Stories of Old KentuckyFront matterReading editionChapter navigation64 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterOLD KENTUCKYMARTHA GRASSHAM PURCELLPREFACEA LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT KENTUCKYWHEN THE OCEAN COVERED KENTUCKYTHE ABORIGINES OF KENTUCKYSOME PREHISTORIC REMAINSTHE DISCOVERY OF KENTUCKYINDIAN CLAIMS IN KENTUCKYSCOUWATHE GRAVEYARD OF THE MAMMOTHSTHE DRUID OF KENTUCKYA PIONEER NOBLEMANEARLY KENTUCKY CUSTOMSBOONE'S ILLUSTRIOUS PEERBOONE'S TRACEBOONE IN CAPTIVITYBOONESBOROUGH'S BRAVE DEFENSETHE LOST BABYTHE FIRST ROMANCE IN KENTUCKYA WEDDING IN THE WILDERNESSPIONEER CHILDRENHOW THE PIONEERS MADE CHANGEA WOMAN'S WILLWHEN THE WOMEN BROUGHT THE WATERTHE RESULT OF ONE RASH ACTTWO KENTUCKY HEROESTHE BATTLE OF THE BOARDSTHE FAITHFUL SLAVE AND HIS REWARDTHE DOUBLE SHOTA MAN OF STRATEGY AND SAGACITYTHE KIND-HEARTED INDIANSAVED BY THE HUG OF A BEARA KENTUCKIAN DEFEATED THE BRITISHA FAMOUS MARCHTHE FIRST CHRISTMAS PARTYFORT JEFFERSON"THE HARD WINTER"WILDCAT McKINNEYHOW KENTUCKY WAS FORMEDKENTUCKY IN THE REVOLUTIONKENTUCKY'S PIONEER HISTORIANSPANISH CONSPIRACYA KENTUCKY INVENTOROTHER KENTUCKY INVENTIONSTHE MAN WHO KNEW ABOUT BIRDSA HERO OF HONORTHE "PRIDE OF THE PENNYRILE"[3]LUCY JEFFERSON LEWISNATURAL CURIOSITIES IN KENTUCKYTHE WORLD'S GREATEST NATURAL WONDERHOW REELFOOT LAKE WAS FORMEDKENTUCKY VALOR IN 1812-1815A TRIUMVIRATE OF ELOQUENCEKENTUCKIANS IN TEXAS AND MEXICOCLAY, THE GREAT COMMONERKENTUCKY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATESWHY SOME CITIES WERE SO NAMEDKENTUCKY IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE"BESSEMER STEEL" IN KENTUCKYKENTUCKY ARTISTSKENTUCKY IN THE FIELD OF LETTERSKENTUCKIANS IN HISTORYBeginning of this editionNext chapter →OLD KENTUCKYAll chapters and sections (64)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsOLD KENTUCKYMARTHA GRASSHAM PURCELLPREFACEA LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT KENTUCKYWHEN THE OCEAN COVERED KENTUCKYTHE ABORIGINES OF KENTUCKYSOME PREHISTORIC REMAINSTHE DISCOVERY OF KENTUCKYINDIAN CLAIMS IN KENTUCKYSCOUWATHE GRAVEYARD OF THE MAMMOTHSTHE DRUID OF KENTUCKYA PIONEER NOBLEMANEARLY KENTUCKY CUSTOMSBOONE'S ILLUSTRIOUS PEERBOONE'S TRACEBOONE IN CAPTIVITYBOONESBOROUGH'S BRAVE DEFENSETHE LOST BABYTHE FIRST ROMANCE IN KENTUCKYA WEDDING IN THE WILDERNESSPIONEER CHILDRENHOW THE PIONEERS MADE CHANGEA WOMAN'S WILLWHEN THE WOMEN BROUGHT THE WATERTHE RESULT OF ONE RASH ACTTWO KENTUCKY HEROESTHE BATTLE OF THE BOARDSTHE FAITHFUL SLAVE AND HIS REWARDTHE DOUBLE SHOTA MAN OF STRATEGY AND SAGACITYTHE KIND-HEARTED INDIANSAVED BY THE HUG OF A BEARA KENTUCKIAN DEFEATED THE BRITISHA FAMOUS MARCHTHE FIRST CHRISTMAS PARTYFORT JEFFERSON"THE HARD WINTER"WILDCAT McKINNEYHOW KENTUCKY WAS FORMEDKENTUCKY IN THE REVOLUTIONKENTUCKY'S PIONEER HISTORIANSPANISH CONSPIRACYA KENTUCKY INVENTOROTHER KENTUCKY INVENTIONSTHE MAN WHO KNEW ABOUT BIRDSA HERO OF HONORTHE "PRIDE OF THE PENNYRILE"[3]LUCY JEFFERSON LEWISNATURAL CURIOSITIES IN KENTUCKYTHE WORLD'S GREATEST NATURAL WONDERHOW REELFOOT LAKE WAS FORMEDKENTUCKY VALOR IN 1812-1815A TRIUMVIRATE OF ELOQUENCEKENTUCKIANS IN TEXAS AND MEXICOCLAY, THE GREAT COMMONERKENTUCKY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATESWHY SOME CITIES WERE SO NAMEDKENTUCKY IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE"BESSEMER STEEL" IN KENTUCKYKENTUCKY ARTISTSKENTUCKY IN THE FIELD OF LETTERSKENTUCKIANS IN HISTORYTO MY CHILDRENEWART, LA VERNE, AND LOISWHO HAVE EVER BEEN MYINSPIRING AUDIENCEKENTUCKY FROM ITS SETTLEMENT TO THE CIVIL WAR◇KENTUCKY FROM ITS SETTLEMENTOLD KENTUCKY →
