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Bryan Station Siege, August 1782
Bryan Station (also Bryan’s / Bryant’s) sat on the south bank of Elkhorn Creek a few miles northeast of Lexington, planted in 1776 by the Bryan brothers and Boone in-laws from North Carolina.
On August 15–16, 1782, Capt. William Caldwell, Simon Girty, and several hundred British-allied Wyandot, Lenape, and Shawnee warriors surrounded the fort. Knowing the attackers hoped to ambush men at the spring, the garrison sent the women and girls out with their usual water pails; they filled the fort’s supply and returned unharmed.
The siege failed to take the station; when Kentucky militia pursued three days later, they met disaster at Blue Licks.
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Snowden, Shannon. "Bryan Station Siege, August 1782." Kentucky History Drive. Published September 30, 2026. Last revised September 30, 2026. https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/bryan-station-siege-august-1782/.
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Snowden, Shannon. "Bryan Station Siege, August 1782." Kentucky History Drive, published 30 Sept. 2026, last revised 30 Sept. 2026, https://kyhistorydrive.com/stories/bryan-station-siege-august-1782/.
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