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A statue of Dr. Henry Hardin Cherry, WKU's founder, stands at the top of The Hill, in front of Cherry Hall. The roots of Western Kentucky University go back to 1876 with the founding by A. W. Mell of the privately owned Glasgow Normal School and Business College in Glasgow, Kentucky.
NRHP reference No. 79003496 [ 1] Added to NRHP. December 18, 1979. Henry Hardin Cherry Hall is a building located on the campus of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Built with funds appropriated under the New Deal, [ 2] the building was completed in 1937. It is named for Henry Hardin Cherry, who founded the Bowling Green ...
Big Red is the mascot of Western Kentucky University's sports teams, the "Hilltoppers" and "Lady Toppers". It is a red, furry blob created by Ralph Carey in 1979. Big Red is meant to symbolize the spirit of WKU students and alumni as well as the sports teams' nickname, the "Hilltoppers," a name chosen because the school's campus sits atop a hill 232 feet above the Barren River flowing through ...
January 16, 1980. (#74000893) Loretto. 37°38′52″N 85°20′56″W / 37.647778°N 85.348889°W / 37.647778; -85.348889 (Burks' Distillery) Marion. Producer of Maker's Mark bourbon whiskey. 4. Camp Nelson Historic and Archeological District. Camp Nelson Historic and Archeological District.
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] In 1973, it was believed to be the fourth-tallest monument in the United States ...
Rehnquist. Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980), was a court case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a Kentucky statute was unconstitutional and in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, because it lacked a nonreligious, legislative purpose. The statute required the posting of a copy of the Ten ...
2021 Western Kentucky tornado. During the late evening of Friday, December 10, 2021, a violent, long-tracked EF4 tornado moved across Western Kentucky, producing severe to catastrophic damage in numerous towns, including Mayfield, Princeton, Dawson Springs, and Bremen. [2] The second significant tornado in an exceedingly long-tracked tornado ...
Western Kentucky is the western portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It generally includes part or all of several more widely recognized regions of the state. Always included. The Jackson Purchase, the state's westernmost generally recognized region, west of the Tennessee River. The Western Coal Field, including the Clifty Region.