07/04/2026
July 4, 2026: When Hugh Caperton and Jane (Erskine) settled here circa 1810 the nation was merely 35 years old and the region only recently deemed safe for development by settlers. Hugh’s father, Adam Caperton had been killed in a battle with Indians in what later became Kentucky when Hugh was 2 years of age. When this current Jeffersonian house was built, the nation was 60 years old.
Here we are today at 250 years as a nation, experimenting with our democratic republic, and always looking ahead. Let us anticipate another 250 years as an enlightened experiment, ever ready to learn from our mistakes and taking encouragement from our successes.