Meet Charlotte Dupuy, an enslaved Kentuckian who sued Henry Clay for her freedom in 1829 — 17 years before Dred Scott. A Kentucky story every Kentuckian should know. ✊📜
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Nonhelema Hokolesqua Archives • Kentucky Lantern

Kentucky history doesn’t start with statehood—it starts with leaders like Nonhelema Hokolesqua, a towering Shawnee diplomat who shaped the Ohio Valley long before the Commonwealth existed. 🌾⭐
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Geneva Howard Bell (1905–2013) studied across the Ohio Valley and began teaching at Kentucky State College as an associate professor. Her civic leadership included Delta Sigma Theta, co-founding The Links, and leading the Women’s Guild.

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Happy 217th to #Kentucky's president, Honest Abe Lincoln.

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Irrepressible and iconic: Sweet Evening Breeze proved Black trans lives have always been foundational to our liberation. Honor her legacy.

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Volunteer director at large Janet Cobb from Bowling Green, volunteer co-president Kathy Keyser from Lexington, and volunteer director at large Jeff Lutz from Coxs Creek.

Volunteer director at large Christopher Padgett from Louisville visited with Ann Sipes, author of The Ray book: a family of Central Kentucky, which is available on FamilySearch. https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/catalog/703020

Volunteer director at large Jeff Lutz of Coxs Creek and volunteer Lloyd Keyser from Lexington

Family history came alive yesterday in Elizabethtown at the Ancestral Trails Historical Society Book Fair! 📚🌟
We sold research guides, swapped Kentucky stories, and visited with folks who braved the winter weather to stop by. ❄️🧣 #KentuckyHistory #Genealogy #BluegrassRoots

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Night Riders of Kentucky: The Story of the Black Patch War Tormented by James B. Duke's tobacco monopoly, desperate farmers in Western Kentucky launched the Black Patch War. Learn how this violent episode, featuring the mysterious Night Riders, ultimately shattered a corporate giant and changed American agriculture. #History #BlackPatchWar #KentuckyHistory #TobaccoWars #NightRiders #CorporateMonopoly

Tormented by James B. Duke's tobacco monopoly, desperate farmers in Western Kentucky launched the Black Patch War. Learn how this violent episode, featuring the mysterious Night Riders, ultimately shattered a corporate giant and changed American agriculture. #History #BlackPatchWar #KentuckyHistory

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💙💎💙Sapphires are a girl's best friend!💙💎💙

One of our lovely patrons came in last week and brought us an old microfilm with the grade of her sapphire on it!!🫢🫢

We were able to read the film no problem.

The lesson: always ask the library!

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Universities and Urban Renewal in Kentucky The same institutions that now brand themselves as “anchor partners” in West End redevelopment are the descendants of that destruction. Louisville’s universities didn’t just grow with the city — they…

Eminent domain and “renewal” shaped the growth of Kentucky’s public universities — often at the expense of Black communities.
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Hidden Histories: Queer Lives in the American South — GLBT Historical Society LOCATION Virtual event - links will be provided to all RSVPs prior to the event ADMISSION $15 (Access to all three films & panel discussion); Free for GLBT Historical Society Members RSVP an...

Hidden Histories: Queer Lives in the American South feature my films! You can see all three for $15 for a limited time.
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Guten Tag! 🇩🇪 Today is #GermanAmericanDay — celebrating the artisans, farmers & dreamers who carried German traditions to Kentucky.
Join the Kentucky German Ancestors Front Porch Talks & trace your family’s story from the Rhine to the Ohio. 🌊
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John Pope: The Louisville General Who Crashed Into History From a rising star in the West to a symbol of failure in the East, General John Pope's journey is a compelling tale of ambition, arrogance, and the unforgiving crucible of Civil War command. #History #JohnPope #CivilWar #USHistory #KentuckyHistory

From a rising star in the West to a symbol of failure in the East, General John Pope's journey is a compelling tale of ambition, arrogance, and the unforgiving crucible of Civil War command. #History #JohnPope #CivilWar #USHistory #KentuckyHistory

Ike and Tina Turners history. We appreciate everyone we are working with. We are excited and grateful.

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The Last Stops: Kentucky’s Historic Train Depots Before cars and planes, Kentucky's train depots were the vibrant heart of communities, pulsing with commerce and connection. Uncover the stories of these magnificent "last stops" that still stand today, reminders of an era shaped by iron rails. #KentuckyHistory #TrainDepot #HistoricRailroads #TravelKentucky

Before cars and planes, Kentucky's train depots were the vibrant heart of communities, pulsing with commerce and connection. Uncover the stories of these magnificent "last stops" that still stand today, reminders of an era shaped by iron rails. #KentuckyHistory #TrainDepot #HistoricRailroads #Travel

Your ancestors endured so you could be here. Now it’s your turn to preserve their legacy—become a member today.
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Who is Daniel Boone? Raymond Carter's answer: Daniel Boone was a one of the first explorers to go West past the Mississippi river. I’m from around the St. Louis area. PODCAST FEATURE: https://soundcloud.com/ray-carter-1...

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Daniel Boone and Missouri

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Ashland’s Nightmare: The Mob, The Militia, and a Town Forever Changed Amid Christmas cheer, a chilling crime shatters a Kentucky town. The horrific 1881 Gibbons family murders ignite a firestorm of vigilantism and mob rule, forever scarring the community and testing the very limits of justice.

Amid Christmas cheer, a chilling crime shatters a Kentucky town. The horrific 1881 Gibbons family murders ignite a firestorm of vigilantism and mob rule, forever scarring the community and testing the very limits of justice. #Kentucky #AshlandTragedy #KentuckyHistory

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Kentucky’s Bloodied Ballot: The Unsolved Assassination of Governor Goebel The assassination of Governor William Goebel in 1900 turned Frankfort into a powder keg, pushing Kentucky to the brink of civil war in a dramatic, unresolved political mystery.

The assassination of Governor William Goebel in 1900 turned Frankfort into a powder keg, pushing Kentucky to the brink of civil war in a dramatic, unresolved political mystery. #history #KentuckyHistory #KentuckyPolitics #GildedAge

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