Licking River

ID: 2747
This file appears in: British, Indian Raid

British Col. Byrd's force took the Licking River to present-day Falmouth. There they proceeded overland to capture Ruddle's Station and Martin's Station. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: British, Indian Raid

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #953 in Falmouth (Pendleton County) notes British Colonel Henry Byrd's strike against Kentucky settlements in the summer of 1780. The problems that the British experienced with…