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The Fugates, commonly known as the "Blue Fugates" [1] or the "Blue People of Kentucky", are an ancestral family living in the hills of Kentucky starting in the 19th century, where they are known for having a genetic trait that led to the blood disorder methemoglobinemia, causing the skin to appear blue.
In 1936 eastern Kentucky, 19-year-old Cussy Mary Carter works for the New Deal–funded Pack Horse Library Project, delivering reading material to the remote hill people of the Appalachian Mountains. Cussy Mary, sometimes known as Bluet, lives with her coal-miner and labor-organizing father, and feels her work as a librarian honors her long ...
Troublesome Creek in Hindman, Kentucky. Troublesome Creek is a creek in Breathitt, Perry and Knott counties, Kentucky, a fork of the North Fork Kentucky River. [1] It is 41.46 miles (66.72 km) long with a gradient of 8.92 feet per mile (168.9 cm/km), normally free-flowing, and with banks that vary between tree-lined and open.
Melungeon (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ n dʒ ən / mə-LUN-jən) (sometimes also spelled Malungean, Melangean, Melungean, Melungin [3]) was a slur [4] historically applied to individuals and families of mixed-race ancestry with roots in colonial Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina primarily descended from free people of color and white settlers.
An intense on-court battle between college basketball blue bloods Kentucky and Kansas led to an attention-grabbing photo from the courtside seats in Chicago on Tuesday night.
Former Kentucky coach John Calipari made his first SEC media day appearance as the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks on Tuesday. John Calipari refuses to talk about his UK exit, looks ahead to ...
The Kentucky basketball Blue-White Game hit the road Saturday night, with Truist Arena on Northern Kentucky University’s campus the setting for the annual scrimmage.
The Flag of Kentucky: Kentucky's flag has a navy blue background with the Seal of Kentucky in the middle. 1928 [2] [3] Latin motto: Deo gratiam habeamus "Let us be grateful to God" 2002 — [4] Motto: United we stand, divided we fall: 1942 — [4] Nickname: The Bluegrass State The bluegrass that grows in the state's pasture land Traditional ...