Thousands of people are expected to make their way to Mount Sterling this weekend for October Court Days. Tracy Pearce is the director of Mt. Sterling/Montgomery County Tourism. She said October Court Days is the oldest festival in Kentucky and has been happening almost every year since 1794. The name comes from the fact that when court was in session, people would gather from the surrounding
“So what would happen is, people would bring all of their items to buy, sell and trade, horses, cattle, lots of things, wheat, flour or whatever they needed…they would trade amongst themselves. October became the most popular because people needed all those supplies for the wintertime.”
