The Kentucky River

The Kentucky River
Author: William E. Ellis
Publsiher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2021-12-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813189895

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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.

The Kentucky River Navigation

The Kentucky River Navigation
Author: Mary Verhoeff
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1917
Genre: Travel
ISBN: UOM:39015021555225

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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.

The Five Lives of the Kentucky River

The Five Lives of the Kentucky River
Author: William F. Grier
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Kentucky River (Ky.)
ISBN: 0945084994

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Views the history of the Kentucky River as five separate lives: "Prehistoric to the Late 1780s," "Flatboats and Keelboats to the Dawn of Steam, 1780s to 1842," "The Golden Age of Locks and Dams, 1842-1932," Decay and Decline, 1931-1986," and "The River Reborn, 1986 Onward."

River Towns of Central Kentucky

River Towns of Central Kentucky
Author: Melissa C. Jurgensen
Publsiher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2008-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0738567051

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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.

The Kentucky Encyclopedia

The Kentucky Encyclopedia
Author: John E. Kleber
Publsiher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 1080
Release: 2014-10-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813159010

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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.

Surrounding the Kentucky River

Surrounding the Kentucky River
Author: Ronald R. Van Stockun, Jr.
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-02
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1957961066

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The Palisades of the Kentucky River

The Palisades of the Kentucky River
Author: Richard Taylor
Publsiher: Westcliffe Pub
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1997
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1565792319

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Water quality Assessment of the Kentucky River Basin Kentucky

Water quality Assessment of the Kentucky River Basin  Kentucky
Author: Kim H. Haag,Stephen D. Porter
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1995
Genre: Pesticides
ISBN: UCR:31210022203945

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