Kentucky...A Great Place to Live and Visit.....

"Breaks Interstate Park"
Elkhorn City, KY



Local Attractions
Pikeville, (Home Town) Pikeville's Hillbilly Days Prestonsburg
Paintsville Breaks Interstate Park Jenny Wiley State Park
Carter Caves State Park Grayson Lake State Park Greenbo Lake State Park
Mountain Arts Center Pike County Tourism Russell Fork Whitewater
Rafting


Other State Attractions

Western Kentucky
Kentucky Dam Village State Park Lake Barkley State Resort Park


Interstate 65 Region

My Old Kentucky Home

 Lincoln Homestead State
Park		 Lake Cumberland State
Resort Park
Rough River Dam
State Resort Park		 Mammoth Cave National Park


Interstate 75 Region
Fort Boonesborough
State Park		 Old Fort Harrod
State Park
Cumberland Falls
State Resort Park		 Natural Bridge
State Resort Park



State Facts

Kentucky became the fifteenth of the United States in 1792.
The name Kentucky is of American Indian origin and
has been attributed to several languages with several
possible meanings from "land of tomorrow" to "cane
and turkey lands" to "meadow lands."


State Bird: Kentucky Cardinal State Horse: thoroughbred
State Butterfly: viceroy State Mineral: coal
State Flower: The Goldenrod State Song: "My Old Kentucky
Home, Good-Night!," by Stephen
Foster (midi playing on the page as well)
State Fossil: brachiopod State Tree: tulip poplar
(formerly the Kentucky coffee
tree)
State Gemstone: fresh-water pearl State Wild Animal Game
Species: gray squirrel



 

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"My Old Kentucky Home"
Stephen Foster

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