Stories of Old Kentucky
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1. Front matter2. OLD KENTUCKY3. MARTHA GRASSHAM PURCELL4. PREFACE5. A LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT KENTUCKY6. WHEN THE OCEAN COVERED KENTUCKY7. THE ABORIGINES OF KENTUCKY8. SOME PREHISTORIC REMAINS9. THE DISCOVERY OF KENTUCKY10. INDIAN CLAIMS IN KENTUCKY11. SCOUWA12. THE GRAVEYARD OF THE MAMMOTHS13. THE DRUID OF KENTUCKY14. A PIONEER NOBLEMAN15. EARLY KENTUCKY CUSTOMS16. BOONE'S ILLUSTRIOUS PEER17. BOONE'S TRACE18. BOONE IN CAPTIVITY19. BOONESBOROUGH'S BRAVE DEFENSE20. THE LOST BABY21. THE FIRST ROMANCE IN KENTUCKY22. A WEDDING IN THE WILDERNESS23. PIONEER CHILDREN24. HOW THE PIONEERS MADE CHANGE25. A WOMAN'S WILL26. WHEN THE WOMEN BROUGHT THE WATER27. THE RESULT OF ONE RASH ACT28. TWO KENTUCKY HEROES29. THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS30. THE FAITHFUL SLAVE AND HIS REWARD31. THE DOUBLE SHOT32. A MAN OF STRATEGY AND SAGACITY33. THE KIND-HEARTED INDIAN34. SAVED BY THE HUG OF A BEAR35. A KENTUCKIAN DEFEATED THE BRITISH36. A FAMOUS MARCH37. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS PARTY38. FORT JEFFERSON39. "THE HARD WINTER"40. WILDCAT McKINNEY41. HOW KENTUCKY WAS FORMED42. KENTUCKY IN THE REVOLUTION43. KENTUCKY'S PIONEER HISTORIAN44. SPANISH CONSPIRACY45. A KENTUCKY INVENTOR46. OTHER KENTUCKY INVENTIONS47. THE MAN WHO KNEW ABOUT BIRDS48. A HERO OF HONOR49. THE "PRIDE OF THE PENNYRILE"[3]50. LUCY JEFFERSON LEWIS51. NATURAL CURIOSITIES IN KENTUCKY52. THE WORLD'S GREATEST NATURAL WONDER53. HOW REELFOOT LAKE WAS FORMED54. KENTUCKY VALOR IN 1812-181555. A TRIUMVIRATE OF ELOQUENCE56. KENTUCKIANS IN TEXAS AND MEXICO57. CLAY, THE GREAT COMMONER58. KENTUCKY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES59. WHY SOME CITIES WERE SO NAMED60. KENTUCKY IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE61. "BESSEMER STEEL" IN KENTUCKY62. KENTUCKY ARTISTS63. KENTUCKY IN THE FIELD OF LETTERS64. KENTUCKIANS IN HISTORY