A Day Trip to Paris, KY: Part 2 A Revolutionary War Patriot Joseph Duncan, Revolutionary War Major and builder of Duncan Tavern, was born in Culpepper County, Virginia in 1752 to Matthew and Sarah Duncan. Joseph served as a civilian armorer in the Illinois Campaign during the Revolutionary War, and around 1780, Joseph married AnnContinue reading “The Legacy of Joseph Duncan and His Tavern in Kentucky”
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Isaac Shelby: Kentucky’s First Governor and His Legacy at Traveler’s Rest
Isaac Shelby Cemetery State Historic Site In 1792, Kentucky became an independent state, separate from Virginia, and Isaac Shelby was sworn in as its first governor. Shelby’s Early Years Isaac Shelby, was born December 11, 1750, in Maryland. He and his family later moved to Fincastle County, VA (present day Bristol, Tennessee). Around 1773, ShelbyContinue reading “Isaac Shelby: Kentucky’s First Governor and His Legacy at Traveler’s Rest”
The Story of Guardian of the Wilderness: William Whitley Historic Home
Around 1775, Col. William Whitley (a soldier, pioneer, and sports enthusiast) and his wife Esther crossed the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky County through the Cumberland Gap. (Prior to this, Whitley had traveled into Kentucky County with George Rogers Clark, in an expedition against Native Americans in the Northwest Territory.) Whitley and his wife continued followingContinue reading “The Story of Guardian of the Wilderness: William Whitley Historic Home”