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Statehood: One of the four Commonwealths of the United States, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Pennsylvania being the other three, the Upland Southeastern, and Appalachian horse country, State of Kentucky became the 15th State on June 1, 1792. Bluegrass: Bordered by West Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, the Ohio River, and the Mississippi River, with offical borders still established as they were formed by the two rivers in 1792, although their courses have changed, and well known as the Bluegrass State because of the many pastures full of Smooth Meadow-grass with blue flower heads found there, Kentucky is famous for breeding top quality Thoroughbred Racehorses, the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System in Edmunson, Barren, and Hart Counties, the world's longest known cave system, the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River, the most productive American cornfield, bourbon whiskey, tobacco, bluegrass music, the largest deer and wild turkey populations per capita in the Country, and being the home of the largest free-roaming elk herd east of Montana. Name: Believed to mean "the dark and bloody ground," although that remains continuously debated, Canetuckee, Cantucky, Kaintuckee, and Kentuckee are previously acceptable spellings of Kentucky's name, which may actually have come from the Iroquois Indian word "kentahten" meaning "meadow," or "prairie," or from the George Rogers Clark suggestion that the name means "the river of blood," resulting from the 13th Century Iroquois Wars in which they drove other Indian tribes out of the area, or it may come from a Wyandot Indian name meaning "the land of tomorrow". Seven Regions: Kentucky can be divided into seven distinct regions consisting of the western Coal Fields, the north central Bluegrass Region, the eastern Cumberland Plateau, the Far Western Jackson Purchase that included Tennessee, the north central Pennyroyal Plateau rolling hills and caves known as the Pennyrile, the Inner Bluegrass Area around Lexington, and the northern Outer Bluegrass Area Knobs Region containing hundreds of narrow, horseshoe-shaped hills in the Eden Shale Hills area from Oldham County to Fleming County. Kentucky Bend: Formed by the 1811 and 1812 New Madrid Earthquakes caused by the Reelfoot Fault, the strongest series of earthquakes in the history of the United States, Fulton County and Kentucky Bend, located in the State's far west corner on the Mississippi River, are the only non-contiguous exclaves in the United States, Native American Indians: Native American Indian tribes that have been located in the State of Kentucky included the Iroquois, the Chickasaw, the Wea, the Kaskaskia, the Cherokee, the Shawnee, the Yuchi, the Delaware, the Mosopelea, the Caughnawaga, the Miami, the Choctaw, the Creek, and the Wyandot. Indian Mounds: Native American Indian Mounds that can be found in Kentucky, and are on the National Register of Historic Places, include the Amburg Mound in Hickman, the Annis Mound and Russell Shell Mound in Logansport, the Bluff City Shell Mound in Hebbardsville, the Carlston Annis Shell Mound in Schulztown, the Cornelison Mound and Robbins Mound in Ruthton, the DeWeese Shell Mound in Highview, the Elam Mound, the Ramey Mound, and the Rockefeller Mound in Lexington, the Gaitskill Mound in Mount Sterling, the Indian Mounds of Central Park in Ashland, Mound Hill in Winchester, the Noland Mound in Richmond, the Rayburn Johnson Shell Mound in Prentiss, the Read Shell Mound in Monticello, the Reeves Mound in Stringtown, the Smallhous Shell Mound in Smallhous, the Stone Serpent Mound in Catlettsburg, the Wickliffe Mounds in Wickliffe, the Wright-Greene Mound in Mount Sterling, and the Blue City Shell Mound in Bluff City. History: Inhabited by Native American Indians from about 1000BC to 1650AD, with no major settlements established in the area that would become the State of Kentucky, several Indian Wars were contested, including the 1786 Northwest Indian War, that resolved the disputed region as United States territory. The 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers forced Indian tribes to cede their lands, including most of what would become the State of Ohio, to the United States by signing the Treaty of Greenville. The ten Constitutional Conventions held in Danville from 1784 to 1792 established Kentucky free from control by the State of Virginia and designated Kentucky as a Commonwealth. A Civil War Border State Kentucky passed the November 20, 1861 Ordinance of Secession but never official left the Union. Represented by the center star on the Confederate flag, Kentucky celebrates Confederate Memorial Day on the 3rd of June, Jefferson Davis's birthday. The Black Patch Tobacco Wars in southwestern Kentucky during 1904 to 1908, resulting from the tobacco industry's monopoly on farming, saw the vigilante "Night Riders Group" attack farmers and businesses that refused to sell tobacco to the State's tobacco corporations. Frankfurt is the fifth smallest State Capital city in the United States. National Parks: National Park sites found in Kentucky include the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area of the Cumberland River, located in McCreary County in the southeastern part of the State, that contains one of the largest number of natural bridges in the eastern region of the Country, and preserves the Blue Heron Coal Mining Ghost Town, a Stearns Coal and Lumber Company Town operated from 1937 to 1962, including a railroad depot, a school, a coal tipple, and several residences. Other National Park sites found in Kentucky are the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, located at 2996 Lincoln Farm Road in Hodgeville, on the north fork of the Nolin River in LaRue County, on the Sinking Spring Farm where he was born February 12, 1809, the Mammoth Cave National Park and Flint Ridge Cave System centered around the Green River in Edmunson County, that contains 365 miles of known passageways and is the longest cave system in the world, a World Heritage Site, and a Biosphere Reserve, the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park in Bell and Harlan Counties, on the Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky border, a sizable natural break in the Appalachian Mountains that was fertile Native American Indian hunting grounds, and the primary route of westbound settlers into Kentucky between 1775 and 1810, that protects the Old Hensley Settlement on Brush Mountain, Gap Cave, Cudjos Cave, Appalachian music festivals, and the Cumberland Gap Tunnel, National Forests: National Forests found in the State of Kentucky include the Daniel Boone National Forest that features Cave Run Lake, Buckhorn Lake, Laurel River Lake, the 282-mile long Sheltawee Trace Trail named after Daniel Boone's adopted Shawnee Indian name, the Yahoo Arch and Falls, the Cumberland Falls, known as the "Niagra of the South," the Red River Gorge Geological Area and canyon system in the Pottsville Escarpment, and the Natural Bridge State Park along the Middle Fork of the Red River that protects the Virginia Big-Eared Bats found there. Other National Forests found in Kentucky include the George Washington National Forest, and the Jefferson National Forest, that have been combined together to create about one million acres of undeveloped remote wilderness, and one of the largest public land areas in the Appalachian Mountains. Natural Attractions: Natural Attractions found in the State of Kentucky include the Cumberland Falls State Park in Corbin where moonbeams, light reflected off the surface of the moon, can be seen regularly, the Red River Gorge Geological Area, and twenty mile long intricate canyon system known as the Clifty Wilderness Area, with rock shelters, natural bridges, waterfalls, sandstone cliffs, and more than one hundred natural arches, located in the Daniel Boone National Forest, the only National Forest completely contained in the State, the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area found between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake at the site where the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers flow close together in western Kentucky, the largest island peninsula in the United States, Black Mountain between Harlan and Letcher Counties, Kentucky's tallest summit elevation point at 4145 feet, the Jefferson Forest south of Louisville, in the Knobs Region, the largest Urban Forest in the United States, established as a memorial to Kentucky military veterans, the Bad Branch Falls State Nature Preserve on Pine Mountain's southern face, including the Bad Branch Gorge, a sixty foot waterfall, the Presley House Branch Watershed, the Bad Branch Watershed, and Kentucky Common Ravens, the Natural Bridge State Resort Park in Slade, along the Red River, the 1255-mile long Lake Cumberland Shoreline in south central Kentucky, and the 101-mile long Lake Cumberland, the ninth largest reservoir in the United States. State Parks: State Parks found in Kentucky include the Ben Hawes State Park and 1908 to 1950 deep coal mine in Owensboro, the Big Bone Lick State Park containing Pliestocene megafauna fossils in Rabbitt Hash, the Carr Creek State Park and 1770s pioneer settlements in Sassafras, the Columbus-Belmont State Park and Civil War Confederate Fort on the Mississippi River, the E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park and home of the National BMX Grand Championships in Louisville, the Fishtrap Lake State Park with the highest eastern Kentucky dam in Pikeville, the Fort Boonesborough State Park in Richmond, Daniel Boone's second established settlement on the Kentucky River, the General Burnside Island State Park in the middle of Lake Cumberland, Kentucky's only island park, the Grayson Lake State Park in Olive Hill, a popular Shawnee and Cherokee Indian camping area, the Green River Lake State Park in Campbellsville, the John James Audubon State Park on the banks of the Ohio River where Audubon observed the subjects of his famous paintings in Henderson, the Kincaid Lake State Park in Falmouth, the Kingdom Come State Park, and Line Fork Cave, that protects Kentucky's third largest Indiana Bat population in Cumberland, the Lake Malone State Park and Native American Indian shelters in Dunmore, the Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park in London, the Lincoln Homestead State Park with the original home of Lincoln's Mother, and replicas of the 1782 blacksmith shop and cabin where his Father was raised, in Springfield, the Mineral Mound State Park on Lake Barkley in Eddyville, the My Old Kentucky Home State Park and Federal Hill Plantation in Bardstown, the Nolin Lake State Park near Mammoth Cave, the Old Fort Harrod State Park in Harrodsburg, the Paintsville Lake State Park in eastern Kentucky, the Taylorsville Lake State Park, Kentucky's heaviest fish-stocked lake, and the Yatesville Lake State Park in Louisa, the largest lake in eastern Kentucky. State Historic Sites: State Historic Sites found in Kentucky include the 1750 Doctor Thomas Walker State Historic Site, the home of Kentucky's first frontiersman, the 1794 William Whitley House State Historic Site known as the "Guardian of Wilderness Road," and the first brick home west of the Alleghany Mountains, the 1779 Boone Station State Historic Site containing Daniel Boone's house, the 1798 White Hall State Historic Site near Fort Boonesborough, the 1804 Old Mulky Meetinghouse State Historic Site, Kentucky's second oldest log meeting house, the 1847 Waveland State Historic Plantation Site, the October 8, 1862 Civil War Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, Kentucky's most destructive Civil War battle, and the South's last attempt to gain Kentucky, and the Constitution Square State Historic Site where the ten Conventions were held that led to Kentucky statehood. State Resort Parks: Kentucky State Resort Parks include the Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park and salt springs, the Breaks Interstate Park and passageways through Pine Mountain, the Barren River Lake State Resort Park near Kentucky's famous caves area, the Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park on the edge of the Daniel Boone National Forest, the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park and waterfalls, the Carter Caves State Resort Park containing twenty caverns and a thirty foot underground waterfall, the Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park and Wilderness on Kentucky's southern border, the Greenbo Lake State Resort Park where the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers meet, the Jenny Wiley State Resort Park and Performing Arts Showcase, the Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park near the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky Lake, and Barkley Lake, the Kenlake State Resort Park on the midwestern shore of Kentucky Lake, the Lake Cumberland State Resort Park, one of the best fishing areas in the eastern United States, the Lake Barkley State Resort Park on Kentucky's largest man-made lake, the Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park and seven nature trails known as the Lake Trail, the Cane Trail, the Pennyroyal Trail, the Indian Bluff Trail, the Thompson's Hollow Trail, the Clifty Creek Trail, the Camper's Trace Trail, the Macedonia Trail, and the Pennyrile Nature Trail, and the Pine Mountain State Resort Park, Kentucky's first State Park. Rivers: Major rivers found in the State of Kentucky include the Barren River, the Big Sandy River, the Beech Fork River, the Blood River, the Clarks River, the Chaplin River, the Cumberland River, the Floyds Fork River, the Dix River, the Green River, the Gasper River, the Kentucky River, the Levisa Fork River, the Laurel River, the Licking River, the Little River, the Little Kentucky River, the Little Sandy River, the Mississippi River, the Middle Fork Kentucky River, the Nolin River, the Mud River, the Ohio River, the North Fork Kentucky River, the Pond River, the Red River, the Red Bird River, the Rockcastle River, the Rough River, the Rolling Fork River, the Salt River, the Russell Fork River, the South Fork Kentucky River, the Tradewater River, the Tennessee River, the Tygarts Creek River, the Tug Fork River, and the Wolf River. Lakes: Major lakes found in Kentucky include the 134 mile long Lake Barkley, with 1004 miles of shoreline, one of the largest freshwater recreational facilities in the United States, the Barren River Lake with three large islands, Beaver Lake, Boltz Lake, and Buckhorn Lake full of muskies, Bullock Pen Lake, Lake Beshear near the Pennyrile State Park, Cannon Creek Lake, Lake Carnico, Carr Creek Lake and dam, Cave Run Lake, Crooks Creek Lake, Cedar Creek Lake, the second largest State-controlled lake in Kentucky, Lake Cumberland, Dale Hollow Lake on the Tennessee border, the Dewey Lake and Jenny Wilson State Resort Park, Doe Run Lake, Elk Lake, Elmer Davis Lake, Fishtrap Lake, Grayson Lake, Green River Lake in the Appalachian Foothills, Guist Creek Lake, Harrington Lake, the deepest lake in Kentucky, Kincaid Lake, Laurel River Lake, Kentucky Lake, Lake Linville, Lake Monroe, Martins Fork Lake, Paintsville Lake, Pan Bowl Lake, Nolin River Lake close to the Mommoth Cave National Park, Reelfoot Lake and bald cypress trees with bayou ditches, Shanty Hollow Lake, a popular rock climbing and rappelling area, Rough River Lake, Swan Lake, part of the Cummins Tract Twelve Lakes Region, and the largest natural lake in Kentucky, Shelby Lake in the Ballard County Wildlife Management Area, Wilgreen Lake, Taylorsville Lake, Willisburg Lake, Wood Creek Lake in the middle of the Daniel Boone National Forest, Williamstown Lake, and Yatesville Lake. Caves: Major caves and cave systems found in Kentucky include American Cave, Onyx Cave at Guntown Mountain, Oligo-Nunk Cave, Cow Counterfeiter Cave, Lost River Cave, Martin Ridge Cave, Mammoth Cave, Jackpot Cave, Horse Cave, Hidden River Cave, the Kentucky Caverns, Great Onxy Cave, Colossal Caverns, Carter Cave, the Diamond Caverns, Cub Run Cave, Fisher Ridge Cave, Crystal Onyx Cave, Jones Cave, Todds Cave, Sam Thomas Cave, Holland Cave, Temple Hill Saltpeter Cave, Big Bat Cave, Wind Cave, Mill Bluff Cave, Canyon Cave, Susan-No-Show Cave, Salt Rock Cave, Burchettes Cave, Upper Horn Hollow Cave, Bat Cave, Perdition Cave, Flood Cave, Salt Petre Cave, Fern Cave, Washing Machine Cave, Penthouse Cave, Laurel Cave, Campbell Cave, Caney Cave, Branch Cave, Coach Cave, Dixon Cave, Jesse James Cave, Long Cave, Tony Cave, Prairie Hall Cave, Glass Farm Cave, Isons Cave, Belt Cave, Buckner Springs Cave, Frenchmans Knob Cave, Ryders Mill Cave, Bowman Saltpeter Cave, War Fork Cave, Chrismans Cave, Daniel Boone's Cave, Hermit Cave, Overstreet Cave, Ash Cave, Bobo Cave, Cave Hollow, Pulaski Cave, Richardson Cave, Stillhouse Cave, Wolf Hollow Cave, Burgess Cave, Morgans Cave, Cookberg Cave, Indian Sink Cave, Fossil Cave, Kneeshredder Cave, Bulton Cave, Sloans Valley Cave, Jugornot Cave, Blowing Wells Cave, Climax Cave, Crooked Creek Cave, Smokehole Cave, Waterfall Cave, Old Smokey Cave, Big Sulfer Springs Cave, Cool Springs Cave, Son of Finey Cave, Gap Cave, Cudjos Cave, Line Fork Cave, Potato Cave, and more. Wildernesses: Kentucky contains two Wilderness areas known as the 1979 designated Beaver Creek Wilderness near the Daniel Boone National Forest, underneath the cliffs of the Beaver Creek Drainage Area, with natural arches, rock shelters, ruffed grouse, foxes, muskrats, minks, black bears, and other wildlife species, and the 1985 established Clifty Wilderness in the Red River Gorge Geographical Area of the east central portion of the State that contains high cliffs, sandstone arches, steep valleys, boulder-filled creeks, rock shelters, 750 species of plants, 170 varieties of mosses, and 15 types of endangered animals. Coal Mining: With a historic link to the official State Mineral Kentucky coal miners often worked in dark dangerous conditions breathing the dust from the coal they shoveled for low wages, contracted Black Lung Disease, lived in towns completely owned by the Mine Operators, experienced cave ins, and some times died from the neglect of those mine operators, or from poor law enforcement pertaining to mining. Coal could be mined in open pits near the surface, strip mined, contour mined, by removing mountaintops to reach the coal deposits, or by deep underground methods. Coal was mined by using Longwell rotating drum machines underground, by blasting explosives to break up coal seams, by continuously mining with steel drum machines that scraped coal from seams, by shortwall shearing up to two hundred foot wide areas that were a half mile long, and by retreat mining that collapsed the mine roofs as the coal was removed working back towards the entrance. Coal is the largest energy source for electricity generation world wide, and a fossil fuel that can come in a variety of sources including peat, lignite, bituminous, steam coal, anthracite, flame coal, fat coal, forge coal, non-baking magerkohle, candle coal, graphite, and more. Petroleum coke, ethanol, syngas, fuels, gasoline, and diesel are some of the many by-products of coal, and acid rain, water table interferences, background radiation exposures, greenhouse gases, infrastructural damages, land contamination, and lung cancers are some of the risks associated with coal mining. Bourbon: Designated a "Distinctive Product of the United States," and primarily made fom corn, Kentucky has been producing about ninety-five percent of all the bourbon in the world since the 18th Century, and Bardstown is well known as the "Bourbon Capital of the World". Authentic bourbon must be distilled to no more than 160 proof, be made of a grain mixture that is at least fifty-one percent corn, contain no caramel coloring, be aged in new charred oak barrels, not be placed in barrels at more than 125 proof, not be bottled less than 80 proof, if aged less than four years must be labeled with the time of aging, and if it meets all requirements, and is aged at least two years, it can be called Straight Bourbon. Famous Kentucky bourbon distilleries include Buffalo Trace, Heaven Hill, Four Roses, Jim Beam, Tom Moore, Maker's Mark, Woodford Reserve, Barton, Ancient Age, Bulleit, Franklin County, Henry Clay, Bernheim, Bardstown, Kentucky Bourbon, Old Rip VanWinkle, Charles Medley, Willet Family, Wild Turkey, and more. Attractions: Popular Attractions found in the State of Kentucky include the Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola, the Mammoth Cave Wax Museum, the Jim Beam Distillery, the Harland Sanders Cafe and Museum in Corbin, the first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant, the Jefferson Davis Obelisk and Highway, Daniel Boone's Gravesite, Edgar Cayce's Gravesite, King Arthur's Round Table in Hopkinsville, the American Cave Museum, the Thoroughbred racehorse Man-O-War in Lexington, the Louisville Slugger Museum and World's Largest Baseball Bat, the Genesis Creation Museum, the Keeneland Horse Racing Park, the Henry Clay Estate, the Mary Todd Lincoln House, the Kentucky Horse Park, the Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, the Waveland State Historic Site, the American Saddlebred Museum, the W.S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, the Lexington Arboretum, the State Botanical Gardens of Kentucky, McConnell Springs, the "Birthplace of Lexington," the Lexington History Center, Churchill Downs, the Louisville Zoo, the Muhammad Ali Center, the Frazier International History Museum, the Kentucky Derby Museum, the Kentucky Center For African-American Heritage, Locust Grove, the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, the Thomas Edison House, the Speed Arts Museum, Kentucky's oldest and largest arts museum, the Louisville Zoological Gardens, the United States Marine Hospital, the Waverly Hills Sanatorium, the National Corvette Museum, the Lost River Valley, the Kentucky Library and Museum, the Brims Children's Museum, the Historic Railpark and Train Museum, the Thomas D. Clark Center For Kentucky History, the Old State Capitol Complex in Frankfurt, the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Salato Wildlife Center, the Kentucky Military History Museum, the Buckley Wildlife Sanctuary and Audubon Center, the National Museum of the American Quilters Society, the Paducah Railroad Museum, the Lloyd Tilghman House and Civil War Museum, the Cumberland Museum, the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, the Mammoth Cave National Park, Dinosaur World, the Newport Aquarium, the Newport Gangster Tour, the Blue-Grey Railroad Museum, the Blue Grass Parkway, the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History, Butcher Hollow, the Country Music Highway, the My Old Kentucky Home State Park, the Hardin County History Museum, the Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site, the Breckinridge County Historical Society Museum, the Kentucky Railway Museum, the Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, the Abbey of Gethsemani, Yahoo Falls, Kentucky's highest waterfalls, the Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum, the National Underground Railroad Museum, the White Hall State Historic Site, the Daniel Boone National Forest, the Red River Gorge Geological Area, the Kentucky Reptile Zoo, Loretta Lynn's Home in Van Lear, the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace in Hodgenville, the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum, the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, Fort Knox, the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor, the Hart County Historical Museum, the Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park, the Shaker Museum At South Union, the Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, the Yew Dell Gardens, and more. Louisville: Since May 17, 1875 Louisville has been the home of the Kentucky Derby, the first race of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Horse Racing, and was an important 19th Century shipping port on the Ohio River in north central Kentucky. The Louisville Metropolitan Area, containing several southern Indiana counties, is popularly known as Kentuckiana. Often referred to as the "northernmost Southern city," and the "southernmost Northern city," in the United States Louisville is located in the Falls of the Ohio National Willife Conservation Area. Louisville was founded in 1778, and many settlements were developed on the Falls of the Ohio River barrier, including Corn Island, the first European settlement in the Louisville area. Louisville had one of the largest Pre-Civil War Slave Trades in the United States and was a stop on the Underground Railroad. The Old Louisville neighborhood is the largest Historic Preservation featuring Victorian houses in the Country. Major Corporations that have been located in Louisville include the Louisville Slugger Baseball Bat Factory, the Brown-Foreman Wine Corporation, Humana Health Insurance, Hill and Lyons Investments, Norton Healthcare, Papa John's Pizza, the PharMerica Pharmacy Services Company, the Republic Bank and Trust Company, SHPS Health Care, Kindred Healthcare Incorporated, Texas Roadhouse Restaurants, Thornton's Oil Company, Yum! Brands, the owners of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut, the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company, the Ford Motor Company, the General Electric Appliances Factory, and the Brown Hotel, and Louisville distilleries brew about one-third of all the bourbon made in the United States. Major movies that have been filmed in Louisville include Stripes, Goldfinger, Lawn Dogs, The Insider, Keep Your Distance, Nice Guys Sleep Alone, and Elizabethtown. Popular Louisville area Attractions include the Kentucky Derby Festival, Thunder Over Louisville, the largest fireworks display in the Country, the Pegasus Parade, The Great Steamboat Race, the Kentucky Derby Marathon, the Humana Festival of New American Plays, the largest Beatles Festival in the world, Abbey Road on the River, the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, the Kentucky State Fair, the Bluegrass Balloon Festival, the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, the Saint James Court Art Show, the Frazier International History Museum, the Muhammed Ali Center, the Speed Art Museum, the Film Historical Society Museum, Locust Grove, the Belle of Louisville, the oldest operating steamboat in the United States, the General George Patton Museum, Union Station, the Farmington Historic Plantation, more than 120 city parks, the Jefferson Memorial Forest, the Louisville Zoo, the Zachary Taylor National Cemetary, and more. Lexington: Located in the Bluegrass Region of the State, and known as the "Thoroughbred City," and the "Horse Capital of the World," Lexington is ranked as the tenth highest college educated city in the Country. Named after the Battle of Lexington during the American Revolutionary War, and founded in June 1775 as McConnell Springs, Fort Bryan Station was an important defense against Indian attacks on early Lexington settlers. The site of the 2010 Allteach FEI World Equestrian Games major corporations that have been located in Lexington include the Lexmark Printing and Imaging Manufacturing Corporation, the Kentucky Horse Park, the Keeneland Race Track, the Affiliated Computer Science Company, Hewlett Packard, United Parcel Service, Amazon.com, Toyota, a Jif Peanut Butter plant, the Forscht Group, the Kentucky National Insurance Company, the My Favorite Things Furniture and Interior Design Company, and more. Major industries found in Lexington include horses, government, technology, manufacturing, automobiles, education, banking, health care services, and more. Lexington was known as the "Athens of the West" because of its early cultural history, and held the highest number of slaves in Kentucky at about one-fifth of its 1850 population. Popular Lexington area Attractions include The Mayfest Arts and Crafts Show, the Festival of the Bluegrass, Kentucky's oldest Bluegrass music festival, Fourth of July Celebrations that last for several days, the Gratz Park Historic District, readings of the Declaration of Independence on the Old Courthouse steps, Southern Lights: Spectacular Sights on Holiday Nights, the Lexington History Center, Rupp Arena, A Midsummer Night's 5K Run, the Roots and Heritage Festival, the Henry Clay Ashland Estate, the Aviation Museum of Kentucky, the 1814-built Hopemont Estate, the Headley-Whitney Museum, Versaillies Castle, the Mary Todd Lincoln House, the Waveland State Historic Site, the University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington's premiere art museum, more than one hundred city parks, the Red Mile Harness Track, the Raven Run Nature Sanctuary, the McConnell Springs Park, the UK Arboretum, the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Horse Event, and more. Owensboro: Located in the Kentucky Western Coal Fields Region, in Daviess County, along the Ohio River, Owensboro was a well known steel production city. Native American Indians originally inhabited the area that became Owensboro until the Shawnee were forced to leave their lands before the beginning of the 1800s. Owensboro sided with the North during the Civil War, but remained loyal to the South, and was raided in August 1865 by the Captain Jack Bennett Partisan Rangers in retaliation. Settled in 1798 as Yellow Banks because of the color of the Ohio River, then changing and first spelling its name as Owensborough, the town shortened its name to Ownesboro in 1893. Major industries that have been located in Owensboro include civil engineering, industrial manufacturing, horse drawn carraiges, Ames automobiles, furniture making, electrical production, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Considering itself to be the "BBQ Capital of the World" Owensboro holds an annual International BBQ Festival. Other events of interest include the Men Who Cook Celebrity Chefs Gala and Auction, the Annual Owensboro PumpkinFest, and Kentucky's second largest Christmas Parade. Popular Owensboro area Attractions include the Ben Hawes State Park, the Western Kentucky Botanical Gardens, the International Bluegrass Music Museum, the blue colored Glover H. Cary Bridge over the Ohio River, and the Military Memorial on the Riverfront. Bowling Green: Located in the Western Coal Fields and Pennyroyal Plateau areas of the State, in the "Moist" Warren County, Bowling Green was the home of several Native American Indian burial mounds. Established in 1794, and incorporated March 6, 1798, early spellings of the city's name included Bolin Green and Bowlingreen. Major industries that have been found in Bowling Green include railroads, agriculture, steamboats, freight transportation by mule teams, teacher education, dressmaking, waterworks, street cars, health, and underwear. Named a Tree City USA Town since 1994 Bowling Green has been a Tree Growth Award Winner for sixteen straight years for tree growth programs, tree pruning programs, tree ordinances, tree publicity, tree education, tree workshops, hazardous tree programs, community forestry programs, and Arbor Day observances and proclamations. Popular Bowling Green area Attractions include the Beech Bend Amusement Park, the Kentucky Museum and Library, the 1904 Greek Revival-Style Eloise B. Houchens Center and Mansion, the Fort Well Historic Park and Civil War Site, the 1925 Historic RailPark At The L and N Depot, the Lost River Cave and Valley containing the shortest, deepest river in the world, and a famous Old West hideout for Outlaws like Jesse James, the 1953-built National Corvette Museum, and the Cadillac XLR and Chevrolet Corvette Assembly Plant. Covington: With a heavy German immigration population, and located at the Ohio and Licking River junction, Covington is one of two County Seats for Kenton County. Established in 1814, and known as "The Point," Covington was heavily diminished by the Great Depression. Major Corporations that have been located in Covington include the Esco Mining Machinery Corporation, the Corporex Investment Corporation, the Bavarian Brewery, the Cincinnati, Newport, and Covington Railway Company, and the United States Motor Truck Company. Containing many banks including the Covington Savings Bank and Trust Company, Star Bank, the German National Bank and Trust Company, and the Peoples Savings Bank and Trust Company, Covington was a major commercial and banking center for Northern Kentucky during the 1920s. Covington's growth has been through annexing many local communities including Seminary Square, the Westside, Austinburg, Lewisburg, Mutter Gottes, Mainstrasse, and more. Covington is well known for several famous churches including the 1894 Saint Mary's Basilica Cathedral of the Assumption, the 1848 Assumption of Mary, Mother of God, Parish, the 1842 Trinity Episcopal Church, Saint Benedict's Catholic Church, the Eastside Church of the Nazarene, and the Latonia Christian Church. Popular area Attractions in Covington include the Newport Aquarium containing thousands of animals from around the world and more than seventy exhibits, the Goebel Water Park, the Covington-Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, and Devou Park. Series: The United States Series I am writing here on associatedcontent.com provides an indepth look at all fifty States that make up this GREAT Country of ours and their five largest cities. The current list of Articles for the United States Series I have published to date includes: So This Is Sweet Home Alabama Alaska - The Land of the Midnight Sun Arizona - The Valley of the Sun Arkansas - People of the South Wind California - The Golden Gate, Earthquakes and Grizzly Bears Colorful Colorado - The Rocky Mountains, Skiing, and High Technology Connecticut - The Land of Steady Habits Delaware - The Small Wonder Florida - The Snowbirds R Us State Georgia - Goobers, Peaches, and Buzzards Hawaii - Luaus, Pineapples, and Beaches Idaho - The Gem of the Mountains and Potatoes State Illinois - Mining, Factories, and Labor Unions Indiana - The Land of Steel and Ducks Iowa - The Ethanol and Food Capital of the World Bleeding Kansas America's Flattest State Louisiana - The Child of the Mississippi Maine - Lobsters, Lighthouses, and Black Bears Maryland - The "Oh Say Can You See" State Massachusetts - The Cradle of Liberty Michigan - The Automotive State Minnesota - The Bread and Butter State Mississippi - Where Cotton Was King Comments from readers are always welcome so let me know what you think about these Articles. Sources: This article was compiled from several websites that provide much more information on Kentucky including: gotolouisville.com, lexingtonattractions.com, owensboro.com, bgky.org, covingtonky.com |
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