Alta, didn't you want a copy of Knott My Beloved? JB In a message dated 12/21/2010 3:39:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, moonlight_clouds2000@yahoo.com writes: Thanks Ed, I,m saving this information.Merry Christmas to you , your family and everyone ! Alta,moonlight ________________________________ From: ed day <skipned@yahoo.com> To: kyknott@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, December 21, 2010 5:41:20 AM Subject: [KYKNOTT] Kentucky History H'mmmmm.... Kentucky Fried Chicken seems to have begun somewhere in Kentucky. How about Corbin? --Ed Day (Michigan and Florida) --- On Tue, 12/21/10, kyknott-request@rootsweb.com <kyknott-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > From: kyknott-request@rootsweb.com <kyknott-request@rootsweb.com> > Subject: KYKNOTT Digest, Vol 5, Issue 387 > To: kyknott@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 3:00 AM > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fwd: Kentucky history lesson (setkel9@aol.com) > 2. Re: Fwd: Kentucky history lesson (garnard40@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:02:31 -0500 (EST) > From: setkel9@aol.com > Subject: [KYKNOTT] Fwd: Kentucky history lesson > To: kyknott@rootsweb.com, > KyPerryKnott@yahoogroups.com, > Jbfrancis6@aol.com, > LyndaCGKyCol@aol.com > Message-ID: <8CD6EB11D5107C8-5D8-2311B@webmail-m009.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shelby & Mary Brinson <sebmar_13@yahoo.com> > To: Brandi Brinson <brandi_renae@hotmail.com>; > gene&melissa brinson <sebrins@hotmail.com>; > Ervin & Janice Collinsworth <collinsworthej@yahoo.com>; > Jan Combs <Jlfoley1954@hotmail.com>; > Marilyn Combs <hcombs2@woh.rr.com>; > Geneanna Combs <eugenecombs@sbcglobal.net>; > Brenda Combs-Crosby <bren52@earthlink.net>; > Linda Combs-Hill <lindah654654@wmconnect.com>; > Setys Combs-Kelly <setkel9@aol.com>; > Janet Combs-Neace <jandd53@aol.com>; > Cubie Eldridge <eibuc@yahoo.com>; > Becky Frodge <rebeccafrodge@yahoo.com>; > Rhonda Fryman <rhondam@zoomtown.com>; > Gloria Godsey <glorydz56@aim.com>; > Lefty/Susan Grant <sjg14653@msn.com>; > Walter/Betty Grant <bgpoptop@aol.com>; > Alma Grimes <agrimes@altiusbb.com>; > Thurman/Kristi Hicks <Kristichicks11@adelphia.net>; > Regina & Johnny OFES McCall <MMtoys@bellsouth.net>; > Liz Noble-Coy <l_coy_2000@yahoo.com>; > Ellen Noble-Dutka <elrudu@peoplepc.com>; > Ronnie Riggs <Rrigg5720@aol.com>; > Stephaine Riggs <sriggs7896@aol.com>; > Carla Riggs <dovesong70@hotmail.com>; > Donna-G! > len Riggs <dnr17@hotmail.com>; > Gary-Julie Riggs <glriggs@alltel.net>; > Bill-Merleen Riggs <menotmom@yahoo.com>; > Daryl/Tina Riggs <tadams002@twcny.rr.com>; > Gary Riggs <brackenjudge@windstream.net>; > Debbie Riggs-Sutton <Debbieils@hotmail.com>; > LouArlie Williams <grannylou15@sbcglobal.net> > Sent: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 1:11 am > Subject: Fw: Kentucky history lesson > > > > > > > > Mary & Shelby Brinson > > > --- On Mon, 9/28/09, peggy chaney <pruchaney@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > From: peggy chaney <pruchaney@yahoo.com> > Subject: Fw: Kentucky history lesson > To: "mary brinson" <sebmar_13@yahoo.com> > Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 8:44 PM > > > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Kathryn Louderback <KathrynL@Ghent.com> > To: KathrynL@Ghent.com > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 6:59:12 AM > Subject: Kentucky history lesson > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Kentucky History Lesson > > > For those of you who live in Kentucky you might find this > interesting. > ?And for those of you who don't, YOU might also find this > interesting. > Today's history lesson: > > * The bloodiest civil war battle was fought in Perryville, > Kentucky. > > *The first town in the United States to be named for the > first > president was Washington, Ky. It was named in 1780. > > *1792 - Kentucky was the first state on the western > frontier to join the Union > > *In the War of 1812 more than half of all Americans killed > in action > were Kentuckians. > > *1816 - (first promoted) Mammoth Cave, with 336+ miles of > mapped > passages, is the world's longest cave. It is 379 feet deep > and > contains at least 5 levels of passages. > It's second only to Niagara > Falls as the most popular tourist attraction in the > US. It became a > National Park on July 1, 1941. > > *The first American performance of a Beethoven symphony was > in > Lexington in 1817. > > *Begun in 1819 the first commercial oil well was on the > Cumberland > River in McCreary County. > > *Kentucky is the state where both Abraham Lincoln, > President of the > Union, and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, > were born. > They were born less than one hundred miles and one > year apart. > > *1856 - The first enamel bathtub was made in Louisville. > > *In 1873, Louisville druggist John Colgan invented > something that you > can find in any just about every grocery store in the > world, chewing > gum. > > *1883 - The first electric light bulb was shown in > Louisville. Thomas > Alva Edison introduced his invention to crowds at the > Southern > Exposition. > > *1887 - Mother's Day was first observed in Henderson by > teacher Mary > S.?Wilson. It became a national holiday in 1916. > > *The radio was invented by a Kentuckian named Nathan B. > Stubblefield > of Murray in 1892. It was three years > before Marconi made his claim to > the invention. > > *Pike County the world's largest producer of coal is famous > for the > Hatfield-McCoy feud, an Appalachian vendetta that lasted > from the > Civil War to the 1890s. > > *1893 - 'Happy Birthday to You', probably the most sung > song in the > world, was written by two Louisville sisters - Mildred and > Patricia > Hill. > > *Late 19th century - Bibb lettuce was first cultivated by > Jack Bibb in > Frankfort, Kentucky > > *1896 - The first (known) set of all male quintuplets was > born in Paducah.. > > *Carrie Nation the spokesperson against rum, tobacco, > pornography, and > corsets was born near Lancaster in Garrard County. > > *1926 - A Hot Brown is a hot sandwich originally created at > the Brown > Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, by Fred K. Schmidt. > > *1934 - Cheeseburgers were first tasted at Kaelin's > Restaurant in Louisville. > > *1937 - The first Wigwam Village Motel, with units in the > shape of a > 'teepee', was built by Frank A. Redford in Cave City . > > *The "Old Fashion" drink was created in Louisville KY > > *The world's largest baseball bat, a full one hundred > twenty (120) > feet tall and weighing 68,000 pounds, can > be seen at the Louisville > Slugger Museum in Louisville (Jefferson > Co.). > > *Chevrolet Corvettes are manufactured only in Bowling > Green. > > *Covington (St. Mary's Cathedral-Basilica of the > Assumption) is home > to the world's largest hand blown stained > glass window in existence. > It measures an astounding 24 feet by 67 > feet and contains 117 > different figures. > > *The world's largest crucifix, standing at sixty feet tall, > is in > Bardstown (Nelson Co.). > > *Fort Knox holds more than $6 billion worth of gold - the > largest > amount stored anywhere in the world. > > *The JIF plant in Lexington is the world's largest peanut > butter > producing facility. > > *Kentucky has more resort parks than any other state in the > nation. > > *Middlesboro is the only United States city built inside a > meteor crater. > > *Newport is home to The World Peace Bell, the world's > largest > free-swinging bell. > > *Pikeville annually leads the nation (per capita) in > consumption of Pepsi-Cola. > > *Post-It Notes are made exclusively in Cynthiana, Ky. > > *Shaker Village (Pleasant Hill) is the largest historic > community of > its kind in the U.S. > > *Christian County is 'wet', while Bourbon County is 'dry'. > ('wet > 'sells liquor; 'dry' does not) > > *Barren County has the most fertile land in the state. > > *Lake Cumberland has more miles of shoreline than the state > of Florida. > > *Kentucky is best known for its beautiful blue grass. > > *Cumberland is the only waterfall in the world to regularly > display a > Moonbow. It is located just southwest of Corbin. > > *Thunder Over Louisville is the opening ceremony for the > Kentucky > Derby Festival and is the world's largest > fireworks display. > > *The only monument south of the Ohio River dedicated to > Union Soldiers > who died in the Civil War is located in Vanceburg. > > *High Bridge located near Nicholasville is the highest > railroad bridge > over navigable water in the United States. > > *The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington has > 82 > stained-glass windows including the world's largest > hand-blown one. > The window measures 24 feet wide by 67 > feet high and depicts the > Council of Ephesus with 134 life-sized > figures. > > *The Lost River Cave and Valley Bowling Green includes a > cave with the > shortest and deepest underground river in the world. It > contains the > largest cave opening east of the Mississippi. > > *The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously held horse > race in the > country. It is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville on the > first > Saturday in May. > > *Kentucky is the horse capitol of the world. > > *Mohammed Ali, The Greatest and most recognized face in the > world was > born in Louisville, KY. > > *There are only three things that matter in the state of > Kentucky - > Bourbon, Basketball, and Horseracing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:24:20 -0500 > From: garnard40@aol.com > Subject: Re: [KYKNOTT] Fwd: Kentucky history lesson > To: kyknott@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CD6ECD4F6C404E-1898-6214@webmail-m006.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Interesting! > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: setkel9@aol.com > To: kyknott@rootsweb.com; > KyPerryKnott@yahoogroups.com; > Jbfrancis6@aol.com; > LyndaCGKyCol@aol.com > Sent: Mon, Dec 20, 2010 6:02 pm > Subject: [KYKNOTT] Fwd: Kentucky history lesson > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shelby & Mary Brinson <sebmar_13@yahoo.com> > To: Brandi Brinson <brandi_renae@hotmail.com>; > gene&melissa brinson > <sebrins@hotmail.com>; > Ervin & Janice Collinsworth <collinsworthej@yahoo.com>; > > Jan Combs <Jlfoley1954@hotmail.com>; > Marilyn Combs <hcombs2@woh.rr.com>; > > Geneanna Combs <eugenecombs@sbcglobal.net>; > Brenda Combs-Crosby > <bren52@earthlink.net>; > Linda Combs-Hill <lindah654654@wmconnect.com>; > Setys > Combs-Kelly <setkel9@aol.com>; > Janet Combs-Neace <jandd53@aol.com>; > Cubie > Eldridge <eibuc@yahoo.com>; > Becky Frodge <rebeccafrodge@yahoo.com>; > Rhonda > Fryman <rhondam@zoomtown.com>; > Gloria Godsey <glorydz56@aim.com>; > Lefty/Susan > Grant <sjg14653@msn.com>; > Walter/Betty Grant <bgpoptop@aol.com>; > Alma Grimes > <agrimes@altiusbb.com>; > Thurman/Kristi Hicks <Kristichicks11@adelphia.net>; > > Regina & Johnny OFES McCall <MMtoys@bellsouth.net>; > Liz Noble-Coy > <l_coy_2000@yahoo.com>; > Ellen Noble-Dutka <elrudu@peoplepc.com>; > Ronnie Riggs > <Rrigg5720@aol.com>; > Stephaine Riggs <sriggs7896@aol.com>; > Carla Riggs > <dovesong70@hotmail.com>; > Donna-G! > len Riggs <dnr17@hotmail.com>; > Gary-Julie Riggs <glriggs@alltel.net>; > > Bill-Merleen Riggs <menotmom@yahoo.com>; > Daryl/Tina Riggs <tadams002@twcny.rr.com>; > > Gary Riggs <brackenjudge@windstream.net>; > Debbie Riggs-Sutton > <Debbieils@hotmail.com>; > LouArlie Williams <grannylou15@sbcglobal.net> > Sent: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 1:11 am > Subject: Fw: Kentucky history lesson > > > > > > > > Mary & Shelby Brinson > > > --- On Mon, 9/28/09, peggy chaney <pruchaney@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > From: peggy chaney <pruchaney@yahoo.com> > Subject: Fw: Kentucky history lesson > To: "mary brinson" <sebmar_13@yahoo.com> > Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 8:44 PM > > > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Kathryn Louderback <KathrynL@Ghent.com> > To: KathrynL@Ghent.com > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 6:59:12 AM > Subject: Kentucky history lesson > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Kentucky History Lesson > > > For those of you who live in Kentucky you might find this > interesting. > ?And for those of you who don't, YOU might also find this > interesting. > Today's history lesson: > > * The bloodiest civil war battle was fought in Perryville, > Kentucky. > > *The first town in the United States to be named for the > first > president was Washington, Ky. It was named in 1780. > > *1792 - Kentucky was the first state on the western > frontier to join the Union > > *In the War of 1812 more than half of all Americans killed > in action > were Kentuckians. > > *1816 - (first promoted) Mammoth Cave, with 336+ miles of > mapped > passages, is the world's longest cave. It is 379 feet deep > and > contains at least 5 levels of passages. > It's second only to Niagara > Falls as the most popular tourist attraction in the > US. It became a > National Park on July 1, 1941. > > *The first American performance of a Beethoven symphony was > in > Lexington in 1817. > > *Begun in 1819 the first commercial oil well was on the > Cumberland > River in McCreary County. > > *Kentucky is the state where both Abraham Lincoln, > President of the > Union, and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, > were born. > They were born less than one hundred miles and one > year apart. > > *1856 - The first enamel bathtub was made in Louisville. > > *In 1873, Louisville druggist John Colgan invented > something that you > can find in any just about every grocery store in the > world, chewing > gum. > > *1883 - The first electric light bulb was shown in > Louisville. Thomas > Alva Edison introduced his invention to crowds at the > Southern > Exposition. > > *1887 - Mother's Day was first observed in Henderson by > teacher Mary > S.?Wilson. It became a national holiday in 1916. > > *The radio was invented by a Kentuckian named Nathan B. > Stubblefield > of Murray in 1892. It was three years > before Marconi made his claim to > the invention. > > *Pike County the world's largest producer of coal is famous > for the > Hatfield-McCoy feud, an Appalachian vendetta that lasted > from the > Civil War to the 1890s. > > *1893 - 'Happy Birthday to You', probably the most sung > song in the > world, was written by two Louisville sisters - Mildred and > Patricia > Hill. > > *Late 19th century - Bibb lettuce was first cultivated by > Jack Bibb in > Frankfort, Kentucky > > *1896 - The first (known) set of all male quintuplets was > born in Paducah.. > > *Carrie Nation the spokesperson against rum, tobacco, > pornography, and > corsets was born near Lancaster in Garrard County. > > *1926 - A Hot Brown is a hot sandwich originally created at > the Brown > Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, by Fred K. Schmidt. > > *1934 - Cheeseburgers were first tasted at Kaelin's > Restaurant in Louisville. > > *1937 - The first Wigwam Village Motel, with units in the > shape of a > 'teepee', was built by Frank A. Redford in Cave City . > > *The "Old Fashion" drink was created in Louisville KY > > *The world's largest baseball bat, a full one hundred > twenty (120) > feet tall and weighing 68,000 pounds, can > be seen at the Louisville > Slugger Museum in Louisville (Jefferson > Co.). > > *Chevrolet Corvettes are manufactured only in Bowling > Green. > > *Covington (St. Mary's Cathedral-Basilica of the > Assumption) is home > to the world's largest hand blown stained > glass window in existence. > It measures an astounding 24 feet by 67 > feet and contains 117 > different figures. > > *The world's largest crucifix, standing at sixty feet tall, > is in > Bardstown (Nelson Co.). > > *Fort Knox holds more than $6 billion worth of gold - the > largest > amount stored anywhere in the world. > > *The JIF plant in Lexington is the world's largest peanut > butter > producing facility. > > *Kentucky has more resort parks than any other state in the > nation. > > *Middlesboro is the only United States city built inside a > meteor crater. > > *Newport is home to The World Peace Bell, the world's > largest > free-swinging bell. > > *Pikeville annually leads the nation (per capita) in > consumption of > Pepsi-Cola. > > *Post-It Notes are made exclusively in Cynthiana, Ky. > > *Shaker Village (Pleasant Hill) is the largest historic > community of > its kind in the U.S. > > *Christian County is 'wet', while Bourbon County is 'dry'. > ('wet > 'sells liquor; 'dry' does not) > > *Barren County has the most fertile land in the state. > > *Lake Cumberland has more miles of shoreline than the state > of Florida. > > *Kentucky is best known for its beautiful blue grass. > > *Cumberland is the only waterfall in the world to regularly > display a > Moonbow. It is located just southwest of Corbin. > > *Thunder Over Louisville is the opening ceremony for the > Kentucky > Derby Festival and is the world's largest > fireworks display. > > *The only monument south of the Ohio River dedicated to > Union Soldiers > who died in the Civil War is located in Vanceburg. > > *High Bridge located near Nicholasville is the highest > railroad bridge > over navigable water in the United States. > > *The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington has > 82 > stained-glass windows including the world's largest > hand-blown one. > The window measures 24 feet wide by 67 > feet high and depicts the > Council of Ephesus with 134 life-sized > figures. > > *The Lost River Cave and Valley Bowling Green includes a > cave with the > shortest and deepest underground river in the world. It > contains the > largest cave opening east of the Mississippi. > > *The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously held horse > race in the > country. It is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville on the > first > Saturday in May. > > *Kentucky is the horse capitol of the world. > > *Mohammed Ali, The Greatest and most recognized face in the > world was > born in Louisville, KY. > > *There are only three things that matter in the state of > Kentucky - > Bourbon, Basketball, and Horseracing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Knott County Kentucky Kinfolk http://knottkentuckykinfolk.com/ > What I kept I lost, What I spent I had, What I gave I > have. > Knott County KyGenWeb > http://98.131.135.96/knott/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >KYKNOTT-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of > the message > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the KYKNOTT list administrator, send an email > to > KYKNOTT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the KYKNOTT mailing list, send an > email to KYKNOTT@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >KYKNOTT-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of KYKNOTT Digest, Vol 5, Issue 387 > *************************************** > Knott County Kentucky Kinfolk http://knottkentuckykinfolk.com/ What I kept I lost, What I spent I had, What I gave I have. 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JB, I saved it also. I save every thing I can in history, and go back to it and read it.I put it in different folders in my computer. Alta,moonlight ________________________________ From: "Jbfrancis6@aol.com" <Jbfrancis6@aol.com> To: kyknott@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, December 21, 2010 3:42:35 PM Subject: Re: [KYKNOTT] Kentucky History Alta, didn't you want a copy of Knott My Beloved? JB In a message dated 12/21/2010 3:39:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, moonlight_clouds2000@yahoo.com writes: Thanks Ed, I,m saving this information.Merry Christmas to you , your family and everyone ! Alta,moonlight ________________________________ From: ed day <skipned@yahoo.com> To: kyknott@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, December 21, 2010 5:41:20 AM Subject: [KYKNOTT] Kentucky History H'mmmmm.... Kentucky Fried Chicken seems to have begun somewhere in Kentucky. How about Corbin? --Ed Day (Michigan and Florida) --- On Tue, 12/21/10, kyknott-request@rootsweb.com <kyknott-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > From: kyknott-request@rootsweb.com <kyknott-request@rootsweb.com> > Subject: KYKNOTT Digest, Vol 5, Issue 387 > To: kyknott@rootsweb.com > Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010, 3:00 AM > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fwd: Kentucky history lesson (setkel9@aol.com) > 2. Re: Fwd: Kentucky history lesson (garnard40@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:02:31 -0500 (EST) > From: setkel9@aol.com > Subject: [KYKNOTT] Fwd: Kentucky history lesson > To: kyknott@rootsweb.com, > KyPerryKnott@yahoogroups.com, > Jbfrancis6@aol.com, > LyndaCGKyCol@aol.com > Message-ID: <8CD6EB11D5107C8-5D8-2311B@webmail-m009.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shelby & Mary Brinson <sebmar_13@yahoo.com> > To: Brandi Brinson <brandi_renae@hotmail.com>; > gene&melissa brinson <sebrins@hotmail.com>; > Ervin & Janice Collinsworth <collinsworthej@yahoo.com>; > Jan Combs <Jlfoley1954@hotmail.com>; > Marilyn Combs <hcombs2@woh.rr.com>; > Geneanna Combs <eugenecombs@sbcglobal.net>; > Brenda Combs-Crosby <bren52@earthlink.net>; > Linda Combs-Hill <lindah654654@wmconnect.com>; > Setys Combs-Kelly <setkel9@aol.com>; > Janet Combs-Neace <jandd53@aol.com>; > Cubie Eldridge <eibuc@yahoo.com>; > Becky Frodge <rebeccafrodge@yahoo.com>; > Rhonda Fryman <rhondam@zoomtown.com>; > Gloria Godsey <glorydz56@aim.com>; > Lefty/Susan Grant <sjg14653@msn.com>; > Walter/Betty Grant <bgpoptop@aol.com>; > Alma Grimes <agrimes@altiusbb.com>; > Thurman/Kristi Hicks <Kristichicks11@adelphia.net>; > Regina & Johnny OFES McCall <MMtoys@bellsouth.net>; > Liz Noble-Coy <l_coy_2000@yahoo.com>; > Ellen Noble-Dutka <elrudu@peoplepc.com>; > Ronnie Riggs <Rrigg5720@aol.com>; > Stephaine Riggs <sriggs7896@aol.com>; > Carla Riggs <dovesong70@hotmail.com>; > Donna-G! > len Riggs <dnr17@hotmail.com>; > Gary-Julie Riggs <glriggs@alltel.net>; > Bill-Merleen Riggs <menotmom@yahoo.com>; > Daryl/Tina Riggs <tadams002@twcny.rr.com>; > Gary Riggs <brackenjudge@windstream.net>; > Debbie Riggs-Sutton <Debbieils@hotmail.com>; > LouArlie Williams <grannylou15@sbcglobal.net> > Sent: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 1:11 am > Subject: Fw: Kentucky history lesson > > > > > > > > Mary & Shelby Brinson > > > --- On Mon, 9/28/09, peggy chaney <pruchaney@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > From: peggy chaney <pruchaney@yahoo.com> > Subject: Fw: Kentucky history lesson > To: "mary brinson" <sebmar_13@yahoo.com> > Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 8:44 PM > > > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Kathryn Louderback <KathrynL@Ghent.com> > To: KathrynL@Ghent.com > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 6:59:12 AM > Subject: Kentucky history lesson > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Kentucky History Lesson > > > For those of you who live in Kentucky you might find this > interesting. > ?And for those of you who don't, YOU might also find this > interesting. > Today's history lesson: > > * The bloodiest civil war battle was fought in Perryville, > Kentucky. > > *The first town in the United States to be named for the > first > president was Washington, Ky. It was named in 1780. > > *1792 - Kentucky was the first state on the western > frontier to join the Union > > *In the War of 1812 more than half of all Americans killed > in action > were Kentuckians. > > *1816 - (first promoted) Mammoth Cave, with 336+ miles of > mapped > passages, is the world's longest cave. It is 379 feet deep > and > contains at least 5 levels of passages. > It's second only to Niagara > Falls as the most popular tourist attraction in the > US. It became a > National Park on July 1, 1941. > > *The first American performance of a Beethoven symphony was > in > Lexington in 1817. > > *Begun in 1819 the first commercial oil well was on the > Cumberland > River in McCreary County. > > *Kentucky is the state where both Abraham Lincoln, > President of the > Union, and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, > were born. > They were born less than one hundred miles and one > year apart. > > *1856 - The first enamel bathtub was made in Louisville. > > *In 1873, Louisville druggist John Colgan invented > something that you > can find in any just about every grocery store in the > world, chewing > gum. > > *1883 - The first electric light bulb was shown in > Louisville. Thomas > Alva Edison introduced his invention to crowds at the > Southern > Exposition. > > *1887 - Mother's Day was first observed in Henderson by > teacher Mary > S.?Wilson. It became a national holiday in 1916. > > *The radio was invented by a Kentuckian named Nathan B. > Stubblefield > of Murray in 1892. It was three years > before Marconi made his claim to > the invention. > > *Pike County the world's largest producer of coal is famous > for the > Hatfield-McCoy feud, an Appalachian vendetta that lasted > from the > Civil War to the 1890s. > > *1893 - 'Happy Birthday to You', probably the most sung > song in the > world, was written by two Louisville sisters - Mildred and > Patricia > Hill. > > *Late 19th century - Bibb lettuce was first cultivated by > Jack Bibb in > Frankfort, Kentucky > > *1896 - The first (known) set of all male quintuplets was > born in Paducah.. > > *Carrie Nation the spokesperson against rum, tobacco, > pornography, and > corsets was born near Lancaster in Garrard County. > > *1926 - A Hot Brown is a hot sandwich originally created at > the Brown > Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, by Fred K. Schmidt. > > *1934 - Cheeseburgers were first tasted at Kaelin's > Restaurant in Louisville. > > *1937 - The first Wigwam Village Motel, with units in the > shape of a > 'teepee', was built by Frank A. Redford in Cave City . > > *The "Old Fashion" drink was created in Louisville KY > > *The world's largest baseball bat, a full one hundred > twenty (120) > feet tall and weighing 68,000 pounds, can > be seen at the Louisville > Slugger Museum in Louisville (Jefferson > Co.). > > *Chevrolet Corvettes are manufactured only in Bowling > Green. > > *Covington (St. Mary's Cathedral-Basilica of the > Assumption) is home > to the world's largest hand blown stained > glass window in existence. > It measures an astounding 24 feet by 67 > feet and contains 117 > different figures. > > *The world's largest crucifix, standing at sixty feet tall, > is in > Bardstown (Nelson Co.). > > *Fort Knox holds more than $6 billion worth of gold - the > largest > amount stored anywhere in the world. > > *The JIF plant in Lexington is the world's largest peanut > butter > producing facility. > > *Kentucky has more resort parks than any other state in the > nation. > > *Middlesboro is the only United States city built inside a > meteor crater. > > *Newport is home to The World Peace Bell, the world's > largest > free-swinging bell. > > *Pikeville annually leads the nation (per capita) in > consumption of Pepsi-Cola. > > *Post-It Notes are made exclusively in Cynthiana, Ky. > > *Shaker Village (Pleasant Hill) is the largest historic > community of > its kind in the U.S. > > *Christian County is 'wet', while Bourbon County is 'dry'. > ('wet > 'sells liquor; 'dry' does not) > > *Barren County has the most fertile land in the state. > > *Lake Cumberland has more miles of shoreline than the state > of Florida. > > *Kentucky is best known for its beautiful blue grass. > > *Cumberland is the only waterfall in the world to regularly > display a > Moonbow. It is located just southwest of Corbin. > > *Thunder Over Louisville is the opening ceremony for the > Kentucky > Derby Festival and is the world's largest > fireworks display. > > *The only monument south of the Ohio River dedicated to > Union Soldiers > who died in the Civil War is located in Vanceburg. > > *High Bridge located near Nicholasville is the highest > railroad bridge > over navigable water in the United States. > > *The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington has > 82 > stained-glass windows including the world's largest > hand-blown one. > The window measures 24 feet wide by 67 > feet high and depicts the > Council of Ephesus with 134 life-sized > figures. > > *The Lost River Cave and Valley Bowling Green includes a > cave with the > shortest and deepest underground river in the world. It > contains the > largest cave opening east of the Mississippi. > > *The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously held horse > race in the > country. It is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville on the > first > Saturday in May. > > *Kentucky is the horse capitol of the world. > > *Mohammed Ali, The Greatest and most recognized face in the > world was > born in Louisville, KY. > > *There are only three things that matter in the state of > Kentucky - > Bourbon, Basketball, and Horseracing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:24:20 -0500 > From: garnard40@aol.com > Subject: Re: [KYKNOTT] Fwd: Kentucky history lesson > To: kyknott@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <8CD6ECD4F6C404E-1898-6214@webmail-m006.sysops.aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Interesting! > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: setkel9@aol.com > To: kyknott@rootsweb.com; > KyPerryKnott@yahoogroups.com; > Jbfrancis6@aol.com; > LyndaCGKyCol@aol.com > Sent: Mon, Dec 20, 2010 6:02 pm > Subject: [KYKNOTT] Fwd: Kentucky history lesson > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shelby & Mary Brinson <sebmar_13@yahoo.com> > To: Brandi Brinson <brandi_renae@hotmail.com>; > gene&melissa brinson > <sebrins@hotmail.com>; > Ervin & Janice Collinsworth <collinsworthej@yahoo.com>; > > Jan Combs <Jlfoley1954@hotmail.com>; > Marilyn Combs <hcombs2@woh.rr.com>; > > Geneanna Combs <eugenecombs@sbcglobal.net>; > Brenda Combs-Crosby > <bren52@earthlink.net>; > Linda Combs-Hill <lindah654654@wmconnect.com>; > Setys > Combs-Kelly <setkel9@aol.com>; > Janet Combs-Neace <jandd53@aol.com>; > Cubie > Eldridge <eibuc@yahoo.com>; > Becky Frodge <rebeccafrodge@yahoo.com>; > Rhonda > Fryman <rhondam@zoomtown.com>; > Gloria Godsey <glorydz56@aim.com>; > Lefty/Susan > Grant <sjg14653@msn.com>; > Walter/Betty Grant <bgpoptop@aol.com>; > Alma Grimes > <agrimes@altiusbb.com>; > Thurman/Kristi Hicks <Kristichicks11@adelphia.net>; > > Regina & Johnny OFES McCall <MMtoys@bellsouth.net>; > Liz Noble-Coy > <l_coy_2000@yahoo.com>; > Ellen Noble-Dutka <elrudu@peoplepc.com>; > Ronnie Riggs > <Rrigg5720@aol.com>; > Stephaine Riggs <sriggs7896@aol.com>; > Carla Riggs > <dovesong70@hotmail.com>; > Donna-G! > len Riggs <dnr17@hotmail.com>; > Gary-Julie Riggs <glriggs@alltel.net>; > > Bill-Merleen Riggs <menotmom@yahoo.com>; > Daryl/Tina Riggs <tadams002@twcny.rr.com>; > > Gary Riggs <brackenjudge@windstream.net>; > Debbie Riggs-Sutton > <Debbieils@hotmail.com>; > LouArlie Williams <grannylou15@sbcglobal.net> > Sent: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 1:11 am > Subject: Fw: Kentucky history lesson > > > > > > > > Mary & Shelby Brinson > > > --- On Mon, 9/28/09, peggy chaney <pruchaney@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > From: peggy chaney <pruchaney@yahoo.com> > Subject: Fw: Kentucky history lesson > To: "mary brinson" <sebmar_13@yahoo.com> > Date: Monday, September 28, 2009, 8:44 PM > > > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Kathryn Louderback <KathrynL@Ghent.com> > To: KathrynL@Ghent.com > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 6:59:12 AM > Subject: Kentucky history lesson > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Kentucky History Lesson > > > For those of you who live in Kentucky you might find this > interesting. > ?And for those of you who don't, YOU might also find this > interesting. > Today's history lesson: > > * The bloodiest civil war battle was fought in Perryville, > Kentucky. > > *The first town in the United States to be named for the > first > president was Washington, Ky. It was named in 1780. > > *1792 - Kentucky was the first state on the western > frontier to join the Union > > *In the War of 1812 more than half of all Americans killed > in action > were Kentuckians. > > *1816 - (first promoted) Mammoth Cave, with 336+ miles of > mapped > passages, is the world's longest cave. It is 379 feet deep > and > contains at least 5 levels of passages. > It's second only to Niagara > Falls as the most popular tourist attraction in the > US. It became a > National Park on July 1, 1941. > > *The first American performance of a Beethoven symphony was > in > Lexington in 1817. > > *Begun in 1819 the first commercial oil well was on the > Cumberland > River in McCreary County. > > *Kentucky is the state where both Abraham Lincoln, > President of the > Union, and Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, > were born. > They were born less than one hundred miles and one > year apart. > > *1856 - The first enamel bathtub was made in Louisville. > > *In 1873, Louisville druggist John Colgan invented > something that you > can find in any just about every grocery store in the > world, chewing > gum. > > *1883 - The first electric light bulb was shown in > Louisville. Thomas > Alva Edison introduced his invention to crowds at the > Southern > Exposition. > > *1887 - Mother's Day was first observed in Henderson by > teacher Mary > S.?Wilson. It became a national holiday in 1916. > > *The radio was invented by a Kentuckian named Nathan B. > Stubblefield > of Murray in 1892. It was three years > before Marconi made his claim to > the invention. > > *Pike County the world's largest producer of coal is famous > for the > Hatfield-McCoy feud, an Appalachian vendetta that lasted > from the > Civil War to the 1890s. > > *1893 - 'Happy Birthday to You', probably the most sung > song in the > world, was written by two Louisville sisters - Mildred and > Patricia > Hill. > > *Late 19th century - Bibb lettuce was first cultivated by > Jack Bibb in > Frankfort, Kentucky > > *1896 - The first (known) set of all male quintuplets was > born in Paducah.. > > *Carrie Nation the spokesperson against rum, tobacco, > pornography, and > corsets was born near Lancaster in Garrard County. > > *1926 - A Hot Brown is a hot sandwich originally created at > the Brown > Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, by Fred K. Schmidt. > > *1934 - Cheeseburgers were first tasted at Kaelin's > Restaurant in Louisville. > > *1937 - The first Wigwam Village Motel, with units in the > shape of a > 'teepee', was built by Frank A. Redford in Cave City . > > *The "Old Fashion" drink was created in Louisville KY > > *The world's largest baseball bat, a full one hundred > twenty (120) > feet tall and weighing 68,000 pounds, can > be seen at the Louisville > Slugger Museum in Louisville (Jefferson > Co.). > > *Chevrolet Corvettes are manufactured only in Bowling > Green. > > *Covington (St. Mary's Cathedral-Basilica of the > Assumption) is home > to the world's largest hand blown stained > glass window in existence. > It measures an astounding 24 feet by 67 > feet and contains 117 > different figures. > > *The world's largest crucifix, standing at sixty feet tall, > is in > Bardstown (Nelson Co.). > > *Fort Knox holds more than $6 billion worth of gold - the > largest > amount stored anywhere in the world. > > *The JIF plant in Lexington is the world's largest peanut > butter > producing facility. > > *Kentucky has more resort parks than any other state in the > nation. > > *Middlesboro is the only United States city built inside a > meteor crater. > > *Newport is home to The World Peace Bell, the world's > largest > free-swinging bell. > > *Pikeville annually leads the nation (per capita) in > consumption of > Pepsi-Cola. > > *Post-It Notes are made exclusively in Cynthiana, Ky. > > *Shaker Village (Pleasant Hill) is the largest historic > community of > its kind in the U.S. > > *Christian County is 'wet', while Bourbon County is 'dry'. > ('wet > 'sells liquor; 'dry' does not) > > *Barren County has the most fertile land in the state. > > *Lake Cumberland has more miles of shoreline than the state > of Florida. > > *Kentucky is best known for its beautiful blue grass. > > *Cumberland is the only waterfall in the world to regularly > display a > Moonbow. It is located just southwest of Corbin. > > *Thunder Over Louisville is the opening ceremony for the > Kentucky > Derby Festival and is the world's largest > fireworks display. > > *The only monument south of the Ohio River dedicated to > Union Soldiers > who died in the Civil War is located in Vanceburg. > > *High Bridge located near Nicholasville is the highest > railroad bridge > over navigable water in the United States. > > *The Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington has > 82 > stained-glass windows including the world's largest > hand-blown one. > The window measures 24 feet wide by 67 > feet high and depicts the > Council of Ephesus with 134 life-sized > figures. > > *The Lost River Cave and Valley Bowling Green includes a > cave with the > shortest and deepest underground river in the world. It > contains the > largest cave opening east of the Mississippi. > > *The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously held horse > race in the > country. It is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville on the > first > Saturday in May. > > *Kentucky is the horse capitol of the world. > > *Mohammed Ali, The Greatest and most recognized face in the > world was > born in Louisville, KY. > > *There are only three things that matter in the state of > Kentucky - > Bourbon, Basketball, and Horseracing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Knott County Kentucky Kinfolk http://knottkentuckykinfolk.com/ > What I kept I lost, What I spent I had, What I gave I > have. > Knott County KyGenWeb > http://98.131.135.96/knott/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >KYKNOTT-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of > the message > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the KYKNOTT list administrator, send an email > to > KYKNOTT-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the KYKNOTT mailing list, send an > email to KYKNOTT@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >KYKNOTT-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of KYKNOTT Digest, Vol 5, Issue 387 > *************************************** > Knott County Kentucky Kinfolk http://knottkentuckykinfolk.com/ What I kept I lost, What I spent I had, What I gave I have. 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