The Filson Club History Quarterly
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 612
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 612
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Author: Filson Club History Quarterly
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 0806312130
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Author: Raymond E. Myers
Publisher: Filson Club
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780960107261
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Willard Rouse Jillson
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 2056
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Filson
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 258
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carolyn Murray-Wooley
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2014-07-11
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 0813147794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGray rock fences built of ancient limestone are hallmarks of Kentucky's Bluegrass landscape. Why did Kentucky farmers turn to rock as fence-building material when most had earlier used hardwood rails? Who were the masons responsible for Kentucky's lovely rock fences and what are the different rock forms used in this region? In this generously illustrated book, Carolyn Murray-Wooley and Karl Raitz address those questions and explore the background of Kentucky's rock fences, the talent and skill of the fence masons, and the Irish and Scottish models they followed in their work. They also correct inaccurate popular perceptions about the fences and use census data and archival documents to identify the fence masons and where they worked. As the book reveals, the earliest settlers in Kentucky built dry-laid fences around eighteenth-century farmsteads, cemeteries, and mills. Fence building increased dramatically during the nineteenth century so that by the 1880s rock fences lined most roads, bounded pastures and farmyards throughout the Bluegrass. Farmers also built or commissioned rock fences in New England, the Nashville Basin, and the Texas hill country, but the Bluegrass may have had the most extensive collection of quarried rock fences in North America. This is the first book-length study on any American fence type. Filled with detailed fence descriptions, an extensive list of masons' names, drawings, photographs, and a helpful glossary, it will appeal to folklorists, historians, geographers, architects, landscape architects, and masons, as well as general readers intrigued by Kentucky's rock fences.
Author: Lowell Harrison
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010-09-12
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 0813129435
DOWNLOAD EBOOK" The Civil War scene in Kentucky, site of few full-scale battles, was one of crossroad skirmishes and guerrilla terror, of quick incursions against specific targets and equally quick withdrawals. Yet Kentucky was crucial to the military strategy of the war. For either side, a Kentucky held secure against the adversary would have meant easing of supply problems and an immeasurably stronger base of operations. The state, along with many of its institutions and many of its families, was hopelessly divided against itself. The fiercest partisans of the South tended to be doubtful about the wisdom of secession, and the staunchest Union men questioned the legality of many government measures. What this division meant militarily is made clear as Lowell H. Harrison traces the movement of troops and the outbreaks of violence. What it meant to the social and economic fabric of Kentucky and to its postwar political stance is another theme of this book. And not forgotten is the life of the ordinary citizen in the midst of such dissension and uncertainty.
Author: John A. Hardin
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780813132716
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the history of 20th century racial segregation in Kentucky higher education, the last state in the South to enact legislation banning interracial education in private schools and the first to remove it. In five chapters and an epilogue, the book traces the growth of racism, the period of acceptance of racism, the black community's efforts for reform, the stresses of "separate and unequal," and the unrelenting pressure to desegregate Kentucky schools. Different tactics, ranging from community and religious organization support to legislative and legal measures, that were used for specific campaigns are described in detail. The final chapters of the book describe the struggles of college presidents faced with student turmoil, persistent societal resistance from whites (both locally and legislatively), and changing expectations, after the 1954 Supreme Court decision in "Brown V. Board of Education" broadened desegregation to all public schools and the responsibility for desegregation shifted from politically driven state legislators or governors to college governing boards. Appendices contain tabular data on demographics, state appropriations, and admissions to public and private colleges and universities in Kentucky. (Contains approximately 550 notes and bibliographic references.) (Bf).
Author: Lowell H. Harrison
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 1997-03-27
Total Pages: 1119
ISBN-13: 081313708X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first comprehensive history of the state since the publication of Thomas D. Clark's landmark History of Kentucky over sixty years ago. A New History of Kentucky brings the Commonwealth to life, from Pikeville to the Purchase, from Covington to Corbin, this account reveals Kentucky's many faces and deep traditions. Lowell Harrison, professor emeritus of history at Western Kentucky University, is the author of many books, including George Rogers Clark and the War in the West, The Civil War in Kentucky, Kentucky's Road to Statehood, Lincoln of Kentucky, and Kentucky's Governors.
Author: Ronald R. Van Stockum
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780960107254
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