America turns 250.
Let's go find the candles.
Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com, the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story.
We've wandered through big cities, tiny towns, muddy trails, and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5,000 historic gems along the way.
The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive, sometimes weird, and always waiting to be rediscovered.
Whether you're traveling by road, by printed page, or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week, we invite you to explore 100 Kentucky landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Bluegrass State.
Log cabins...Kentucky Cave Wars... "11 herbs and spices"... iron hors-
es... kissing bridges... bourbon... iron smelting furnaces... fire tow-
ers... the CCC... bluegrass music... landmark bridges... black tobacco
barns... the golden age of motoring... Louisville Sluggers... "the Great
Compromiser"... "the Castle on the Cumberland"... basketball... Grant
and Thomas, Zollicoffer and Bragg... Chautauqua... Hot browns...
Rosenwald schools... soft coal... Frank Lloyd Wright... Shakers...
Meskers... land-grant schools... thoroughbreds... fishing reels... This
book will have you telling stories like a native in no time.
The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn
the explanations behind the quirks, the traditions and the secrets that
make Kentucky uniquely Kentucky. How did Kentucky become the
home of "America's Sport Car"? Solved. What historic government
building did "Old Stone Hammer" help build and then move into three
decades later? A mystery no more. What is the nation's only interstate
highway rest stop in an historic home? Identified. Where was the first
victory for the Union Army in the Civil War? Revealed. Did Stephen
Foster ever visit "My Old Kentucky Home? No one knows.
It is a story only Kentucky can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public, or at least visible from public spaces. So, fire up the GPS and see the story of the Bluegrass State standing in plain sight on Kentucky streets!
