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Kentucky is known for:
- Horse racing
- Coal
- College basketball
- Kentucky Fried Chicken
- Bluegrass
Popular Tourist Attractions
Popular Tourist Attractions
- Beech Bend Park: Amusement park in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
- Buffalo Trace Distillery: Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky.
- Churchill Downs: Horse racing course and home of the Kentucky Derby, located in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Creation Museum: Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky.
- Keeneland: Race course and sales complex in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Kentucky Horse Park: Horse farm and educational theme park in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Kentucky Kingdom: Amusement park in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Lake Cumberland: Reservoir in southern Kentucky.
- Land Between the Lakes: 170,000 acre of national recreation area in western Kentucky along the Kentucky-Tennessee border.
- Lost River Cave: Seven-mile cave system in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
- Louisville Slugger Museum: Museum and factory tour in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Louisville Zoo: Zoo in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Maker’s Mark: Winery offering tours in Loretto, Kentucky.
- Mammoth Cave National Park: National park in central Kentucky.
- Muhammad Ali Center: Museum dedicated to the life of Muhammad Ali, located in Louisville, Kentucky.
- National Corvette Museum: Museum showcasing Chevrolet Corvettes, located in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
- Newport Aquarium: Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky.
- Red River Gorge: Canyon system on the Red River in east-central Kentucky.
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium: Haunted house in Louisville, Kentucky.
Popular Iconic Kentucky Foods That Require Clean Water
Kentucky is famous for the following foods:
Burgoo
Hot Brown
Derby Pie
Bourbon Balls
Barbecue
Benedictine
Henry Bain Sauce
Spoonbread
Beer Cheese
Fun Facts
- The name “Kentucky” has an Indian origin. There are several sources:
– The Wyandots called it “Kah-ten-tah-teh,” meaning “Fair Land of Tomorrow.”
– The Shawnee name is “Kain-tuck-ee,” meaning “At the Head Of The River.”
– The Mohawks called it “Kentucke,” meaning “Among the Meadows.”
– The Delawares also called it “Kentucke,” which means “Place of the Meadows.”
– The Catawbas called it “Kentucke” as well, meaning, “The Prairie, or Barrens.” - Held every year since 1875, the Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously held horse race in the country.
- In 1774, Ford Harrod (now Harrodsburg) was established as the first permanent settlement in the Kentucky region. It was named after James Harrod, who led the construction efforts.
- Cumberland Falls in Kentucky is only place in Western Hemisphere to spot a moonbow on a regular basis (a moonbow is a rainbow made from light reflected off of the moon at night).
- Kentucky’s officeholders and judges must swear an oath before taking office that they have neither fought a duel with deadly weapons nor aided or assisted any person fighting one.
- Kentucky is the only U.S. state to have a continuous border of rivers running along three of its sides-the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Big Sandy River and Tug Fork to the east.
- On January 30, 1900, Kentucky Governor William Goebel was assassinated in downtown Frankfort. Goebel is the only governor of a U.S. state to have been assassinated while in office.
- The song “Happy Birthday to You” was the creation of two Louisville sisters, Patty Hill and Mildred J. Hill, in 1893.
- Middlesboro is the only city in the United States built within a meteor crater.
- In Kentucky, throwing eggs at a public speaker may result in one year in prison.
This page was last updated on July 31, 2022.
- The name “Kentucky” has an Indian origin. There are several sources:
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