Introduction. The Native American peoples of the United States are descendants of the original inhabitants of the American continent who crossed into North America via the Bering Straits of Alaska from north-eastern Asia.
Frankfort is located in Franklin Caounty in north central NC and it is the capital of Kentucky.
The town of Frankfort likely received its name from an event that took place in the 1780s. American Indians attacked a group of early American pioneers from Bryan Station, who were making salt at a ford in the Kentucky River.Pioneer Stephen Frank was killed, and the settlers thereafter called the crossing  Frank's Ford .. This name was later mistaken for Frankfort.ohn Brown, a Virginia lawyer and statesman, built a home now called Liberty Hall in Frankfort in 1796. Before Kentucky's statehood, he represented Virginia in the Continental Congress (1777â78) and the U.S. Congress (1789â91).