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Before 1750, Kentucky was populated nearly exclusively by Cherokee, Chickasaw, Shawnee and several other tribes of Native Americans [1] See also Pre-Columbian; April 13, 1750 • While leading an expedition for the Loyal Land Company in what is now southeastern Kentucky, Dr. Thomas Walker was the first recorded American of European descent to discover and use coal in Kentucky; [2]
This is a list of plantations (including plantation houses) in the U.S. state of Kentucky, which are: National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1 ...
The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". [1] According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps Cherokee or Iroquois ...
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Kentucky that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in all of Kentucky's 120 counties . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by ...
Cane Ridge, Kentucky: 1791 Church Likely oldest church building in Kentucky Historic Locust Grove: Louisville, Kentucky: 1792 Residence Visited by explorers Lewis and Clark and President Zachary Taylor: Old Providence Church: Winchester, Kentucky: 1793 Church Oldest stone church in Kentucky Abraham Barton House: Lexington, Kentucky: 1795 Residence
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Henderson County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
A good bit of Appalachian history and arts got soaked in the record flooding in Eastern Kentucky.. In Whitesburg, water may have breached the vault at Appalshop, where the arts and media ...
In 1912, farmer Craig Crecelius found the stone artifact in a field near the Ohio River in Brandenburg, Kentucky. The oolite stone measures 29 inches (74 cm) long by 15.5 inches (39 cm) wide and varies in thickness from 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.6 cm). [2] For more than 50 years, Crecelius displayed the stone at local fairs.