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Louisville experienced its largest impact from immigration in the period from 1830 to 1850. The majority of immigrants were of French, German, and Irish descent. [6] The two counties that saw the most impact in the Louisville Metropolitan Statistical Area were Jefferson County, Kentucky and Floyd County, Indiana. The populations for the two ...
In 1966, Montpellier decided to give the statue to Louisville, Kentucky, since the city is named after Louis XVI. It was shipped on a U.S. Navy ship to Norfolk, Virginia, where it sat for a week in Naval Station Pier 2 in late 1966. The statue was then put on a train and made it to Louisville on Christmas Day 1966.
View of Main Street, Louisville, in 1846. The history of Louisville, Kentucky spans nearly two-and-a-half centuries since its founding in the late 18th century. The geology of the Ohio River, with but a single series of rapids midway in its length from the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers to its union with the Mississippi, made it inevitable that a town would grow on the site.
It is almost New Year's Eve! Here are 16 places where you can dine in or pre-order a New Year's Eve feast to-go in Louisville.
Here are six places in and near Louisville where you can spend your time on Thanksgiving Day. Churchill Downs. 700 Central Ave., ... Visit fandango.com for showing times and locations.
A rising salary cap is cause for all NFL players to celebrate. But the additional spending capacity – this year estimated to be at least an extra $20 million – should be a particular source of ...
Salem Ford, halfback for University of Louisville (1914–16) and the NFL Louisville Brecks (1922–23) Brooke Forde, Olympic swimmer and silver medallist; Chris Gabehart, NASCAR crew chief and former stock car racing driver; Gertrude Ganote, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, 1944–1945
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