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 A GUIDE TO THE BLUEGRASS STATE
Compiled and Written by tbe Federal Writers’ Project
of the Work Projects Administration
for tbe State of Kentucky
AMERICAN GUIDE SERIES
ILLUSTRATED
Sponsored by tbe University of Kentucky
, HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY
NEW YORK

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COPYRIGHT, 1939, BY THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
All rights are reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or
parts thereof in any farm.
yirst published in October, 1939
PRINTED IN U.S.A. BY QUINN 8: BODEN COMPANY, INC.

 FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
F. C. HARRINGTON, Commissioner
FLORENCE KERR, Assistant Commissioner
GEORcE H. GOODMAN, Administrator,
Kentucky Work Projects Administration

 
 Foreword
The American Guide Series, when completed, will include a guide-
book for every State in the Union. As each State studies and describes
its history, natural endowments, and special interests, the paradox of
diversity and homogeneity will become apparent. For each State has
a special personality due to its topography, people, and culture, while
certain qualities and interests bind all the States together.
These guidebooks will iind place in schools, colleges, and libraries;
and private individuals will consult them for information available
elsewhere only in word-of-mouth tradition or obscure archives and
files. For these volumes are more than simply guidebooks: they are
wide-angle reference books as well. And this is not to say that the
guide aspect has been neglected———to be reassured on this point one
needs only to read with attention one of the many tours included.
The account of Kentucky’s settlement and of the brave adventure
of its great men has brought romance and charm to novels, poems,
and stories which have carried the name of Kentucky far and wide
and have endeared the State to many who live beyond its borders.
Readers have been harrowed by details of poverty and hard living,
or soothed by the picturesque. In the present guidebook they will
learn things about the State that will give them a more rounded and
balanced picture. Kentucky’s culture, only a century and a half old,
has been enriched by the customs and traditions of other regions and
other lands. Kentucky was the crossroads of migration, both from the
seaboard and from Europe, as the pioneers moved west or south.
People flowed into the State, some to remain, some to continue their
journeys, but in either case they made a contribution. The traveler
today will iind evidences not only of earlier white culture and of the
progress that has been made in the past fifty years, but also traces of
prehistoric occupation.
For many years I have been thinking about a book on the subject,
"Why are Kentuckians as they are?" I have thought of the early
pioneers, their contributions to Kentucky, the settlements they estab-
lished, the houses they built, and the civilization that was erected on
V11

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these foundations. It is a complicated and fascinating subject. The
present book furnishes a broad basis for knowing the State that every
Kentuckian loves so devotedly; moreover, it suggests again and again
the courtesy, the graciousness, and the charm of living that are tradi-
tional here.
The articles in this book have described Kentucky scenes, resources,
and attitudes. Photographs and maps strengthen the written word. l
The traveler will rejoice that touring routes have been planned to re- ?
veal the most significant aspects of the State, and the interest of his l
journeys into Kentucky will be greatly enhanced if he has this book. `
While the reader turns the pages let him remember that it is impos- `
sible to say everything that he would wish said, or to say it as he would `
wish it said. Anyone who knows the difficulty of bringing unity to a ’
guidebook will be pleased by the accomplishment of the State director
· and of the staff writers. We are thankful that the Kentucky Guide is `
a reality, and we are grateful to all those who have contributed their A
time and talents to add to our pleasure and our understanding. `
FRANK L. Mci/'EY, I
President, University of Kentucky .
Lexington, Kentucky
July 1, 1939 K

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H Preface
i-
5, A commonwealth, in its most vital aspects, expresses itself through
L its people, whose characteristics distinguish but do not separate them
.- from their neighbors. The differences need not necessarily be ethnic,
is but it is likely that speech and customs and points of view may be
L traced to an ancestry, itself marked and enduring. This is evidently
5_ the case with the people of Kentucky. It is not by idle chance that
ld they admit with pride, sometimes with arrogance, that they are not the
a same as those who face them on the northern side of the Ohio River.
Dr It follows that a guidebook to Kentucky should be something more
is than pages devoted to its natural wonders, climate, products, and his-
tit tory. It should seek to catch that spirit, indefmable but very real,
which has transformed Stephen Foster’s “My Old Kentucky Home"
into something like a national ballad, poignant and tender, with per-
sonal appeal for Kentuckians. To retain that atmosphere, to make
A the Kentuckian, his land, and his background more understandable to
those outside the State, has been one endeavor in the present volume.
Another, and perhaps more useful purpose, has been to tell the Ken-
tuckian himself of the natural resources that are his heritage, to invite
_ him to take stock, as it were, of the opportunities which lie at his door.
But the State is well worth the attention of the visitor who travels
to enjoy and to learn. It is primarily rural, and its one large city,
Louisville, lies on the northern boundary. It has its "rocks and rills"
of surpassing beauty, the remains of an untamed wilderness. It is for
this reason most of all that this book, like its forty-seven companions,
includes numerous meticulously detailed tours through the State, care-
fully traveled and checked for accuracy. This section of the Guide
should be helpful to visitors and instructive for stay—at-homes.
The research and the industry which have gone into this work, can-
not be too gratefully acknowledged. The book is submitted with mod-
esty, and also with intimate satisfaction in the co—operation without
which it could never have been completed.
Specialists, many of whom volunteered their services, read and criti-
cized all copy prepared by the editorial staff; in some cases they pre-
IX

 X PREFACE
pared the more technical articles. State representatives, formally ap-
pointed by several organizations, have been consulted in the prepara-
tion of the Guide. These include the Kentucky Chapter of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects, the Association of American Railroads, and 1
the National Bus Traffic Association with the concurrence of the Na-
tional Association of Motor Bus Operators, and the American Hotel 1
Association. U '
The editors acknowledge with gratitude the help given by specialists *
in various fields: Rexford Newcomb, Dean of the College of Fine Arts
and Applied Design, University of Illinois, who wrote the article Ken-
‘ tucky Architecture; T. D. Clark, Department of History, University _
of Kentucky, for the article Kentuckians, Who and What They Are; `
C. ]. Bradley and S. E. Wrather, Department of Agriculture, Univer- I
sity of Kentucky; Grant C. Knight, Department of English, University ·
‘ of Kentucky; Frank T. McFarland and Hansford T. Shacklette, De- I
partment of Botany, University of Kentucky; Gordon Wilson and L. Y. .
Lancaster, Western Kentucky State Teachers College; H. ]. Thornton, ·
editor of the Louisville Board of Trade Journal; Andrew K. Rule, .
Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louisville; and Kincaid Herr, asso- l
ciate editor, L. & N. Magazine.  
Acknowledgment for assistance in securing and preparing material
is also made to joe Hart, Louisville Courier-Journal; C. W. Jackson, I
Louisville Central Negro High School; M. E. Ligon, Department of Z
Education, University of Kentucky; Neil Plummer and Victor Port- I
mann, Department of journalism, University of Kentucky; Edward j
W. Rannells, Department of Art, University of Kentucky; Lucien 3
Beckner, formerly a member of the State staff of the Federal Writers’ ,
Project; Adele Brandeis, State Director of the Federal Art Project; `
the Standard Printing Company, publisher of Mammoth Cave and the
Cave Region of Kentucky, for permission to use material; David W.
Maurer, Department of English, University of Louisville; Preston ·
Hinebaugh, Ohio Horse Breeders’ Association; and Donald Kays, De- *
partment of Animal Husbandry, Ohio State University. Many others, 1
too numerous to list, have assisted in various ways. j
It is our hope that the interest and pride that all have taken in the ]
preparation of the Kentucky Guide will be justified. 1
U. R. BELL, j
State Director

 E; Contents
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id FOREWORD BY FRANK L. MC VEY, President, University of Kentucky vii
  PREFACE: State Director, Federal Writers’ Project ix
GENERAL INFORMATION Xxjjj
is CALENDAR OF EVENTS XXV5
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n- Part I . Kentucky: The General Background
ty KENTUc1<1ANs 3
if NATURAL SETTING 7
ty ARCHEOLOGY AND INDIANS gg
pe- HISTORY 35
Y. AGRICULTURE 59
my TRANSPORTATION 56
1c* MANUFACTURING AND MINING 60
;°` LAB0R 66
ial THE NEGRO 72
m, RELIGION 77
Of EDUCATION 83
rt- FOLKLORE AND FOLK MUSIC 89
rrd KENTUCKY THOROUGHBREDS 94
fm pruzss AND RAD10 mz
IS, THE ARTS A 110
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$:78 Part II. Cities and Tawns
OI; ASHLAND 139
)g- COVINGTON 147
IS, FRANKFORT 157
HARRODSBURG 168
he LOUISVILLE 175
LEx1NcT0N 197
PADUCAH _ 221
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Part IH. Highways and Byways
TOUR 1 (Portsmouth, Ohio)—South Portsmouth—Ashland—Cat1ettsburg
—Paintsville—Prestonsburg·—Pikeville—(Norton, Va.), [US 23] 233
2. Winchester—Stanton—]ackson—Hazard—]unction with
US 119. [State 15] 242
3 (Cincinnati, Ohio)——Newp0rt—Cynthiana—Paris—Lexington—-
Nicholasville+Lancaster—Somerset—( Chattanooga, Tenn.) .
[US 27] 246
Section a. Ohio Line to Lexington 246
Section b. Lexington to Tennessee Line 253
4 (Cincinnati, Ohio)—Covington—Georgetown—Lexington—
Richmond——Corbin—Wil1iamsburg—(jellico, Tenn.) .
[US 25 and US 25W] 261
Section a. Ohio Line to Lexington 262
Section b. Lexington to Tennessee Line 266
4A Junction with US 25—Pineville-—Middlesboro——Cumber1and
Gap——(Tazewel1, Tenn.). [US 25E] 274
4B C0rbin—Cumberland Falls State Park—Parker’s Lake. [State 90] 279
5 Warsaw—Frankfort—Lawrenceburg—Harrodsburg——Danvi1le—— . ·
]amestown—AIbany—(Chattanooga, Tenn.) . [State 35] 280
6 (Indianapolis, Ind.)—Louisville—Bardstown—Hodgenville—
Glasgow—Scottsville—(Nashville, Tenn.) . [US 31E] 288
7 (New Albany, Ind.)—Louisville——Elizabethtown—Munfordville-
Horse Cave—Bowling Green—Franklin—(Nashville, Tenn.),
[US 31W] 296 C
7A Cave City—Mammoth Cave National Park——Mamm0th S:
Cave. [State 70] 309 H
8 (Evansville, Ind.)—Henderson—Madison\rille——Hopkinsville—
Guthrie—(Nashville, Tenn.). [US 41 and US 41E] 315
9 (Metropolis, Ill.)—Paducah——Mayfleld—Fulton—
(Martin, Tenn.). [US 45] 322
10 (Cairo, Ill.)—Wick]iffe-—Bardwell—Clinton—Fulton—
(Memphis, Tenn.). [US S1] 324
11 South Portsmouth——Vanceburg—Maysville—Alexandria.
[State 10] 329
12 (Cincinnati, Ohio)—Covington—Warsaw—Carrollton—
Louisville. [US 42] 334
12A Junction with US 42—Butler Memorial State Park-Owenton—
]unction with State 40. [US 227] 341
13 Willow—Falmouth—Owenton—New Castle——]unction with
US 60. [State 22] 344

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TOUR 14 (Aberdeen, Ohio)4MaysviHe—Georgetown—Versaille%Bards-
‘t0wn——Elizabethtown—Centra1 City——Paducah. [US 62] 351
Section a. Ohio Line to Elizabethtown 351
Section b. Elizabethtown to Paducah 356
3 15 (Aberdeen, Ohio)—Maysville—Lexington--Harrodsburg—Bards-
town—Hodgenvil1e—Cave City—Bowling Green—Paducah.
[US 68] 362
2 Section a. Ohio Line to Lexington 362
Section b. Lexington to Bowling Green 374
Section c. Bowling Green to Paducah 382
g 16 (Huntington, W. Va.)—Ashland—Owingsville—Mount Sterling-
Winchester—Lexington—Versailles-—Frankfort—Louisvi1le—Hen—
3 derson—Paducah—Wickliffe-—(Charleston, Mo.). [US 60] 387
Section a. West Virginia Line to Lexington 387
Section b. Lexington to Louisville 396
E Section c. Louisville to Missouri Line 400
5 17 Wariield—Paintsvi1le—Mount Sterling—Georgetown-—
Junction with US 60. [State 40] 414
lh 17A Paris—Boonesbor0—Richmond. [US 227] 419
18 Junction with US 23—Hindman—Somerset—C0lumbia—
9 Glasgow———]unction with US 31W-68. [State 80] 424
19 (Williamson, W. Va.)—Pikeville—]enkins—]unction with `
) US 25E. [US 119] 433
20 Burnside—Monticello——Albany—Burkesville—Glasg0w. [State 90] 441
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Part I V_. Appendices
5 CHRONOLOGY 451
SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 462
9 INDEX 471
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I. The Natural Setting 14
BREAKS OF SANDY (Caufteld G Shook)
CUMBERLAND FALLS (Caujield G Shook)
CUMBERLAND GAP (Caufield G Shook)
KNOB COUNTRY (Caujield G Shook)
KENTUCKY RIVER PALISADES (Caufield G Shook)
SKYLINE NATURAL BRIDGE, CUMBERLAND NATIONAL
FOREST (Caujield G Shook)
LOOKING UP THE OHIO TOWARD CLOVERPORT (Caujield G
Shook)
THE KENTUCKY RIVER AT CAMP NELSON (Lafayette Studio)
ECHO RIVER IN MAMMOTH CAVE (Caufield G Shook)
A GOTHIC AVENUE IN MAMMOTH CAVE (Caufield G Shook)
RUINS OF KARNAK IN MAMMOTH CAVE (Caufield G Shook)
CHIMNEY ROCK, NEAR DANVILLE (Canfield G Shook)
II. Historic Pages 28
DANIEL BOONE’S ARRIVAL WITH NORTH CAROLINIANS;
MURAL IN POST OFFICE, LEXINGTON (Painting by Ward
Lockwood)
LINCOLN MEMORIAL, NEAR HODGENVILLE (Caufield G
Shook)
PIONEER MEMORIAL, HARRODSBURG (Simmons Studio)
BIRTHPLACE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, MEMORIAL (Caufield
G Shook)
OLD CAPITOL, FRANKFORT (Caufield G Shook)
THE CAPITOL, FRANKFORT. (Aero—Graphic Corporation)
OLD FAYETTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, LEXINGTON (La-
fayette Studio)
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INTERIOR FEDERAL HILL, "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME,”
NEAR BARDSTOWN (Canfield é5· Shook)
FEDERAL HILL, "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME" (Caufield 6*
Shook)
ASHLAND, HOME OF HENRY CLAY, LEXINGTON (Lafayette
Studio)
JOHN HUNT MORGAN HOME, LEXINGTON (Lafayette Studio)
JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, LOUISVILLE (Caufield
é· Shook)
III. Architecture 42 y
DIAMOND POINT, HARRODSBURG (Simmons Studio)
SHROPSHIRE HOUSE, GEORGETOWN (Lafayette Studio)
LIBERTY HALL, FRANKFORT (Cusick)
WILMORE GARRETT RESIDENCE, NEAR LEXINGTON
(Lafayette Studio)
McAF EE HOUSE, NEAR HARRODSBURG (Simmons Studio)
OLD KEENE PLACE, NEAR LEXINGTON (Lafayette Studio)
FAIR OAKS, NEAR HARRODSBURG (Simmons Studio)
SCARLET GATE, HOME OF JAMES LANE ALLEN, NEAR
LEXINGTON (Lafayette Studio)
CLAY HILL, HARRODSBURG (Simmons Studio)
MANSION MUSEUM, HARRODSBURG (Simmons Studio)
CARNEAL HOUSE, COVINGTON (Rolsten Photo Service)
WICKLAND, BARDSTOWN (Canfield 6- Shook)
THE ORLANDO BROWN HOUSE, FRANKFORT (Canfield <'5·
Shook)
STAIRWAY, OLD CAPITOL, FRANKFORT (Caufield G- Shook)
IV. Industry: Transportation 56
WATER FRONT, LOUISVILLE (Canfield ¢‘5· Shook)
COAL MINER (Farm Security Administration)
MODERN COLLIERY (Bureau of Mines)
STRIP MINING (Canfield ér Shook)

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COAL MINE (Farm Security Administration)
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT COLUMBUS (Canfield 6x Shook)
ALONG THE PINEVILLE·HARLAN ROAD (Canfield 6 Shook)
DIX DAM, HERRINGTON LAKE (Aero-Graphic Corporation)
BARDSTOWN DISTILLERY (Canfield ér Shook)
TOBACCO MARKET (Canfield 6· Shook)
MULE DAY (WPA Sta]? Photographer)
CHAIR MAKERS (Canfield é· Shook)
*2 v. Education and Religion so
OLD CENTRE, CENTRE COLLEGE, DANVILLE (Simmons
Studio)
MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF NATURAL STONE, A WPA PROJECT
(WPA in Kentucky)
BEREA COLLEGE, BEREA (Canfield é· Shook)
KENTUCKY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, DANVILLE (Canfield 6·
Shook)
THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, AIRVIEW (Aero—Graphic
Corporation) —
TRAPPIST MONASTERY, GETHSEMANE (Aero-Graphic Cor-
poration)
AUDUBON MUSEUM, HENDERSON (WPA in Kentucky)
GIDDINGS HALL, GEORGETOWN COLLEGE (Lafayette Studio)
GUEST HOUSE, SHAKERTOWN (Canfield 6- Shook)
DOORWAY TO GUEST HOUSE, SHAKERTOWN (Canfield 6·
Shook)
SHAKER CEREMONIES (Harrodsburg Herald)
SHAKER CEREMONIES (Harrodsburg Herald)
ST. ]OSEPH’S CHURCH, BARDSTOWN (Canfield  with Federal regulations--comply with Federal regulations. English
,605 sparrows, great horned owl, sharp—shinned hawk, crow and crow-
dren blackbird, not protected; deer and elk protected at all times, no open
and season; rabbit, Nov. 25—]an. 9; squirrels, Aug. 1—Nov. 1; woodchuck
[bm-- or ground hog, not protected; beaver, raccoon, mink, otter, skunk and
opossum lawful to kill Nov. 15——Dec. 31.
Lrger Hunting License: Nonresident, $10.50. Resident, $1.00.
Limits: Quail, 12 per day, season limit 75, penalty for violation $15
Wha, to $50 per quail; doves, 15 per day; woodcock, 6 per day, not over
24 in possession at one time.
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jan. 4th Mon. Princeton Farm Bureau Meeting
nfd Louisville Band and Orchestra Clinic
nfd Louisville Louisville Art Association
Exhibition
Feb. 3rd Mon. Mayheld Mule Day
Mar. 4th Mon. Murray Mule Trading Day
Apr. nfd Bowling Green Academic Music Festival
nfd Louisville Physical Education Festival
nfd Louisville Boy Scout Circus
nfd Louisville Easter Monday Charity Ball
nfd Louisville junior League Fashion Show
nfd Louisville Kentucky Education Asso-
ciation Meeting
nfd Louisville State Spelling Bee (in con-
nection with K. E. A.
meeting)
nfd Lexington ` Keeneland Races
nfd Morehead Foster Festival
nfd Murray Academic Music Festival
last wk or 1st
wk of May Louisville Spring Meet at Churchill
Downs
May 1st Sun. Scottsville Allen County Singing Con-
vention
1st wk Lexington University of Kentucky Gar-
` den Day
2d wk Louisville Kentucky Derby Festival
2d Sat. Louisville Kentucky Derby, Churchill
Downs
4th Sun. Benton Old Southern Harmony Sing-
ing Festival
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May 4 30 Paducah Boy Scout Circus Sl
nfd Kentucky State Federation of Music
Clubs Meeting
nfd Bowling Green Music Festival O
nfd Lexington High School Music Contests
nfd Louisville Garden Tours
nfd Louisville Kennel Club Spring Show
nfd Pineville Music Festival and Band
Concert
late May or
early june Pineville .Mountain Laurel Festival
june 7 Frankfort Boone Day Celebration
12 Springneld Lincoln Marriage Festival N
15 Parksville "Blessing of the Berries"
(festival in connection
with the raspberry crop)
2d Sun. Near Ashland American Folk Song Fes- D
T tival: Traipsin’_ Woman’s
Cabin
nfd Covington Latonia Races
nfd Paducah Strawberry Producers’ Revel
nfd Beaver Dam Strawberry Carnival
nfd ` ` Louisville Annual Board of Trade Out-
ing
]uly 4 Bardstown Stephen Collins Foster Fes-
tival
16 Harrodsburg Kentucky Pioneer Memorial
Celebration
2d or 3d wk Louisville Boat Regatta
nfd Louisville State Tennis Tournaments
Aug. nfd Crestwood Kavanaugh Camp Meeting
nfd Louisville Fall Market Week
nfd Near Henderson Dade Park Races
Sept. 2d or 3d wk Louisville State Fair, State Fair
Grounds
last wk Quicksand Fall Festival
nfd Louisville junior League Fashion Show

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, Sept. nfd Middlesboro Tri—State Fair
wc nfd Stanford Historical Pageant
Oct, lst wk Louisville N o-jury Exhibition of Fine
gsts and Practical Arts (for
Kentucky and Southern
W Indiana)
and 1st Sun. Scottsville Allen County Singing Con-
vention
last wk Louisville Fall Meet at Churchill
1 Downs
nfd Barbourville Dahlia Show
nfd Lexington Annual Trotting Races
*1,, Nov. 11 Louisville Armistice Day Parade and
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101 last wk Lexington Tobacco Festival
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 Part I
Kentucky: The General
Background

 KENTUCKIAN S
ENTUCKY is far from being a uniied region. Though known
I < as the Bluegrass State, it divides into three sections which
differ as sharply in geography, culture, economic activity, and social
habit as if they were widely separated areas. These are the Blue-
grass, the Eastern Mountains, and Western Kentucky. Each is popu-
lated by people who have adjusted themselves to their environment,
and who in the process have developed habits and attitudes differing
markedly from those of their fellows in the other divisions. Literature
concerning Kentucky often fails clearly to identify the section which
forms its locale, and readers unacquainted with local conditions are
apt to mistake a single section for the State as a whole.
Except for Louisville, Kentucky has no large industrial centers. Most
of its 2,900,000 people dwell in small rural communities. Like other
agrarian folk they bear the mark of their association with the soil. The
rural Kentuckian, whether clad in faded overalls or imported woolens,
is an individualist. The rustic lolling at the street corners of towns and
villages may give every evidence of being lost or out of place; but try
to get the better of him in a trade and often he will prove master of
the situation. He may be ragged, dirty, and ignorant, but he is still
endowed with something of the unawed self-reliance and resourceful
wit of the pioneer.
Wherever a Kentuckian may be, he is more than willing to boast of
the beauties and virtues of his native State. He believes without reser-
vation that Kentucky is the garden spot of the world, and is ready to
dispute with