Buffalo Trace

ID: 1939
This file appears in: Leestown
Buffalo Trace

The distilleries at Leestown are now known as Buffalo Trace Distillery. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Leestown

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #103 in Franklin County notes the location of Leestown, an early pioneer Kentucky River village just north of Frankfort. This site eventually became the location of a distillery complex. Two early Kentucky surveyors, brothers…