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The WPA Guide to Kentucky /

One of the first great reference tools on the Commonwealth, this WPA Guide is an important, vital part of our heritage. While it includes brief essays describing Kentucky's history, folklore, education, industry, geology, ethnic mix and other topics, the most remarkable feature is the driving t...

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Otros Autores: Simon, F. Kevin, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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245 1 4 |a The WPA Guide to Kentucky /   |c compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Kentucky ; F. Kevin Simon, editor ; foreword by Thomas D. Clark. 
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505 0 |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF MAPS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; NOTES; PREFACE; GENERAL INFORMATION; CALENDAR OF EVENTS; Part I. Kentucky: The General Background; KENTUCKIANS; NATURAL SETTING; Animal Life; Plant Life; Geology and Paleontology; ARCHEOLOGY AND INDIANS; HISTORY; AGRICULTURE; TRANSPORTATION; MANUFACTURING AND MINING; LABOR; THE NEGRO; RELIGION; EDUCATION; FOLKLORE AND FOLK MUSIC; KENTUCKY THOROUGHBREDS; PRESS AND RADIO; Radio; THE ARTS; The Theater; Painting and Sculpture; Literature; Architecture; Part II. Cities and Towns; ASHLAND. 
505 0 |a POINTS OF INTERESTCOVINGTON; POINTS OF INTEREST; POINTS OF INTEREST IN ENVIRONS; FRANKFORT; POINTS OF INTEREST; POINTS OF INTEREST IN ENVIRONS; HARRODSBURG; POINTS OF INTEREST; POINTS OF INTEREST IN ENVIRONS; POINTS OF INTEREST; TOUR 1; POINTS OF INTEREST IN ENVIRONS; LOUISVILLE; LEXINGTON; POINTS OF INTEREST; HORSE FARM TOUR 1; HORSE FARM TOUR 2; PADUCAH; POINTS OF INTEREST; POINTS OF INTEREST IN ENVIRONS; Part III. Highways and Byways; TOUR 1 (Portsmouth, Ohio)-South Portsmouth-Ashland-Catlettsburg-Paintsville-Prestonsburg-Pikeville-(Norton, Va.). [US 23]. 
505 0 |a 2 Winchester-Stanton-Jackson-Hazard-Junction with US 119. [State IS]3 (Cincinnati, Ohio)-Newport-Cynthiana-Paris-Lexington-Nicholasville-Lancaster-Somerset-(Chattanooga, Tenn.). [US 27]; Section a. Ohio Line to Lexington; Section b. Lexington to Tennessee Line; 4 (Cincinnati, Ohio)-Covington-Georgetown-Lexington-Richmond-Corbin-Williamsburg-(Jellico, Tenn.).[US 25 and US 25W]; Section a. Ohio Line to Lexington; Section b. Lexington to Tennessee Line; 4A Junction with US 25-Pineville-Middlesboro-Cumberland; 4B Corbin-Cumberland Falls State Park-Parker's Lake. [State 90]. 
505 0 |a 5 Warsaw-Frankfort-Lawrenceburg-Harrodsburg-Danville-Jamestown-Albany-(Chattanooga, Tenn.). [State 35]6 (Indianapolis, Ind.)-Louisville-Bardstown-Hodgenville-Glasgow-Scottsville-(Nashville, Tenn.). [US 31E]; 7 (New Albany, Ind.)-Louisville-Elizabethtown-Munfordville-Horse Cave-Bowling Green-Franklin-(Nashville, Tenn.).[US 31W]; 7A Cave City-Mammoth Cave National Park-MammothCave. [State 70; ROUTE 1; ROUTE 2; ROUTE 3; ROUTE 4; ROUTE 5; ROUTE 6; 8 (Evansville, Ind.)-Henderson-Madisonville-Hopkinsville-Guthrie-(Nashville, Tenn.). [US 41 and US 41E]. 
505 0 |a 9 (Metropolis, 111.)-Paducah-Mayfield-Fulton-(Martin, Tenn.). [US 45]10 (Cairo, 111.)-Wickliffe-Bardwell-Clinton-Fulton-(Memphis, Tenn.). [US 51]; 11 South Portsmouth-Vanceburg-Maysville-Alexandria.[State 10]; 12 (Cincinnati, Ohio)-Covington-Warsaw-Carrollton-Louisville. [US 42]; 12A Junction with US 42-Butler Memorial State Park-Owenton-Junction with State 40. [US 227]; 13 Willow-Falmouth-Owenton-New Castle-Junction withUS 60. [State 22]; TOUR 14 (Aberdeen, Ohio)-Maysville-Georgetown-Versailles-Bardstown-Elizabethtown-Central City-Paducah. [US 62]; Section a. Ohio Line to Elizabethtown. 
520 |a One of the first great reference tools on the Commonwealth, this WPA Guide is an important, vital part of our heritage. While it includes brief essays describing Kentucky's history, folklore, education, industry, geology, ethnic mix and other topics, the most remarkable feature is the driving tours that are as accurate today as they were more than half a century ago. Careful annotations give directions, point out historical and tourist sites, describe the country side, and even provide mileage for the drives. 
588 |a Description based on print version record. 
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