Kentucky tourist information with details about
travel to and around the state. Where to stay and what to see is made easier with insider
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Kentucky is also known as the Bluegrass State, after early pioneers
found bluish-purple buds growing on Kentucky's rich limestone soil and traders began
asking for the seed of the 'blue grass from Kentucky'.
The state capital of Kentucky is Frankfort.
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Kentucky get its name from the Kentucky River, and is famous for
its bourbon and thoroughbred horses.
States neighbouring Kentucky are: Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee.
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Virtual Kentucky:
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Abraham Lincoln was born near Hodgenville in Kentucky, so naturally
the log cabin is a national historic site.
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The settlement was originally called Frank's Ford in honour of
Stephen Frank, a frontiersman killed in 1780 during a skirmish with Native Americans at a
ford in the river.
The State Capitol is modelled after the United States Capitol.
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George Rogers Clark founded the first settlement here in 1778; an
area once inhabited by the Shawnee people.
Originally located on Corn Island in the Ohio River, the settlement
was moved to its present site in 1779, and named after Louis XVI of France; in gratitude
for French assistance during the American War of Independence.
Louisville Slugger:
The museum is a shrine to baseball's most famous bat.
The Kentucky Derby:
Held at Louisville's Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May each year; make
reservations well in advance.
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Mammoth Cave:
The National Park, in south-western Kentucky, is home to the longest known cave system in
the world.
Its series of limestone chambers and narrow passages on five separate
levels are connected to two other nearby cave systems to form 560 km of charted
passageways.
The Wild Cave Tour takes six hours, although there are shorter tours
available. It's cool down there, so bring something warm.
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Lexington,
Louisville.
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