Overview :By the flip of a coin, Thomas Dionysius Clark became intertwined in the vast history of Kentucky. In 1928, Clark received scholarships to bo... Read More
Overview :For subsistence farmers in eastern Kentucky, wealthy horse owners in the central Bluegrass, and tobacco growers in Western Kentucky, land wa... Read More
Overview :From its origins in the Cumberland Mountains to its entry into the Ohio, the Kentucky River flows through two areas that have made Kentucky ... Read More
Overview :When Thomas D. Clark was hired to teach history at the University of Kentucky in 1931, he began a career that would span nearly three-quarte... Read More
Overview :First published in 1948, The Southern Country Editor is a study of the country press from the time of the Civil War to the 1930s. More than ... Read More
Overview : The People's House tells the story of the two mansions that have housed most of Kentucky's governors. The Old Mansion, first occupied by Go... Read More
Overview :Maps published frorn the third quarter of the eighteenth century through the Civil War reflect in colorful detail the emergence of the Commo... Read More
Overview :During the early years of the U.S. Republic, its vital southwestern quadrant--encompassing the modern-day states between South Carolina and ... Read More
Overview :In the early 1920s, in many a sawmill town across the South, the last quitting-time whistle signaled the cutting of the last log of a compan... Read More
Overview :During the early years of the U.S. Republic, its vital southwestern quadrant--encompassing the modern-day states between South Carolina and ... Read More
Overview :Explore the fascinating history of the Southern country store with Thomas D. Clark's Pills, Petticoats and Plows. From its early origins as ... Read More
Overview :From 1826 to 1829, John Bradford, founder of Kentucky's first newspaper, the Kentucky Gazette, reprinted in its pages sixty-six excerpts tha... Read More
Overview :In the fall of 1829, young Robert Wilmot Scott rode away from Frankfort, Kentucky, on a trip that would take him through nine states. His jo... Read More