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	Kentucky - MSN Encarta
		Kentucky has had a rich and varied history since frontier times, when it was the haunt of Daniel Boone and other famous pioneers.
		Kentucky slowly recovered from the war, and in the remaining decades of the 19th century, its people began to develop the manufacturing sector of the state’s economy that remains its cornerstone today.
		Within Kentucky are sections of the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, two of the chief tributaries of the Ohio River.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761554924/Kentucky.html (1279 words)

	Black Mountain, Kentucky
		Black Mountain is massive (almost 110 square miles of surface area).
		Black Mountain was a welcome respite to the Columbus holiday weekend hordes on Virginia's highest point.
		Black Mountain is a historic and grand coal mining mountain.The closest town, Lynch, was one of the largest company coal towns in its day.
	www.americasroof.com /ky.shtml (782 words)

	Kentucky Geography - NETSTATE
		Kentucky is bordered by Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio in the north.
		This area of Kentucky is characterized by rolling meadows in the central portion and by sandstone "knobs" on the eastern, southern, and western edges.
		Western Coal Field: Northwestern Kentucky is a land of hills bordered by the Ohio River on the north, and the Pennyroyal region on the east, west, and south.
	www.netstate.com /states/geography/ky_geography.htm (733 words)

	Black Mountain (Kentucky) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Black Mountain is the highest point in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, USA, with a summit elevation of 4145 feet (1263 meters)
		Black Mountain's history is intimately tied to the coal mining of the surrounding region.
		Lynch, Kentucky, was at one time one of the largest coal mining towns in the nation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Mountain_(Kentucky) (440 words)

	Mountain - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		In geology, a mountain is a large man made bump on the Earth's surface, not to be confused with a mere wussy hill.
		Each mountain begins life in embryonic form as a mole hill, which subsequently inflates to gargantuan proportions after substantial exposure to the ravings of nutty left-wing activists.
		A potential mountain actually receives a name and official mountain status whenever at least two-thirds of the members of one major mountaineering expedition suffer horrible deaths in attempting to scale it.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Mountain (588 words)

	These United States - Kentucky
		At 4,145 feet, Black Mountain, SE of Lynch on the Virginia border, is the state's highest point.
		Kentucky became the first area west of the Alleghenies to be settled by American pioneers.
		Kentucky's slaves were freed only after the adoption of the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1865.
	www.theseunitedstates.com /kentucky.html (247 words)

	Black Mountain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Black Mountain College Black Mountain College, founded in 1933 near Asheville, North Carolina, was one of the most fabled experimental institutions in art education and practice.
		Black Mountain (near Milpitas, California), in Santa Clara County, California, is a mountain east of Milpitas, California.
		Black Mountain (range), a range of mountains in South Wales, not to be confused with the nearby Black Mountains.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Mountain (316 words)

	FACT SHEET - Black Mountain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Indiana Bat found on Black Mountain didn’t live on the mountain---it was just ranging for food or simply passing through.
		Black Mountain could be developed in every way that’s available today---only coal mining would be restricted.
		Average electricity costs in Kentucky were 4.1 cents/kilowatt-hour in 1996, the second lowest in the United States behind a Northwestern hydro state.
	www.coaleducation.org /issues/fact_sheet__black_mountain.htm (790 words)

	SummitPost - Black Mountain (KY) -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
		Most of Kentucky does not reach high elevation, and the state is known much more for its caves than its mountains.
		However, Black Mountain is actually quite large, but underappreciated for its status as the highest mountain in Kentucky.
		Black Mountain is on the border between Kentucky and Virginia.
	www.summitpost.org /mountain/rock/153383/black-mountain-ky-.html (735 words)

	Mountaintop Mining in Kentucky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Claim: "Mountaintop mining flattens the mountain." Response: In Kentucky, the topmost portion of the mountain is mined and generally leveled for the maximum recovery of coal.
		In 1991, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife strongly urged the coal operators and the Kentucky Department of Surface Mining to reclaim the land using ‘fish and wildlife habitat’ as a post-mining land use ("pmlu") habitat.
		One mining company has proposed additional surface mining on Black Mountain (less than a mile from the highest elevation), however they were not proposing to mine the highest elevation.
	www.coaleducation.org /issues/moutaintop.htm (1711 words)

	Kentucky Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Kentucky is a US "Commonwealth", (along with Virginia, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania).
		Nicknamed the Bluegrass State, Kentucky is known internationally for fast horses, fine bourbon and tobacco farming.
		Kentucky is home to the largest recorded cave system in the world, (Mammoth Cave National Park).
	kentuckycrosswords.com /page11.html (234 words)

	The Commonwealth of Kentucky
		It is bounded by the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers on the west, the Ohio River on the north, the Big Sandy River, Pine Mountain, and Cumberland Mountain on the east, and the state of Tennessee on the south.
		The name Kentucky is of Native American origin and as been attributed to several languages with several possible meanings from "land of tomorrow" to "cane and turkey lands" to "meadow lands." This last may come from the Iroquois name for the Shawnee town Eskippathiki.
		The capital of Kentucky is Frankfort in Franklin county.
	www.uky.edu /KentuckyAtlas/kentucky.html (869 words)

	Black Duck Training
		Chapin has built a team of qualified law enforcement and military staff at Black Duck Corporation to meet the needs of the private sector, government agencies and the corporate field.
		The Black Duck Corporation training division is oriented to law enforcement, private security and the public sector.
		Black Duck Corporation has formed a partnership with Craven Community College to better serve the training needs of Law Enforcement by providing tuition free courses for those North Carolina Agencies under budgetary constraints.
	www.blackducktraining.com (235 words)

	Kentucky
		Kentucky has caves to explore; lakes and rivers for fishing,boating and water sports; state parks with a diversity of interests; camping; museums, horse farms; nature trails; horse racing; dirt biking and motorcross; golf courses; covered bridges; and list goes on.
		You don't have to be from Kentucky to have heard of the famous 'Hatfield and McCoy Feud" in the area of Pikeville, Kentucky and Matewan, West Virginia.
		On the Kentucky side the clan leader was Randolph McCoy; on the West Virginia side it was William (Devil Anse) Hatfield.
	kelseyadamsfamily.com /kentucky.htm (1167 words)

	First Tee Mountain Golf - Courses
		Black Mountain Golf Club is located at the foot of the beautiful Black Mountain Range in western North Carolina.
		From beneath the crest of Sunset Mountain, the players' ascent from the somewhat flat, yet undulating front nine to the gentle slopes and sometimes steep inclines and descents of the back nine, all offering spectacular views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
		Located in the popular mountain community of Franklin, North Carolina, Mill Creek is surrounded by the mile-high mountains of the Nantahala National Forest.
	www.firstteemountaingolf.com /courses.html (1514 words)

	Black Indians Pitter's Cherokee Trails - So you were told you were Black Dutch or Black Irish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Black Seminole Indian Scouts proved to be some of the most skilled fighters and trackers of the post -- Civil War era.
		The history of the Southeast is where most inter-mixing of the fls and natives took place, but it also took place in other places such as with the Wampoanog in the Northeast and the West.
		Actually there were many fls who were free and many natives that were slaves and many Indians who owned fl slaves.
	rosecity.net /tears/trail/blackindians.html (863 words)

	Regional Information
		The Eastern Mountains and Coal Fields is a large, triangle-shaped region on the eastern edge of Kentucky
		Kentucky Lake on the east, the Ohio River on the north, and the Mississippi River on the west.
		Isaac Shelby, the first governor of Kentucky, Jackson bought the land from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818.
	www.madison.k12.ky.us /district/projects/kentucky/regional.htm (553 words)

	Sherpa Guides \| Virginia \| Mountains \| Appalachian Plateau \| Stone Mountain & Little Stone Mountain
		12] Stone Mountain is actually the mauled and contorted northeastern end of magnificent Cumberland Mountain that defines Virginia's southwestern border with Kentucky.
		Then the mountain that ages ago rivaled the 125-mile-long Pine Mountain to the west becomes jammed and confused.
		After crossing Stone Mountain Trail and continuing along this spur another.5 mile down the south side of Stone Mountain, this trail connects with VA 622 at Old Still Hollow.
	www.sherpaguides.com /virginia/mountains/app_plateau/stone_mountain.html (1473 words)

	Bear in Kigdom Come Scenic Parkway!
		The fl bear is once again an exciting feature to the Cumberland area and many people visit the park anxiously hoping to catch a glimpse of the magnificent animal.
		All of eastern Kentucky is experiencing an increase in the bear population with the most being in this area.
		Kentucky Fish and Wildlife has printed a wonderful brochure to help educate individuals about fl bears; their history, their biology and behavior, their value, and safety measures to follow.
	www.kingdomcome.org /bear/index.html (521 words)

	Eastern Mountain and Coal Field by CKKD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		One of Kentucky's two major coal deposits, the eastern coal field, lies beneath part of the appalachian Plateau.
		The mountains people call their narrow valleys"hollows" or "hollers." Ashland is eastern Kentucky's largest city.
		Eastern Kentucky's mountain people are famous for crafts and country music.
	www.expage.com /blackgold (330 words)

	Pine Mountain Rustic Adventure Route
		Mountain Bikers who could tolerate a little gravel could find this route a nice 2-day bike trip.
		Early settlers entering present-day Kentucky from the east and south saw the landscape of the Lord's Prayer in this remarkably linear valley.
		The valley also memorializes the literary works of Kentucky author, John Fox Jr., with two designated highways: The Little Shepherd Trail from Harlan to Whitesburg and Trail of the Lonesome Pine is KY-VA Highway 160 from Cumberland to Big Stone Gap.
	www.kingdomcome.org /maps/pmrar.html (484 words)

	ATV Source - Articles - 2006 - Back to Black Mountain, Kentucky
		The campground sits at the bottom of the mountain and is connected to the Putney Trail head which is about 8 miles northeast of the city of Harlan on US 119.
		Sharing the adventure of Black Mountain in a cabin, tent or camper will be a memory that will last a lifetime.
		The reference to Black Mountain as being a “park” should not been perceived that this area is not a rugged wilderness.
	www.atvsource.com /articles/articles/2006/092206_back_to_black_mountain_kentucky.htm (1430 words)

	Georgia Mountain Biking :: Black Bear Cabin Rental
		Trails range in length from 1 to 5.5 miles and are open to the public year round.
		The trails ascend to near 3,200 feet, providing vistas of mountain ridges, and descend to the shores of Lake Blue Ridge.
		All in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia.
	www.blackbearcabinrentals.com /north-georgia-mountain-biking.asp (560 words)

	mine050699
		An environmental group that has protected Kentucky's highest peak from strip mining next wants to shield the rest of Eastern Kentucky from a coal-mining method that flattens mountaintops.
		Kentuckians for the Commonwealth wants tighter controls on mountaintop removal, a form of strip mining that shaves mountain peaks to reach coal, buries streams with dirt and rock and leaves behind land that the group considers useless.
		But in Kentucky, the land is carved among several owners, making it difficult for a coal company to assemble a series of ridges to make massive mountaintop mining possible.
	www.kypost.com /news/1999/mine050699.html (729 words)

	KDA Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The slogan means many things to many people – delicious flberry jam, rich-tasting Kentucky country ham, mouth-watering tomatoes and melons, and much more – all produced with the greatest care to offer a special treat to families throughout Kentucky, the nation and the world.
		Kentucky Proud also means the people behind those products – people willing to take chances and try new things, people who won’t settle for second best, people who love farm life.
		It was served to members of the Kentucky delegation at the inauguration of President Bush in January.
	www.kyagr.com /news_events/blackmountaintrout.htm (825 words)

	For Sale
		Black Mountain Pleasure, Kentucky Mountain Filly born 7/11/06.
		Mountain Pleasure and Kentucky Mountain mare born 4/19/01.
		She is a two time (2005,2006) World Champion Mountain Pleasure Mare and the current 2006 High Point Mountain Pleasure Mare.
	www.beautyridgefarm.com /forsale.html (206 words)

	Black Mountain
		Black Mountain* (Georgia), a mountain in Dawson County, Georgia.
		Black Mountain* (near Milpitas, California), in Santa Clara County, California, is a mountain east of Milpitas, California.
		Black Mountain, San Diego County, California, is a mountain* near Ramona in San Diego County, California.
	www.artistopia.com /black-mountain (275 words)

	Pine Mountain Settlement School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Pine Mountain Settlement School is located in the mountains of Appalachia in Southeastern Kentucky.
		It was an early source of education for the mountain youth of the area, offering a hands-on approach to education that continues to be a model for today's schools.
		The richness of Pine Mountain Settlement School's campus and its history is a source for multiple other enrichment programs for the local community and beyond.
	www.pinemountainsettlementschool.com (127 words)

	ATV Riding Trails in Kentucky - Black Mountain Recreational Park - ATV Rider Magazine
		An officer has recently been assigned to patrol the Black Mountain Recreational Park, but riders are basically left to police themselves.
		Located in the extreme southeast corner of Kentucky, Harlan County is within a day's drive of anywhere east of the Mississippi.
		Black Mountain has since been leased to and become sanctioned by the state of Kentucky as an official OHV area.
	www.atvrideronline.com /ridingspots/100_0608_black_mountain_recreational_park (505 words)

	Kentucky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		To the east in Virginia this thrust sheet was folded, but it is much less deformed in Kentucky, so that strata on Black Mountain are nearly horizontal.
		The Hignite Formation includes interbedded olive- to medium-gray and almost fl siltstone and shale, with lenticular light to dark gray micaceous sandstone and at least nine coal beds, chief of which are the 4.5-foot thick High Splint bed, 3-foot thick Morris bed and 3-foot thick Cornett bed.
		Parts of Black Mountain were threatened by mountaintop removal methods until December 31, 1999, when the state of Kentucky bought timber and mineral rights to the summit.
	www.unh.edu /esci/kentucky.html (329 words)

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