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Category : Kentucky River (Ky.)
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Navigation Charts, Kentucky River, Louisville District
Author: Kentucky Place Names
Author: Robert M. RennickPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813144019
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
" From the wealth of place names in Kentucky, Rennick has selected those of some 2,000 communities and post offices. These places are usually the largest, the best known, or the most important as well as those with unusual or inherently interesting names. Including perhaps one-fourth of all such places known in the state, the names were chosen as a representative sample among Kentucky's counties and sections. Kentucky Place Names offers a fascinating mosaic of information on families, events, politics, and local lore in the state. It will interest all Kentuckians as well as the growing number of scholars of American place names.
The Bar Belle
Author: Sara HavensPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105119130
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Sara Havens is The Bar Belle for LEO Weekly and writes about everything from the Louisville, Ky., nightlife and hangover cures to the latest in bars, cocktails and watered-down American swill. A personality-driven column that runs every other week in LEO, The Bar Belle was created in 2006, which is, ironically, the year Sara's mother stopped reading the paper. The Bar Belle was named Best Column (for a circulation under 50,000) at the 2011 AltWeekly Awards. This book features 100 of her best columns from 2006-2010.
The Falls City Engineers
Author: Leland R. JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : Ohio River Valley
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Kentucky's Natural Heritage
Author: Greg AbernathyPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813168678
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Photographs and text examine the species of plants and animals native to Kentucky, exploring glades, prairies, forests, wetlands, rivers, and caves, and discussing the state's conservation efforts to preserve native species and ecosystems.
Historic Maps of Kentucky
Author: Thomas D. ClarkPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813165261
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Maps published frorn the third quarter of the eighteenth century through the Civil War reflect in colorful detail the emergence of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the unfolding art of American cartography. Ten maps, selected and annotated by the most eminent historian of Kentucky, have been reproduced in authentic facsimiles. The accompanying booklet includes an illuminating historical essay, as well as notes on the individuaL facsimiles, and is illustrated with numerous details of other notable Kentucky maps. Among the rare maps reproduced are one of the battlefield of Perryville (1877), a colorful travelers' map (1839), and a map of the Falls of the Ohio (1806) believed to be the first map printed in Kentucky.
Upper Mississippi River Navigation Charts
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Rock Island DistrictPublisher:
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Kentucky River Navigation Project
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Louisville DistrictPublisher:
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Category : Dredging
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Government Printing and Binding Regulations
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Committee on PrintingPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Kentucky River
Author: William E. EllisPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813189896
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
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.