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2. Cherokee State Park (Kentucky) - Wikipedia

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   It was the only blacks-only state park Kentucky had. [5] With a size of 300 acres (1.2 km 2), Cherokee State Park had several amenities. These included a 200-person dining hall (1953), docks for fishing and boating, picnicking, a bathhouse for the lake's beach, and a restaurant. There was also twelve cottages (1953) for overnight lodging.

3. Cherokee Park - Wikipedia

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   Cherokee Park is a 409-acre (166 ha) municipal park located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and is part of the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy. It was designed in 1891 by Frederick Law Olmsted , the father of landscape architecture along with 18 of Louisville's 123 parks.

4. Kenlake State Resort Park - Wikipedia

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   Cherokee State Park was the third blacks-only state park in the United States. It was the first such state park in Kentucky, as well as the Southern United States. The park was opened in 1951 as the companion to the whites-only Kentucky Lake State Park, and it was publicized as "the finest colored vacation site in the South".

5. First, the tornado. Then, the invasive plants. How can ... - AOL

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   Dutchman's Breeches are a wildflower that are repopulating inside Cherokee Park in Louisville, Ky. on March 25, 2024. The 50th anniversary of the 1974 tornado which destroyed most of the trees in ...

6. 1974 tornado spurred lifetime of parks service across two ...

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   For one man, the 1974 tornado prompted thousands of trees planted, thousands of dollars raised, and thousands of hours spent in Louisville's parks.

7. Pristine Kentucky lake brought under conservation protection ...

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   The lake, which covers more than 100 acres on the Kentucky-Tennessee line near Middlesboro, is one of the iconic views at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, visible from the popular Pinnacle ...

8. Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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   Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a United States 171,280-acre national recreation area (69,310 ha) in Kentucky and Tennessee between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. It was designated as a national recreation area in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy and developed using funds appropriated during the Johnson administration.

9. Kentucky Lake - Wikipedia

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   Kentucky Lake has a flood storage capacity of 4,008,000 acre⋅ft (4.944 km 3), more than 2.5 times the next largest lake in the TVA system. It provides a source for hydro-electric power. Also, as one of the lakes alluded to by the name of Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area , it is a recreational destination of western Kentucky and ...