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Big Red is the mascot of Western Kentucky University's sports teams, the "Hilltoppers" and "Lady Toppers". It is a red, furry blob created by Ralph Carey in 1979. Big Red is meant to symbolize the spirit of WKU students and alumni as well as the sports teams' nickname, the "Hilltoppers," a name chosen because the school's campus sits atop a hill 232 feet above the Barren River flowing through ...
Kentucky is the third leading state in coal production. [24] 1998 [25] Rock: Kentucky agate: Agate, a form of quartz, has varying shades of color arranged in layers of red, black, yellow, and gray. 2000 [26] Soil: Crider Soil Series: The Crider soils make up about 500,000 acres (2,000 km 2) in Kentucky. Most areas are used for crops or pasture ...
Kentucky (US: / k ə n ˈ t ʌ k i / ⓘ, UK: / k ɛ n-/), [5] [6] officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, [c] is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west.
Crusader Rabbit is an American animated series created by Alexander Anderson and Jay Ward, and the first of its kind to be produced specifically for television. [1] Its main characters were Crusader Rabbit and his sidekick Ragland T. Tiger, or "Rags".
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On October 8, 1930, a sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal, Everett Strupper, wrote about the previous weekend's Alabama-Ole Miss football game.He wrote, "That Alabama team of 1930 is a typical [Coach Wallace] Wade machine, powerful, big, tough, fast, aggressive, well-schooled in fundamentals, and the best blocking team for this early in the season that I have ever seen.
Kentucky is the 37th largest state in terms of total area, the 36th largest in land area, and ranks 26th in population. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 it became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is designated a commonwealth by the Kentucky Constitution and is formally known as the "Commonwealth of Kentucky." [1]
Truman the Tiger is the official mascot of the athletic teams of the University of Missouri Tigers. [1] Truman is named after U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who was from the U.S. state of Missouri. The mascot was named on September 12, 1986, though the use of a Bengal tiger as Missouri's mascot is traced to the 1890s. Truman has been awarded ...