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1775 |
Twetty's Fort built. First temporary fort
erected in Kentucky. (March 25).
Settlement at Boonesborough. (April).
First religious ceremony in Kentucky conducted at Boonesborough by John
Lythe. |
|
1778 |
Great Siege at Fort Boonesborough.
(September 7-16). Indian attacks repulsed, thus helping to secure the
western frontier from British domination. |
|
1784 |
Valley View ferry franchised.
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|
1785 |
Madison County created from Lincoln County,
Virginia. |
|
1786 |
Madison County government established. First
meeting of County Court August 22, at George Adams's house near the site
of Milford. |
|
1793 |
Tates Creek Baptist Association organized.
|
|
1798 |
City of Richmond founded.
Madison Male Seminary (Academy) chartered. |
|
1799 |
Clermont, now known as White Hall, built by
Green Clay. |
|
1802 |
Post Office opened in Richmond.
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|
1803 |
Cane Spring Baptist Church founded.
|
|
1809 |
Christopher "Kit" Carson born.
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|
1810 |
Cassius Marcellus Clay, son of Green Clay,
born. |
|
1816 |
Samuel Freeman Miller born. |
|
1820 |
Lawyer and Assistant Secretary of the U.S.
Treasury Curtis Field Burnam born. |
|
1828 |
Death of Green Clay. |
|
1830 |
Madison Library incorporated.
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|
1830s |
Migration of Madison Countians to Missouri.
|
|
1838 |
Kentucky Governor and U.S. Senator James
Bennet McCreary born. |
|
1840s |
Bybee Potter began at Waco. |
|
1849 |
Woman suffragist Laura Clay born.
Lawyer Squire Turner helped write a new proslavery state constitution.
Altercation between Cassius M. Clay and Cyrus Turner, occured at
Foxtown. |
|
1849-1952 |
Madison County Courthouse constructed.
|
|
1852 |
Belle H. Bennett born. |
|
1854 |
City of Berea founded. |
|
1855 |
Berea College founded by John G. Fee as an
interracial coeducational institution. |
|
1858 |
Madison Female Institute established.
|
|
1859 |
Berea College suspended because of
approaching Civil War. |
|
1862 |
Battle of Richmond. (August 29-30).
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|
1865 |
Berea College resumed classes.
|
|
1866 |
Blacks first voted. |
|
1867 |
Catholic Church built in Richmond.
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|
1870 |
Madison National Bank established.
|
|
1871 |
Major fire occurred on Main Street in
Richmond between 2nd and 3rd Streets. |
|
1873 |
Central University chartered. Classes
commenced in 1874 at Richmond. |
|
1874 |
Gas lines turned on in Richmond.
|
|
1875 |
State Bank and Trust established under the
name of Irvine and Walker Bank. |
|
1878 |
Telephone first used in Richmond.
|
|
1883 |
Richmond-Irvine Three Forks Railroad began.
|
|
1891 |
Richmond Water Works completed.
|
|
1892 |
Pattie A. Clay Infirmary (Hospital) opened.
|
|
1897 |
Richmond City Hall (originally Post Office
and Federal Building) built. |
|
1898 |
Richmond Electric Light Company began.
Richmond Colored School chartered. |
|
1901 |
Central University consolidated with Centre
College in Danville. |
|
1904 |
Day Law passed by Kentucky legislature
making it illegal for blacks and whites to attend the same school.
|
|
1906 |
Eastern Kentucky State Normal School, now
Eastern Kentucky University, established. Model School opened at
Eastern.
Berea National Bank established. |
|
1908 |
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the Day Law,
forcing Berea College to end interracial education. |
|
1909 |
Boone Tavern constructed at Berea.
|
|
1917 |
Berea Hospital built. |
|
1922 |
Churchill Weavers established in Berea.
|
|
1939 |
Madison Central High School opened.
|
|
1942 |
Bluegrass Ordnance Army Depot constructed.
|
|
1946 |
Clay's Ferry Bridge (now northbound I-75)
built. |
|
1948 |
Westinghouse Electric Company established
lighting plant in Richmond. |
|
1950 |
Blacks readmitted to Berea College.
|
|
1951 |
Parker-Seal plant established in Berea.
|
|
1960s |
Interstate-75 built. |
|
1963 |
Fort Boonesborough became a state park.
|
|
1965 |
Fort Boonesborough State Park dedicated.
|
|
1966 |
Eastern Kentucky State College granted
University status. |
|
1971 |
White Hall State Shrine dedicated.
|
|
1979 |
Madison County Airport opened.
|
|
1981 |
Madison Central High School's undefeated
baseball team won state title. |
|
1986 |
Madison County Bicentennial celebrated.
|
|
1991 |
Main Street of downtown Richmond
revitalized.
Richmond YMCA opened at Telford Center.
Richmond Area Arts Council organized and acquired Episcopal Church
building for its arts center. |
|
1995 |
The Internet is locally available to the
public in Madison County. |
|
1996 |
Richmond Area Arts Council arts center
opened.
Fort Boonesborough awarded National Historic Site status.
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