Licking River

ID: 2748
This file appears in: British, Indian Raid

The Licking River was a common route that early Kentucky settlers used to reach the Ohio River. 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…