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Death toll rises to 16, Beshear says. 10:30 a.m. — In his latest press conference on Friday, Gov. Andy Beshear said 16 people have been killed by the devastating floods in eastern Kentucky. 11 ...
People work to clear a house from a bridge on KY-931 near the Whitesburg Recycling Center in Letcher County, Ky., on Friday, July 29, 2022. See photos of Eastern Kentucky before and after deadly ...
News. Entertainment. Lighter Side. Politics. Science & Tech. Sports. Weather. KY doctor suspended after authorities investigate if he wrote prescriptions outside U.S. Bill Estep. January 30, 2023 ...
The Warm springs and Wasco signed a treaty with Joel Palmer in 1855 after dealing with their traditional ways of life being disrupted by the settlers for many years. By signing the treaty the Wasco and Warm Springs tribes relinquished 10 million acres of land to the United States and kept 640,000 acres for their own use.
The Warm Springs and Wasco bands gave up ownership rights to a 10,000,000-acre (40,000 km 2) area, which they had inhabited for over 10,000 years, in exchange for basic health care, education, and other forms of assistance as outlined by the Treaty with the Tribes of Middle Oregon (June 25, 1855). Other provisions of the Treaty of 1855 ensured ...
The Big Sandy Expedition was an early campaign of the American Civil War in Kentucky that began in mid-September 1861 when Union Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson received orders to organize a new brigade at Maysville, Kentucky and conduct an expedition into the Big Sandy Valley region of Eastern Kentucky and stop the build-up of Confederate forces under Col. John S. Williams.
During the Civil War, Octagon Hall served as a hospital for both Confederate and Union soldiers. It also doubled as a hideout for Confederate troops on the run from the Union army. [citation needed] Harriet Caldwell lived in the house after her husband's death in 1866. [6] After 1916, the property was sold to Miles Williams, a Nashville doctor. [2]
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, right, watches as Chairman Jonathan Smith of the Confederate Tribes of Warm Springs signs the Columbia River Basin restoration agreement at the White House.