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The Commonwealth of Kentucky is one of the most beautiful states in the USA. Kentucky was founded in 1792. It is located in the south central US, west of the Appalachian Mountains, and contains approxamately 37,700 square miles of space, ranking it 37th in size among our 50 states. It may not be huge, but Kentucky boasts some awesome natural resourses, including being the third highest producer of coal in this country! Also, only the HUGE state of Alaska has more miles of running water than we do! Over half of our state is filled with forest, containing many types of trees, including:white oak, white ash, red oak,sugar maple, walnut, yellow poplar, beech, and hickory. This is why Kentucky also rates third in the country at hardwood producing.

Our state Capital is Frankfort, and the largest city is Louisville, with over 270,000 persons calling it home!

Some places of interest in Kentucky are:Kentucky Lake, Churchill Downs, Mammoth Cave, Daniel Boone National Forest,Land Between The Lakes,Kentucky Horse Park, and in Louisville, Kentucky kingdom, an amusement park that has just been bought out by Six Flags!

Did you realize that a whole lot of famous people call the Bluegrass state home? Some of those famous people are:John Carpenter (he is the man behind the Halloween movies!),George Clooney (ER),Billy Ray Cyrus ,Johnny Depp,The Everly Brothers (who have a yearly concert near my home!),Crystal Gayle ,The Judds, Loretta Lynn,Lee Majors (the Bionic man!),Bill Monroe(the father of Bluegrass),Jim Varney(Ernest!),Merle Travis,Ricky Skaggs,Dwight Yoakam,Florence henderson(the Brady Bunch!),Muhammad Ali ,Darrell Waltrip,Duncan Hines(I hear his name WAY too often in my house!),Abraham Lincoln, JUST to name a few.

Some things or events Kentucky is well known for: College BASKETBALL(GO Tubby! Go Cats!), The Kentucky Derby, Mint Juleps, Coalmining, Tobacco, The Appalachian Mountains, Thoroughbred Horses, Bluegrass Music, Bar-B-Q. OH, yeah, how could I forget this one...Kentucky has some of the friendliest people on this planet! Including me!

I sincerely hope that this is making you want to learn more about our wonderful state. If so, GREAT!! Because, I have just the thing for you....a whole bunch of....

Commonwealth of Kentucky

Kentucky Legislature

The University of Kentucky Basketball Museum Inc. Home Page

University of Kentucky

Lake Barkley

Land Between the Lakes

American Civil War Institute

Kentucky Vietnam Veteran's Memorial

Mammoth Cave

Kentucky Down Under, an Australian Themed Animal Park

Messenger-Inquirer, our local newspaper!

I hope you enjoyed your visit, and have learned a little bit about my beautiful state. If you have a great Kentucky Link you would like to share, drop me an EMAIL and share if you don't mind!

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