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Geology of Mammoth Cave Kentucky Introduction Mammoth Cave is found in Mammoth Cave National Park that was founded in 1941. Currently, it is the longest cave known in the world with approximately 350 miles of underground interconnected chambers and passages. Mapping and exploration continues and seems like it has no end. Mammoth Cave National Park is situated near Park City in south central Kentucky. It lies in forested and hilly areas of three counties; Hart, Edmonson, and Barren. It occupies about

Breckinridge was able to gain insight and strategies on how to accomplish complex and difficult issues that would arise in remote environments. (kirchgessner, j & keeling, A) In the summer of 1923, while riding through the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, Breckinridge surveyed the state of midwifery. On many horses and mules, Breckinridge had ridden 650 miles and interviewed about 53 granny midwives. According to Breckinridge, these women were determined either “intelligent and tidy” or “filthy as

I can remember the stares and glares of people eyes boring a hole into my body as I stated the elementary school I attended. To me, Booker T. Washington Academy was a place of hard work, recess, and friendship- but to others, Booker T. Washington is "poor," "ghetto," and " unsuccessful school." I have always wanted to debunk these stereotypes, but first I have to acknowledge and accept the fact that Booker T. Washington Academy has poor standardized scores and a high in and out of school suspension

Introduction Appalachia is a vast cultural and geographical region “that follows the spine of the Appalachian Mountains from southern New York to northern Mississippi. It includes all of West Virginia and parts of 12 other states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.”4 The distinctive Appalachian culture is a result of the blend of unique backgrounds -Native American (primarily Cherokee), Celtic (mainly

people. Appalachia region is defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The Appalachian region is made up of 12 states on the eastern part of the United States. The 13 states are, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama (Pollard, 2003). One strength of the region is community resilience. Community resilience is when a community works together to take care of their own members of that community

CHAPTER ONE Advice from an Adult…… When I was young my Dad would always remind me of how important these years as a kid are. He would always say watch how you act as a kid, for it will set the stage for the rest of your life. So many people I know ruined their lives when they were kids. This small, yet so important statement runs through my mind everyday. I love how everyone says they don’t care what people think of them, but I wish they knew how important it is to have a good image. I

In 1989, the Kentucky Supreme Court not only found the unequal funding of the common school system in the Commonwealth unconstitutional, they also found the whole public school system to be completely against what Section 183 of the Kentucky Constitution states: “The General Assembly, by appropriate legislation, shall provide for an efficient system of common schools throughout the State.” With a court case starting in 1985, 66 property-poor rural school districts in Kentucky filed a lawsuit claiming

John Mack Faragher was born in Phoenix, Arizona 1948 but was raised in Southern California all the way up into college where he attended University of California, Riverside to earn a bachelor’s degree in social work. He soon later attended Yale to finish his college earning a Ph.D. degree. Exiting out of college Faragher became a professor in Mount Holyoke College teaching for 15 years. His interest was in U.S. frontier and western history, Native American borderlands, and the Native American history

and encouraged to move from the city. Who would have known one incident would open up a flood of opportunities? One by one the doors were opening. I was approached about teaching the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program in the Jefferson County Public School (JCPS) district. I recognized, right away, this is what I was meant to do. When the previously mentioned school contacted me, it made me feel good to know the adults of the school trusted me enough to call and ask for my help. It

God Was Wrong, Support Mountaintop Removal Coal in the United States has long been the #1 producer of energy. Massive seams of coal are found in the Appalachian Mountains, and our reliance on this fossil fuel has meant devastation for many mountain residents and over 500 mountains. As our society advances, the need for more energy advances. What were once beautiful rolling hills are now flattened plateaus reminiscent of a landscape you would see in the desert. We as a nation have only short-term