Editing Morehead, Kentucky (section)

===Rowan County War===
{{Main|Rowan County War}}
[[File:LoganBooneforces.jpg|thumb|left|D.B. Logan's forces outside American Hotel]]
In the 1880s, Morehead became the central stage for a notorious conflict known as the [[Rowan County War]] or the Martin&ndash;Tolliver&ndash;Logan Feud.  During a number of skirmishes for the next few years, at least 20 people were killed and possibly 100 were wounded.  Beginning with an election-day barroom brawl, several gunfights took place in Morehead and the surrounding countryside. Eventually, a group led by Craig Tolliver seized political control of the town and installed allies in the county sheriff's and county attorney's offices as well as at the office of the town marshal. Several members of the opposing faction were arrested on trumped-up charges, and some were killed when the faction in power falsely claimed they had resisted arrest. The conflict gained national attention and on two occasions the governor sent troops to maintain order with little effect. Eventually a posse of as many as 100 individuals were organized and armed by Daniel Boone Logan with the tacit consent of [[list of Kentucky governors|Gov]]. [[J. Proctor Knott]] and Governor-elect [[Simon Bolivar Buckner, Sr.|Simon Buckner]].  In a dramatic two-hour gun battle through the center of Morehead, several Tollivers (including Craig) were killed and the Tollivers' control of the county was broken.  Two men were later acquitted for the murder of Craig Tolliver.<ref>''Kentucky Stuarts''. "[http://www.kentuckystewarts.com/RowanCounty/AFeuding.htm Feud In Rowan County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822143420/http://www.kentuckystewarts.com/RowanCounty/AFeuding.htm |date=2006-08-22 }}"</ref><ref>McConkey, James. ''Rowan's Progress''. Pantheon Books, 1992.</ref> [[Morehead State University]] was established as an indirect result of the feud. After the state militia came to settle the feud, the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples of Christ]] established a church and school which served as the forerunner to the university.<ref name="courier"/>