Download or read book 120 Kentucky Counties written by Robert A. Powell and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kentucky s 120 Counties written by Carl Howell and published by . This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky's 120 Counties: A Postcard Album (1900-1925) gives viewers a front-row seat into the past that enables them to see, for the first time, people, places, and events during a remarkable period in the state's history. Patrons purchased postcards at local drugstores, dry goods establishments, and country stores to catch a glimpse of their hometowns in postcard format. Postcards also portrayed neighboring communities, rural scenes, and people engaging in both work and play. In a time before photojournalism, postcards provided something that newspapers of the time could not; postcards put a face on the news and on the world itself.A 1908 postcard of William Jennings Bryan speaking in Lebanon, Kentucky, sold like hotcakes. In Leitchfield, a local photographer took his camera to the Grayson County Fair and leaned over the rail to capture an electrifying image of a jockey on his horse, barreling down the track with a whip between his teeth.Such spectacular moments and glimpses of everyday life form the heart of this book. Some images provide the only visual records of early communities and their railroad depots, grist mills, country stores, and churches. Other photos depict anglers fishing for "green bass" in Kinniconick, grandiose hotels erected beside rural springs, a man hunting quail in Salem, and converts being baptized in the flood waters of the Ohio River.This book is a panoramic view of the Bluegrass State and America in the early 1900s. Look into the lives and the eyes of the people, and you might just see your own hopes, dreams, failures, and successes come into focus.
Download or read book The County in Kentucky History written by Robert M. Ireland and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century, Kentucky was one of the nation's leading producers of racehorses, whiskey, tobacco—and new counties. By 1886 the three original Kentucky counties had been carved into 119 (belated 120th was to be formed in 1912). These small divisions commanded the fierce loyalty of their citizens and for most Kentuckians formed the center of political and community life. The County in Kentucky History shows the bitter strife of countywide feuds and the conviviality of court day, the sporadic outbreaks of ill-feeling between town and country and the high-spirited brawls that regularly accompanied elections. Robert M. Ireland traces the structural changes in county government from the days when justices of the peace made up a self-perpetuating county court to the more democratic period when the buying of votes replaced the buying of offices. The most beneficial change that could come to local government—consolidation into fewer units—Ireland sees as unlikely where the tradition of county loyalties and rivalries remains as strong as it does in Kentucky.
Download or read book Little Kingdoms written by Robert M. Ireland and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky's counties though theoretically provinces of the state were in reality powerful semi-sovereign entities during the latter half of the 19th century. Their positive accomplishments were many. Government funds were wisely invested in internal improvements, road construction, law enforcement, tax collection, and relief of the poor. Keen competition for county offices, placed on an electoral basis by the Constitution of 1850, brought added vitality to Kentucky's uniquely intense political life, and the official day on which the county courts met continued to be the foremost social and economic day of the month. Despite these positive facets and the good intentions of the reformers of 1849-1850, however, Kentucky's counties retained a tradition of parochialism, corruption, and inefficiency. The establishment of elective offices eliminated few of the deficiencies of the county system. The railroads were the focus of rivalry and scandal. Prevailing lawlessness compounded the semi-anarchical condition of many of the counties. Rising crime rates rendered insecure the lives of many Kentuckians. Nineteenth-century Kentucky left no legacy of law and order. A grasp of this paradoxical situation is essential to an understanding of late 19th-century Kentucky history. In this probing study, Robert M. Ireland offers the first thorough examination of the impact of Kentucky's counties on the state's constitutional, political, social, and economic development during this period.
Download or read book Kentucky Counties Early Stations and Forts written by and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Union County Kentucky written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Counties written by Kentucky. Department of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide and Check List of County Governmental Organization and County Record System written by Historical Records Survey (Ky.) and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 101 Must Places to Visit in Kentucky Before You Die written by Gary P. West and published by . This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary West traveled every corner of Kentucky to assemble this collection of must-see attractions in the Bluegrass State.
Download or read book Kentucky Public Documents written by Kentucky. General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kentucky written by Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Kentucky Directory for the Use of Courts State and County Officials and General Assembly of the State of Kentucky written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Checklist of Kentucky State Publications written by Kentucky. Division of Archives and Records and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide and Check List of County Government Organization and County Record System Past and Present of Kentucky Counties written by Historical Records Survey (U.S.). Kentucky and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Kentucky written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
