Kentucky counties

Daniel Boone, an American explorer and frontiersman, was born November 2, 1734 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Boone was fathered by a blacksmith and weaver, Squire Boone Sr. and nurtured by his England emigrated mother, Sarah Morgan. Boone was the sixth born and received a skimp formal education, for he learned to read and write from his mother. Boone acquired an education in wilderness and survival skills from his father. Boone just like his father had a niche for woodsmanship and hunting, for at

Introduction With its rolling hills and breathtaking foliage, Central Appalachia is home to some of America 's most beautiful views, attracting thousands of tourists to the region each year. However, Central Appalachia is also home to vast deposits of energy resources, mainly coal. In order to extract this supply of cheap energy, mining companies have turned to a practice called mountaintop removal mining, or simply mountaintop mining. Mountaintop mining is a form of surface mining that involves

Re: Sustainable Futures Act Recommendation Executive Summary: With the passage of the Sustainable Futures Act (SFA), a clear message has been sent to both the Nation and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The SFA bans coal extraction, crucial to the Kentucky economy, while it does provide job training and economic support for those in coal mining areas, the bill will not be enough to spur new green growth in the Commonwealth. The two proposals: 1) Provide Mazda USA $500 million dollars to start production

defined in ARC 's authorizing legislation, is a 205,000-square-mile region that follows the spine of the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to northern Mississippi. It includes all West Virginia and parts of 12 other states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,

“Levi Coffin Describes Margaret Garner’s Attempt to Escape Slavery” is a story about a slave named Margaret Garner, who attempted to escape slavery in the winter of 1856. The story took place in Boone County, Kentucky – a slave state and Cincinnati, Ohio - where slavery is illegal. The author, Levi Coffin, a prosperous Quaker and abolitionist, who was an active leader in the Underground Railroad network that helped thousands of fugitive slaves escape to freedom. He was a religious man and an opponent

My father was born and raised in Munfordville, Kentucky. As I have quite a bit of family still living down in Hart county, I often found myself in and around the Munfordville and Horse Cave area. Munfordville isn’t a very big town, but it does have a rich Civil War history with yearly re-enactments, that I had previously attended, and monument markers near the battlegrounds. I had always heard that I lived in a border state of the Civil War, but my only knowledge of Civil War action was linked

2015). Implementation of extension process is necessary to increase the number of beds and associated staff. OPPORTUNITIES UKHC has more scope for expansion of its network and associated health care programs. Based on the aging population of Kentucky there is a need to initiate a long-term care unit in

Sophia Alcorn was born in Stanton, Kentucky on August 3, 1883. Her parents are James Walker Alcorn and Sophie Ann Kindrick. Sophia was often called Annie by her family. She married James N. Saunders, who practiced law for her father’s office, in November 1899. She was the youngest of her siblings. When she was old enough to attend college, she decided to attend Ward Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee to receive her BA in teaching. After she left Ward Seminary she went to receive training from Northampton

Kentucky’s Role during the Civil War The world has faced the dangers of war almost since the beginnings of time, and America in the mid-1800’s was no different. Despite the Union having won its freedom from England during the Revolutionary War less than a century before, problems were brewing internally within the young and rapidly expanding country. As slavery boomed in the southern states, the North grew less and less content with this state of affairs. It is said that “to southern whites, the

Southeast is now expanding their target market again to non-traditional students because of the decreasing high school graduate rate from Clark, Floyd, and Harrison county high schools. Greater Clark County Schools have decreased from 94.4 percent to 92.5 percent. Clarksville has decreased 97.7 percent to 95 percent. West Clark County Schools have decreased 97.7