The 1825 murder of Jereboam Beauchamp in Frankfort influenced a composition by Edgar Allen Poe.
Bibb lettuce first grew in a Frankfort backyard - The Bibb House on Wapping Street.
The phrase " dog is man's best friend" was originated by Frankfort native, Lawyer George Graham Vest.
Frankfort was the only Unionist state capital ever held by Confederate troops during the Civil War.
A poem written in Frankfort in 1898 became the Battle Hym Spanish American War.
The presidential cabinet member who was responsible for the 1920's Teapot Dome Scandal was born in Frankfort.