-1902, any semblance of ideological distinctions between the facions had long since disappeared."XChanning, Steven A. Kentucky: A Bicentennial History. New York: WW Norton, 1977. p. 178.Kentucky Derby LouisvilleThe classic American horse race, the Kentucky Derby is the oldest consecutively held Thoroughbred race in America. It is run annually on the first Saturday in May.hhttp://www.atasteofkentucky.com/derby/derbyhistory.asp?ID=4078 Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001.%Kentucky is Made a County of VirginiaOhThe county of Kentucky was originally created by Virginia, with Harrod's Town as the seat of government.http://www.slider.com/enc/29000/Kentucky_History.htm Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001. and Channing, Steven A. Kentucky: A Bicentennial History. New York: WW Norton, 1977. p. 8.$Kentucky Visited by North Carolinans'DHDanial Boone, John Finley and John Stewart set out to explore and hunt in the territory that would become Kentucky. The trip was not successful economically, but made the men determined to return to settle the area.ZChanning, Steven A. Kentucky: A Bicentennial History. New York: WW Norton, 1977. p. 14-16.Kentucky's First Woman Governor!w|?Martha Layne Collins becomes Kentucky's first woman Governor. Rhttp://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/ taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001.+Lewis and Clark Expedition Reaches Kentuckyv Big Bone LickPLewis studied fossil remains here of mastodons and other extinct creatures. chttp://www.cassiogroup.com/Timelines/1803/1803Timeline.htm Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001.Slavery AbolishedzKentucky slaves were legally freed when the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was ratified in 1865. But Confederate sentiment was still high in Kentucky after the war. The legislature failed to ratify either the 13th Amendment; the 14th, which extended equal protection of the law to blacks; or the 15th, which gave African Americans the right to vote. Rhttp://www.ket.org/civilwar/timeline.html Taken from the Internet, July 24, 2001.The Battle of Middle Creek Middle CreekWhile the Battle of Middle Creek may be considered a skirmish when compared with other Civil War engagements, its impact on subsequent historical events is extremely significant. Not only did this battle reverse an early pattern of Confederate victories and keep open a route of travel from the Ohio River into Eastern Kentucky (through Pound Gap to Abingdon, Virginia), but the Battle of Middle Creek has been referred to as the battle that built a presidency.]http://www.kytc.state.ky.us/Features/Middlecreek.htm Taken from the Internet, July 24, 2001.The French and Indian WarD3@=The French, aided by Native Americans, battled the English for control of the western frontier. In the Treaty of Paris, France ceded virtually all territory east of the Mississippi to England.XChanning, Steven A. Kentucky: A Bicentennial History. New York: WW Norton, 1977. p. 8-9.%The Louisville and Nashville Railroad{The railroad connected the two centres helped Louisille in th battle for commerce in the Ohio and Mississippi Valley areas.\Channing, Steven A. Kentucky: A Bicentennial History. New York: WW Norton, 1977. p. 144-145.3Transylvania Company's Attempt to Colonize KentuckyM(Daniel Boone and 28 companions were employed by Richard Henderson's Transylvania Company to blaze a trail through Cumberland Gap. The company planned to establish Kentucky as a 14th colony. Despite Indian attacks, the party built the Wilderness Road, which ran from eastern Virginia into the interior of Kentucky and beyond and became the main route to the region then known as the West. It helped make possible the immediate opening of the first settlements in Kentucky: Boonesborough, Harrod's Town, and Benjamin Logan's. In August 1775 Boone brought his wife Rebecca and their daughter to Boonesborough. They were, except for a few women who had been captured by Indians, the first white women in Kentucky. The plan to establish the 14th colony failed, however, and Kentucky was made a county of Virginia.ehttp://www.neutrino.lanl.gov/BooNE/daniel_boone_article.html Taken from the Internet, July 24, 2001.-United Mine Workers Represent Kentucky MinersZ8gIn 1937 a U.S. Senate subcommittee began an investigation into allegations that workers' civil rights were being violated. Further violence ensued, and it was not until 1939 that the UMW was finally recognized as a bargaining agent for most of the state's miners. Labor disputes and strikes have persisted in the state; some are still accompanied by violence.]http://www.slider.com/enc/29000/Kentucky_History.htm Taken from the Internet, July 25, 2001.