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The Kentucky meat shower was an incident occurring for a period of several minutes between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. on March 3, 1876, [1] where what appeared to be chunks of red meat fell from the sky in a 100-by-50-yard (90-by-45-meter) area near Olympia Springs in Bath County, Kentucky. [2]
Bath County was established in 1811 from land given by Montgomery County, Kentucky. Its name is derived from natural springs said to have medicinal qualities. The courthouse in Owingsville was destroyed by an accidental fire caused by Union troops during the American Civil War in 1864. [4] It is the site of the Kentucky Meat Shower. From 11 a.m ...
A meat sample from the famous Kentucky Meat Shower is displayed in the Monroe Moosnick Medical and Science Museum at Transylvania University on Friday, August 7, 2015. Kurt Gohde, a professor at ...
March 3 – Kentucky meat shower. [3] March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a patent for an invention he calls the telephone. [4] March 10 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.."
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Olympia is an unincorporated community in Bath County, Kentucky, United States. [1] The community is located along Kentucky Route 36 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Owingsville. Olympia has a post office with ZIP code 40358. [2] [3] Olympia is near the site of the 1876 Kentucky meat shower. [4]
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The family of a 76-year-old Kentucky man was awarded over $2 million for his death from second- and third-degree burns suffered in a scalding hot motel shower where water temperatures reached at ...