Todd House in present day
Marker #1999 Buena Vista/Todd House: Historical Marker #1999, in Frankfort, Kentucky, notes the location of Buena Vista, the summer home of the Todd family, which also served as the family’s escape during the first cholera epidemic in Kentucky from 1832 to 1835.
The Todds were among the first white families to set roots in Kentucky. During the eighteenth century, the Todd brothers John, Robert, and Levi, settled in the land that is now central Kentucky.…