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Dixon, Kentucky
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Dixon is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Webster County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 933 at the 2020 census. Dixon is located at the junction of US 41A and KY 132. It
Webster County Courthouse in Dixon
Webster County Courthouse in Dixon
Harpe brothers
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Micajah "Big" Harpe, born Joshua Harper, and Wiley "Little" Harpe, born William Harper, were American murderers, highwaymen and river pirates who operated in Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Mississippi
Dixon, Kentucky
…6, 1861, and was named after Archibald Dixon, lieutenant governor of the state from 1844 to 1848 and U.S. Senator from 1852 to 1855). The notorious Harpe brothers, murderous outlaws, terrorized the area in the late 18th century. The downtown area has several historic homes and was the site of a number of Civil…
A painting of Loyalist and Patriot militia fighting each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. The Harpe brothers with their Tory outlaw gang
A painting of Loyalist and Patriot militia fighting each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. The Harpe brothers with their Tory outlaw gang participated in the battle as irregular Loyalist militia, serving under the command of British Army Major Patrick Ferguson
In 1799, the Harpe brothers were captured, held for trial, and subsequently broke out of the Kentucky state jail, in Danville, before they could be se
In 1799, the Harpe brothers were captured, held for trial, and subsequently broke out of the Kentucky state jail, in Danville, before they could be sentenced to death by hanging. This historical reconstruction of the jail, where the two were briefly held, was originally built by Isaac Hite as a log structure, having a central breezeway between two windowed prison cells and a dirt floor and stone chimney on one side.
The second Governor of Kentucky, James Garrard on April 22, 1799, issued a $300 reward for the Harpe brothers' apprehension and deliverance back to Da
The second Governor of Kentucky, James Garrard on April 22, 1799, issued a $300 reward for the Harpe brothers' apprehension and deliverance back to Danville, Kentucky, for trial.
The Harpe brothers sought refuge from pursuing Kentucky regulators at the river pirate stronghold of Cave-In-Rock on the Ohio River, in the summer of
The Harpe brothers sought refuge from pursuing Kentucky regulators at the river pirate stronghold of Cave-In-Rock on the Ohio River, in the summer of 1799. After the murderous pair began to make a habit of taking travelers to the top of the bluff, stripping them naked, and pushing them off, the outlaw leader at the cave, Samuel Mason, forced the Harpe brothers to leave.