Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky. [1] There are 33 such landmarks in Kentucky; one landmark has had its designation withdrawn. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
This is a list of properties and historic districts in Kentucky that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in all of Kentucky's 120 counties . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by ...
Here are some Kentucky monuments to visit: 1. Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial. 365 Vernon Cooper Lane, Frankfort; Open daily. The Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial is in front of the Capitol ...
Entrance to the trails is free, but people must have a car permit between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. if parked on Kentucky Route 15, the Indian Creek area north of KY 15 or the Gorge. Map: Download this ...
The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". [1] According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps Cherokee or Iroquois ...
The first Kentucky monument to the Confederate States of America, and the second one anywhere 29: Hart: Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument: 1884 Munfordville: Largest confederate monument on private land. 30: Hart: Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument in Horse Cave: 1934 Horse Cave: Only monument on the list composed of geodes: 31: Henry
The Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site is a Kentucky state park commemorating the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, in Fairview, Kentucky. The site's focal point is a 351-foot (107.0 m) concrete obelisk . [ 2 ]
A 1938 Works Progress Administration poster for Fort Marion National Monument, now called Castillo de San Marcos. The United States has 138 protected areas known as national monuments. The president of the United States can establish a national monument by presidential proclamation, and the United States Congress can do so by legislation.