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 Kentucky River biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The river and its tributaries drain much of the central region of the state, with its upper course passing through the coal-mining regions of the Cumberland Mountains, and its lower course passing through the Bluegrass region in the north central part of the state.
The river is navigable along its entire length becuause of series of 14 locks built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and now under the management of the state-run Kentucky River Authority.
It is formed in central Kentucky at Beattyville, in Lee County, by the confluence of the North and South Forks, and flows generally northwest, in a highly meandering course through the mountains, through the Daniel Boone National Forest, then past Irvine and Boonesborough, then southwest, passing south of Lexington, then north through Frankfort.
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 Kentucky River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River,approximately 259 mi (417 km) long, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
The river and its tributaries drain much of the central region of the state, withits upper course passing through the coal - mining regions of the Cumberland Mountains, and its lower coursepassing through the Bluegrass region in the north central part ofthe state.
The river is navigable along its entire length becuause of series of 14 locks built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers andnow under the management of the state-run Kentucky River Authority.
www.therfcc.org /kentucky-river-192721.html   (319 words)

  
 Kentucky Museum
In addition to collecting, preserving, and exhibiting Kentucky artifacts, the museum provides educational opportunities for elementary, secondary, and college students and the general public.
The Kentucky Museum contributes to the tourism and cultural offerings in the South Central Kentucky region as well.
Part of the Kentucky Building, the Kentucky Museum is conveniently located in Bowling Green, Kentucky on the campus of Western Kentucky University.
www.wku.edu /Library/museum   (273 words)

  
 Welcome to the River Heritage Museum, located on the riverfront in Downown Paducah Kentucky
The River Heritage Museum is located within the oldest surviving antebellum building in Paducah's historic downtown.
Known locally as the Petter Building, this two-story, double-pile, brick structure was built circa 1843 to house the newly-formed Branch Bank of Louisville.
The building still exhibits the original molded lintels, parapet end walls, and denticulated cornice that are characteristic features of the Greek Revival style.
www.riverheritagemuseum.org   (92 words)

  
 aquariums mississippi museum national river   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The National Mississippi River Museum andamp; Aquarium in Dubuque was awarded the Attraction of the Year Award by the Iowa Division of Tourism at its annual meeting.
America's River at the Port of Dubuque - A museum, aquarium, resort, waterpark, and conference center on the...
The America's River Project celebrates the historical, environmental, educational and recreational majesty of the Mississippi River through a museum, aquarium, resort, waterpark, conference center, and amphitheater in Dubuque, IA....
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 The Lane Report -- Tourism May 2000 -- Top 25 Kentucky Tourist Attractions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Kentucky Horse Park is a working horse farm and educational theme park dedicated to man’s relationship with the horse.
This state-of-the-art facility will illustrate the Kentucky River's importance in the settlement of this state.At Fort Boonesborough, the state is spending $1 million to be leveraged with federal funds to turn a pair of old lock houses into a Kentucky River Museum.
One of the largest museums in the U.S. Army system, the Patton Museum is dedicated to General George Patton and displays many of his personal effects.
www.kybiz.com /lanereport/departments/tourism/tourism_top25_500.html   (1866 words)

  
 American Cave Museum, Horse Cave, Kentucky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Hidden River Cave opened for commercial tours in 1916, but over the next thirty years, the town's growth, overcrowding and poor sanitation practices took their toll.
The museum was opened in 1993 by the American Cave Conservation Assoc.
The museum begins with an interpretive exhibit, a two-story tall simulation of cave formations of stalactites, columns and soda straws.
www.roadsideamerica.com /attract/KYHORcave.html   (575 words)

  
 Vanlear Kentucky Miners' Museum
The miners' museum continues to grow as old-timers and their descendants donate tools once used in the Van Lear mines by members of their families.
The electric power plant, built in 1912, was for its time one of the finest such facilities in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, supplying electricity in Van Lear and, for a time, to the county seat town of Paintsville.
KENTUCKY MONTHLY called James Vaughan's new book, BANKMULES, "a gem of a memoir." One Kentucky reader described it as a "beautiful book of unusual perfection." The Hardin County Kentucky News-Enterprise refers to BANKMULES as "an uplifting book." To learn more about BANKMULES from the publisher (The Jesse Stuart Foundation), click here.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Ranch/7827   (1216 words)

  
 KY: Historical Society - Kentucky Military History Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Kentucky Military History Museum emphasizes the service of the Kentucky Militia, State Guard, and other volunteer military organizations, from the Revolution through the Gulf War.
Kentucky National Guard and the Kentucky Historical Society.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky constructed the Old State Arsenal in 1850 to house the weapons and equipment of the Kentucky Militia.
history.ky.gov /Museums/Kentucky_Military_History_Museum.htm   (256 words)

  
 ajc.com | Travel | New Iowa aquarium honors the Mississippi | ajc.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The museum, which opened this summer, has riverboat exhibits, a theater and library, a boardwalk trail through a wetland and plenty of live creatures, including fish, turtles, alligators, snakes and otters.
Stretching for five acres along the riverfront, the museum is part of a larger $188 million America's River project, which includes a conference center, resort and river walk.
The Mississippi River is 2,348 miles long from its headwaters in northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana, passing through Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi along the way.
www.ajc.com /travel/content/travel/content/0803/17iowa.html   (633 words)

  
 KET | Kentucky Life | Program 1112
Located in a crenellated “castle” on a bluff overlooking the Kentucky River, the museum chronicles the weapons, uniforms, exploits, and personal stories of Kentucky’s volunteer military organizations, from the frontier Kentucky Militia of Revolution and Indian War days to its modern-day successor, the Kentucky National Guard.
The museum is housed in the Old State Arsenal, the third in a succession of facilities built to store state-owned munitions.
Among them are a guide to canoeing and kayaking Kentucky’s rivers, a backpacker’s guide to the Sheltowee Trace through the Daniel Boone National Forest, and an overview of outdoor recreation in the Land Between the Lakes.
www.wkon.org /kentuckylife/1100s/kylife1112.html   (773 words)

  
 aquarium mississippi museum national river   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The National Mississippi River Museum andamp; Aquarium is comprised of the F.W...
The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque isn't your typical history museum.
Description: The Mississippi River Museum is dedicated to collecting, interpreting and sharing the rich and important...
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 Kentucky Museum of Arts + Design 2004 Exhibition Schedule
She spins and dyes the wool from a rare breed of sheep, the Lincoln Longwool, and old British breed known in Kentucky in the 1930's and renowned for the curl, luster, strength, and length of its wool.
In Kentucky, her weavings are included in the collections of Labrot and Graham Distillers, the University of Kentucky Art Museum and the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives.
Kentucky is famous, among other things, for its bourbon distillers and its craft artists.
www.kentuckycrafts.org /scedules/2004_schedule.htm   (1172 words)

  
 Kentucky Coal Mining Museum Exhibits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
4 floors of exhibit space, the Museum houses a diverse collection of artifacts exploring the early years of industrial coal mining in Kentucky.
In cooperation with the Kentucky Humanities Council, the Kentucky Coal Museum will host the local showing of the exploration of diverse food traditions in America.
The Loretta Lynn Exhibit The third floor of the museum is dedicated to the life of country music singer and Coal Miner’s Daughter Loretta Lynn.
www.kingdomcome.org /museum/exhibits.html   (407 words)

  
 National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
· The Mississippi River winds its way 2,552 miles as it travels from the headwaters in northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana.
· The Mississippi River drains approximately 40% of the continental United States-all or part of 31 states, and two Canadian provinces, Ontario and Manitoba.
· The total drainage area of the Mississippi River is approximately 1.25 million square miles.
www.mississippirivermuseum.com /press2.htm   (343 words)

  
 KY: Historical Society - Keeneland Changing Exhibits Gallery - Current Exhibition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
From Indian villages on river banks in Western Kentucky to bustling riverfronts in cities from Augusta to Louisville to Paducah, rivers permeate the history of Kentucky.
This 20-minute-long performance includes remembrances of the floods of 1937 and 1957 and the relocation of families from the Land Between The Rivers in the 1960s.
A Journal, Remarks or Observations in a Voyage Down the Kentucky, Ohio, Mississippi Rivers andc is 24-year-old John Stuart's 1806 journal of a flatboat trip from central Kentucky to New Orleans and back.
history.ky.gov /Museums/Changing_Exhibits.htm   (325 words)

  
 Kentucky: Finance Cabinet - Park Development
The Frankfort River View Park will be located near Lock and Dam #4, and contain information on the historical importance of the river for commercial navigation and tourism.
Property at High Bridge was purchased in 1996 and includes an overlook of the confluence of the Dix and Kentucky Rivers.
Jessamine County and the Kentucky River Authority plan to renovate a historic pavilion (shown below) on this site for use as a public park.
finance.ky.gov /ourcabinet/attached+agencies/kraparkdev.htm   (364 words)

  
 Boonesborough, Kentucky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boonesborough, Kentucky is an unincorporated community of Kentucky located in the central part of the state along the Kentucky River.
It is named for its principal founder, legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone, who made the area his home for a while in the late 18th century.
It is the site of the Kentucky River Museum.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boonesborough,_Kentucky   (89 words)

  
 Murray, Kentucky - Attractions - Wrather West Kentucky Museum
Murray State University's first building, erected in 1924, received extensive renovations and was rededicated as the Wrather West Kentucky Museum in 1982.
West Kentucky history abounds at the museum which highlights the social, economical, and cultural development of this area.
Wrather West Kentucky Museum is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.
www.explorekentuckylake.com /calloway/attractions/wwkm.htm   (118 words)

  
 Kentucky Department of Parks - Fort Boonesborough State Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
When Daniel Boone and his men reached the Kentucky River on April 1, 1775, they quickly moved to establish Kentucky’s second settlement--the site still known as Fort Boonesborough.
The Kentucky River Museum, a newer addition to Fort Boonesborough State Park, provides visitors with insight into the lives of families who lived on the river and worked the locks and dams in the 1900s.
Camp on the Kentucky River as Daniel Boone did and enjoy the fun of a pool complex with a water slide.
parks.ky.gov /stateparks/fb   (129 words)

  
 Green River Museum, Woodbury, Kentucky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
MuseumsUSA has listings for more than 15,400 museums and indexes the contents of their web sites daily.
Find and explore a museum in your area.
Museum Info courtesy of Historical Confederation of Kentucky.
www.museumsusa.org /museums/info/1164002   (137 words)

  
 Vanlear Kentucky Miners Museum
Numerous mining artifacts are now displayed in the museum building, along with school and personal memorabilia, all dating from the 1920s through the 1960s.
The model of the town on the third floor of the museum depicts Van Lear during its heyday, the decades of the 1920s and 1930s.
KENTUCKY MONTHLY referred to BANKMULES as "a gem of a memoir." The News-Enterprise of Hardin County Kentucky called it "uplifting." One reader described it as "a beautiful book of unusual perfection." To read what The Jesse Stuart Foundation has to say about James Vaughan's new book, click here.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Ranch/7827/int3.htm   (1758 words)

  
 The Lane Report -- Tourism May 1999 -- Top 25 Kentucky Tourist Attractions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Churchill, which conducts live racing in the spring and fall, is home to the Kentucky Derby, the first jewel of the Triple Crown, which has been run at the Louisville establishment since 1875.
The Patton Museum, one of the largest in the Army museum system, is dedicated to one of America’s greatest military heroes, General George S. Patton, Jr., and to the evolution of the cavalry and armor forces.
Turfway is home to the $1.15 million Kentucky Cup Day of Champions as well as the Gallery Furniture.com stakes, one of the final major prep races for the Kentucky Derby.
www.kybiz.com /lanereport/departments/tourism/tourism_top25_599.html   (1593 words)

  
 Mississippi River Parkway Commission | Golden Eagle River Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
When you walk into the Golden Eagle River Museum, you will step back into the golden age of river history.
Models, photographs, original riverboat bells, steam whistles, tableware and other equipment recount the story of steamboat days on the western rivers, when packets carried much of the nation's passengers and freight to and from their inland ports.
From atop a Mississippi River bluff you can see the mighty river through the spokes of the pilot wheel.
www.mississippiriverinfo.com /goldeneaglerivermuseum.htm   (100 words)

  
 Behringer-Crawford
This is the historic Behringer-Crawford Museum, the intersection of a variety of historical threads, fields of study
The regional history of Northern Kentucky as part of the Ohio Valley must be preserved for the benefit of present and future generations.
Therefore, the Behringer-Crawford Museum is a center for the collection, presentation, study and enjoyment of our natural, cultural, and visual and performing arts heritage.
www.bcmuseum.org   (221 words)

  
 River Heritage Museum in Paducah, KY : details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
-- A museum dedicated to preserving the cultural and historical importance of the rivers to the western Kentucky area.
Interactive exhibits give both children and adults the opportunity to learn about river ecology, river wildlife, and river commerce.
PAGE OVERVIEW: -- Provides general information about River Heritage Museum, which may include web site and contact information, as well as description and collections info for those planning to visit River Heritage Museum..
www.museumstuff.com /rec/org196291071591139.html   (206 words)

  
 Radio Ink - The Voice of Radio Revolution
Russ Hatter has been at WFKY in Frankfort, Kentucky, for 36 years, and he will be doing his last show Friday morning.
Hatter was hired in Frankfort by the legendary Bob Doll and stayed on to become an integral part of the morning routine for Kentucky's capital city.
From the governor's mansion to the farms dotting the countryside, he was as much a part of the morning routine as the first cup of coffee.
www.radioink.com /HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=67572&pt=archive   (156 words)

  
 Frankfort Area Chamber Of Commerce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Centrally located and easily accessible, Kentucky’s Capitol community is the perfect destination to explore history and discover the breathtakingly beautiful Bluegrass Region.
Depending on your particular interests you might also visit the Capitol and grounds, the Governor’s Mansion, the Kentucky Military Museum, the Kentucky River Museum, or the lovingly maintained Liberty Hall and Orlando Brown Houses.
Or take in the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial; one of the most unusual and original memorials in the country.
www.frankfortky.info /visiting   (400 words)

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