The Green River of Kentucky /

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Cutting a wide east-west swath from the Appalachian foothills to the heart of the western Kentucky coalfields, the Green River valley extends from below the Tennessee border in the south to the Ohio River in the north. The Green River of Kentucky presents a picture of the unity and diversity of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Crocker, Helen Bartter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Series:Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf.
Subjects:
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
History & Archaeology.
United States Local History.
Green River Valley (Ky.) > History.
Green, Vallée de la (Kent.) > Histoire.
Kentucky > Green River Valley
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Pioneer Settlements, 1780-1830; 2 Kentucky Improves the Wild River, 1833-1868; 3 The Monarchs of Green River, 1868-1888; 4 The Final Steamboat Era, 1888-1931; 5 Coal, Flood Control, and the Environmentalists, 1931-1975; Photo Section; Notes; A Note to Readers.

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