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Samuel May House (Prestonsburg) – Home of former state senator and representative, Samuel May, built 1816; Shropshire House – Home of Confederate governor of Kentucky, George W. Johnson; built 1814; Thomas Edison House – Home of Thomas Edison from 1866 to 1867; built c. 1850s
Cane Ridge is located in Bourbon County, Kentucky, near Paris. The ridge was named by the explorer Daniel Boone, who had noticed a form of bamboo growing there. The Cane Ridge building and grounds had many unusual aspects. The 1791 Cane Ridge Meeting House is believed to be the largest single-room log structure in North America. The burial ...
Location of Boyle County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Boyle County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Frenchy the Clown – character of the national lampoon comic Evil clown comics series. Fun Gus the Laughing Clown - cursed character in the cosmic/folk horror novel, "The Cursed Earth" by D.T. Neal (Nosetouch Press, 2022). The Ghost Clown – evil hypnotist clown featured in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode titled "Bedlam in the Big Top"
Location of Madison County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
A state committee later found that there had been 20 men killed and another 16 wounded in the three years before the final showdown, in a county with just 1,100 adult men, Channing said.
Lexington, Kentucky: ca. 1800 Residence Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 Oldest House Bell County, Kentucky: 1800 Residence Oldest house in Bell County. [4] Henry Clay's Law Office: Lexington, Kentucky: 1803 Office Building where Henry Clay ran his law services Waggoner/Langdon/Colyer House Pulaski County, Kentucky ...
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 ...