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River Towns of Central Kentucky

Author : Melissa C. Jurgensen
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531644031
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book River Towns of Central Kentucky written by Melissa C. Jurgensen and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While hard to believe today, the banks of the Kentucky River were once home to bustling port villages and popular excursion destinations, the most popular of these being High Bridge. Local communities supported businesses that brought commerce to the area up into the early 20th century. However, with the expansion of the railroad, the days of the steamboat faded. Eventually automobiles outmoded the railroad and, over time, drew away from the winding highways along the river to more modern roads, a death knell for these riverside havens. This book will take you on a pictorial journey along the river through Tyrone, Oregon, Mundy's Landing, Brooklyn, High Bridge, Camp Nelson, Valley View, and Clays Ferry. Along the way, it will introduce the interesting residents and visionaries that breathed life into these communities and helped to create their unique charm.

River Towns of Central Kentucky

Author : Melissa C. Jurgensen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738567051
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Book Synopsis River Towns of Central Kentucky by : Melissa C. Jurgensen

Download or read book River Towns of Central Kentucky written by Melissa C. Jurgensen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While hard to believe today, the banks of the Kentucky River were once home to bustling port villages and popular excursion destinations, the most popular of these being High Bridge. Local communities supported businesses that brought commerce to the area up into the early 20th century. However, with the expansion of the railroad, the days of the steamboat faded. Eventually automobiles outmoded the railroad and, over time, drew away from the winding highways along the river to more modern roads, a death knell for these riverside havens. This book will take you on a pictorial journey along the river through Tyrone, Oregon, Mundys Landing, Brooklyn, High Bridge, Camp Nelson, Valley View, and Clays Ferry. Along the way, it will introduce the interesting residents and visionaries that breathed life into these communities and helped to create their unique charm.

Osceola

Author : Lanny Tucker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Osceola written by Lanny Tucker and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Osceola, at one time a thriving river town in Green County, Kentucky. The site of Civil War murders, and retaliations. A town of merchants with a school, a church, a doctor. With four taverns, a place called, "That wicked little river town." The story of Osceola, lost to the flood waters of Little Barren River.

South Central Kentucky

Author : Carl Howell
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738513935
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book South Central Kentucky written by Carl Howell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postcards from the early twentieth century reveal much about America's past, portraying almost every subject imaginable and offering modern readers a snapshot glimpse of life in days gone by. The collection within these pages explores the history of Adair, Barren, Green, Hart, and Taylor Counties, documenting the people and places, the lifestyles and landmarks of the South Central region of the Bluegrass State. From the evolution of transportation in Kentucky to such varied activities as wheat threshing, molasses production, and even "moonshining," the images captured on these cards are of great social and historical significance. Rare glimpses of churches, schools, hotels, and businesses that no longer stand make this a must-see for present-day residents of the area.

The Kentucky River Navigation

Author : Mary Verhoeff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book The Kentucky River Navigation written by Mary Verhoeff and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the Southern Appalachians the topography of the river basins is so closely related to the economic life of the people that the geographer and geologist, the historian and sociologist find here a meeting round. To all of them, there is offered a vast, unexploited field for intensive investigation. The Kentucky River is in many respects a typical stream of the region. It is of national significance in that the United States Government has expended large sums for its improvement, and must provide for the maintenance of the slack-water system now almost completed.

A History Lover's Guide to Lexington & Central Kentucky

Author : Foster Ockerman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439671346
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Book Synopsis A History Lover's Guide to Lexington & Central Kentucky by : Foster Ockerman

Download or read book A History Lover's Guide to Lexington & Central Kentucky written by Foster Ockerman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Give[s] a history of Lexington and the region with a special focus on the historic neighborhoods of Lexington and historic sites around the Bluegrass.” —The Kaintuckeean The Athens of the West. The Horse Capital of the World. The Home to the Greatest Tradition in College Basketball. Heart of the Bluegrass. Lexington has a lot of names and an even richer history. The region played an oversized role in America’s educational, political, religious and cultural development. Visit a historic AME church in downtown Lexington that was a stop on the Underground Railroad for escaping slaves. Walk through fifteen local historic districts. Explore an equine cemetery. Join historians Foster Ockerman Jr. and Peter Brackney on a tour through historic sites and buildings in Lexington and central Kentucky.

The Kentucky River

Author : William E. Ellis
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813189896
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Kentucky River written by William E. Ellis and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping cultural history, The Kentucky River reflects the rich tapestry of life along the banks. Flowing with tales of river ghosts and hidden treasures lying in the backwaters, the book records the myths and events the river has spawned. Bill Ellis also celebrates the Kentucky's influence on such figures as writer Wendell Berry and painter Paul Sawyier. Beginning with an intriguing overview of the river's formation and characteristics, Ellis shows how the stream has helped shape Kentucky's environment, economy, and political culture. In centuries past, flotillas of flatboats carried whiskey, pork, and valuable raw materials downriver to markets in Louisiana. Later, the river became a source of entertainment as showboats brought theater, movies, music, and dancing to otherwise isolated communities. The book describes the environmental impact of settlement, logging, mining, and industrialization, developments that have sometimes tainted the Kentucky's mighty waters with silt, sewage, and trash. In the last thirty years, however, Kentuckians have come together in major efforts to clean and preserve the Kentucky's waters and the life along its banks. Advocates for the river achieved a victory in protecting the stunning Kentucky River Palisades between Boonesborough and Frankfort, and efforts continue to preserve the irreplaceable river for future generations.

Ancient Oceans of Central Kentucky

Author : David Connerley Nahm
Publisher : Two Dollar Radio
ISBN 13 : 1937512215
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Oceans of Central Kentucky written by David Connerley Nahm and published by Two Dollar Radio. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *One of the Best Books of 2014 —NPR, Flavorwire *A Top-10 Independently-Published Title Overlooked by the National Book Foundation —Electric Literature Leah’s little brother, Jacob, disappeared when the pair were younger, a tragedy that haunts her still. When a grown man arrives at the non-profit Leah directs claiming to be Jacob, she is wrenched back to her childhood, an iridescent tableau of family joy and strife, swimming at the lake, sneaking candy, late-night fears and the stories told to quell them. Ancient Oceans of Central Kentucky is a wrecking-ball of a novel that attempts to give meaning and poetry to everything that comprises small-town life in central Kentucky. Listen: they are the ghost stories that children tell one another, the litter that skirts the gulley, the lines at department stores. A gorgeous, haunting, prismatic jewel of a book. "Wonderful. While this isn't a thriller, at least in any traditional sense of the word, it's deeply suspenseful. More than anything, it's Nahm's deep sense of place that's most apparent in his novel. His descriptions of rural Kentucky are gorgeous, but he digs far below the surface to portray the real soul of the town. Remarkable... it's impossible to stop reading until you've gone through each beautiful line, a beauty that infuses the whole novel, even in its darkest moments." —Michael Schaub, NPR

Through Their Eyes: Covered Bridges of Harrison County, Kentucky

Author : Melissa C. Jurgensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615697475
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (974 download)

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Download or read book Through Their Eyes: Covered Bridges of Harrison County, Kentucky written by Melissa C. Jurgensen and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-11 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nestled in the hills of central Kentucky, the countryside of Harrison County was once dotted with covered bridges. Sadly, none of these bridges remain today. The photo collection contained in the pages of this book offers a glimpse into the life span of four of these bridges including Cynthiana's bridge which was a centerpiece in a Civil War battle, to Claysville's bridge that once towered above the Licking River until its fiery end in 1953. The "Through Their Eyes" series celebrates the photographers of yesteryear who captured these structures in their photographs to preserve them for all time. DueBelliAutriciBooks.com

Encyclopedia of Kentucky

Author : Nancy Capace
Publisher : Somerset Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0403097401
Total Pages : 723 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Kentucky written by Nancy Capace and published by Somerset Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Kentucky contains detailed information on States: Symbols and Designations, Geography, Archaeology, State History, Local History on individual cities, towns and counties, Chronology of Historic Events in the State, Profiles of Governors, Political Directory, State Constitution, Bibliography of books about the state and an Index.

Kentucky

Author : Patricia K. Kummer
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780736812412
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Kentucky written by Patricia K. Kummer and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the state of Kentucky, covering its history, geography, economy, people, and points of interest.

Kentucky Geological Survey

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Kentucky Geological Survey written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Kentucky River Navigation

Author : Mary Verhoeff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781375459730
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book The Kentucky River Navigation written by Mary Verhoeff and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Public Papers of Governor Bert T. Combs

Author : Bert T. Combs
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813162491
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Public Papers of Governor Bert T. Combs written by Bert T. Combs and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the most important public papers of Bert T. Combs during the four years he served as governor of Kentucky. Arranged chronologically, the papers reveal the policy of the Combs administration as it evolved in the early years of the 1960s and show how the governor dealt with varying concurrent problems. Although this collection is not intended as a definitive statement of the Combs administration, it provides important source material that will enable historians to study the broad spectrum of issues faced by the people of the Commonwealth at a time when considerable government-inspired change was occurring. John Ed Pearce has provided a perceptive introductory essay to the volume. The appendix offers a complete listing of speeches delivered by Governor Combs during his term of office.

The Retail Coalman

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Retail Coalman written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Kentucky Encyclopedia

Author : John E. Kleber
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813159016
Total Pages : 1080 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Kentucky Encyclopedia written by John E. Kleber and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kentucky Encyclopedia's 2,000-plus entries are the work of more than five hundred writers. Their subjects reflect all areas of the commonwealth and span the time from prehistoric settlement to today's headlines, recording Kentuckians' achievements in art, architecture, business, education, politics, religion, science, and sports. Biographical sketches portray all of Kentucky's governors and U.S. senators, as well as note congressmen and state and local politicians. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in the lives of such figures as Carry Nation, Henry Clay, Louis Brandeis, and Alben Barkley. The commonwealth's high range from writers Harriette Arnow and Jesse Stuart, reformers Laura Clay and Mary Breckinridge, and civil rights leaders Whitney Young, Jr., and Georgia Powers, to sports figures Muhammad Ali and Adolph Rupp and entertainers Loretta Lynn, Merle Travis, and the Everly Brothers. Entries describe each county and county seat and each community with a population above 2,500. Broad overview articles examine such topics as agriculture, segregation, transportation, literature, and folklife. Frequently misunderstood aspects of Kentucky's history and culture are clarified and popular misconceptions corrected. The facts on such subjects as mint juleps, Fort Knox, Boone's coonskin cap, the Kentucky hot brown, and Morgan's Raiders will settle many an argument. For both the researcher and the more casual reader, this collection of facts and fancies about Kentucky and Kentuckians will be an invaluable resource.

Bourbon's Backroads

Author : Karl Raitz
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813182565
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Bourbon's Backroads written by Karl Raitz and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky's landscape is punctuated by landmark structures that signpost bourbon's venerable story: distilleries long-standing, relict, razed, and brand new, the grand nineteenth-century homes of renowned distillers, villages and neighborhoods where distillery laborers lived, Whiskey Row storage warehouses, river landings and railroad yards, and factories where copper distilling vessels and charred white oak barrels are made. During the nineteenth century, distilling changed from an artisanal craft practiced by farmers and millers to a large-scale mechanized industry that practiced increasingly refined production techniques. Distillers often operated at comparatively remote sites—along the "backroads"—to take advantage of water sources or river or turnpike transport access. As time passed, steam power and mechanization freed the industry from its reliance on waterpower and permitted distillers to relocate to urban and rural rail-side sites. This shift also allowed distillers to perfect their production techniques, increase their capacity, and refine their marketing strategies. The historic progression produced the "fine" Kentucky bourbons that are available to present day consumers. Yet, distillers have not abandoned their cultural roots and traditions; their iconic products embrace the modern while also engaging their history and geography. Blending several topics—inventions and innovations in distilling and transport technologies, tax policy, geography, landscapes, and architecture—this primer and geographical guide presents an accessible and detailed history of the development of Kentucky's distilling industry and explains how the industry continues to thrive.