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Kentucky:

The French first arrived here in the early 1700s, and like all visitors to follow, they found a fertile, fragrant land, of green hills, mountains, valleys, and mighty rivers.

In the late 1770s, settlers began to arrive for two main reasons: The Ohio River was an easy highway to navigate, but it was Daniel Boone's bravery and exploration of Kentucky, and his subsequent legend, that inspired many journeys, and brought settlers in great numbers.

Farmers were quick to benefit from the state's rich soil, and local tobacco, corn and wheat crops put it into economic overdrive.

Then came the Civil War, and boom turned to bust. After the war the Southern states couldn't afford its farm products, and the marketing of its coal and timber resources lagged across the north.

Eventually, the mining of vast coal deposits, oil and gas production, and natural tourism attributes, put Kentucky back on the economic map.

This horse-breeding capital of the world, and site of the Kentucky Derby, is also famed for its Blue Grass, college basketball teams, and Kentucky Bourbon.

Kentucky

The Kentucky flag was adopted in 1918, and after years of disagreement, was finalized in 1928. It's styled after the original Kentucky militia colors, and features the official state seal (centered).

That seal, adopted in 1792, shows two men clasping hands in agreement. It's surrounded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and display the state's motto, "United We Stand, Divided We Fall."

Official name: Kentucky
Capital: Frankfort
Statehood: June 1, 1792 the 15th state
State nickname: The Bluegrass State
Name for residents: Kentuckians
State motto: United we stand, divided we fall
Abbreviation: KY

Kentucky's Historical Event's:

10,000-8000 bc Paleo-Indian hunter-gatherers range across what is now Kentucky.
about 8000 bc Woven baskets are a feature of the Archaic culture.
about 1000 bc Adena, a Mound Builders culture, appears.
ad 1674 English explorer Gabriel Arthur enters the Kentucky region, becoming the first European known to do so.
1682 French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, claims the Mississippi Basin, including Kentucky, for France.
1750 Thomas Walker of Virginia finds Cumberland Gap, a route into Kentucky from the east.
1763 Great Britain assumes undisputed control of the Kentucky region after winning the French and Indian War.
1767 Hunter Daniel Boone first travels to Kentucky.
1774 Harrodstown (later Harrodsburg), the first permanent white settlement in the region, is established.
1776 The Kentucky settlements are made a county of Virginia.
1782 Kentucky's last battle of the American Revolution is fought at Blue Licks.
1792 Kentucky enters the Union as the 15th state and the first state west of the Allegheny Mountains (June 1).
1861 The state legislature declares its neutrality in the Civil War.
1862 A Confederate push to take Kentucky is halted at the bloody battle of Perryville.
1899-1900 A bitter gubernatorial election almost erupts in civil war in the state.
1968 Kentucky becomes the first Southern state to pass an open housing law.
1990 The Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) is passed to reconstitute the educational system after the system is invalidated by the state supreme court.

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