Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by ...

On Aug. 26, 1791, John Fitch and James Rumsey, rivals battling over claims to the invention, were each granted a federal patent for the steamboat. They devised different systems for their steamboats.

PHOTOS ON INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK ALL OVER. WE HAVE BEEN ALL OVER, INCLUDING IF YOU GO TO JACKSON SQUARE, ABOUT THREE BLOCKS FROM THERE IS THE STEAMBOAT NOTCHES. IT IS ONE OF THE ICONIC THINGS TO DO. AND WE ...