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Brucetown was an African-American neighborhood located in Lexington, Kentucky that was established in 1865. The community was formed by W. W. Bruce, who parceled and provided the land for his newly freed slaves, which had become employed by him for hemp manufacturing after the Civil War. [6] Adjacent to Bruce's hemp factory, the land is now ...
For more information, contact the Keenland Library at 859 288-4224. “Undesign the Red Line” will open at the Lexington Central Library on Main Street on Sept. 18. The exhibit will probably be ...
The prehistory and history of Kentucky span thousands of years, and have been influenced by the state's diverse geography and central location. Archaeological evidence of human occupation in Kentucky begins approximately 9,500 BCE. A gradual transition began from a hunter-gatherer economy to agriculture c. 1800 BCE.
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. June 1775 • Led by Major John Morrison, a small band of Virginia militia including ...
The history of slavery in Kentucky dates from the earliest permanent European settlements in the state, until the end of the Civil War. In 1830, enslaved African Americans represented 24 percent of Kentucky's population, a share that had declined to 19.5 percent by 1860, on the eve of the Civil War. Most enslaved people were concentrated in the ...
Committed to preserving the history of Lexington and creating a green escape from the surrounding concrete of downtown, workers plant anywhere from 40-50 trees each year. “Where there’s a tree ...
21-46027. Website. www .lexingtonky .gov. Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with, and the county seat of, Fayette County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census the city's population was 322,570, making it the second-most populous city in Kentucky (after Louisville ), the 14th-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 60th ...
Kinkeadtown. Coordinates: 38°02′55″N. Kinkeadtown is a historically African American section of Lexington, Kentucky. It was established near the home of George Blackburn Kinkead (former Secretary of State of Kentucky ), several years after the American Civil War. The land was subdivided by Kinkead in 1870 and sold exclusively to African ...