On this day in 1809, Abraham Lincoln, who would hold the Union together through a bloody Civil War as the nation’s 16th president, was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. As the war ...

(StatePoint) For this country’s entire existence, and long before that, the land that is now called Kentucky has helped build the nation into what it is today. The Bluegrass State has contributed more ...

Editor's note: This story was changed to reflect the correct name of William Temple Lewis and to reflect the correct name of his aunt, Louise Robertson. Sitting on 40 acres, Spring Run Farm is known ...

Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is coming up, our annual reminder about the president born in a humble log cabin. In pre-pandemic days, every year, some 200,000 people trekked to the Kentucky backwoods to ...