Growing Up In Kentucky's Influence On My Life

“Oh, the sun shines bright on my old Kentucky home.” This song among many expressed the greatness of the place I call home. Growing up in Kentucky I have witnessed its beauties every day of my life. From its snowy witness to its hot summers. Its beauties never cease to amaze me. Every day I find new ways growing up here influences my life. Whether it be what I wear or how I act. Kentucky is a place where its people are proud and strong morals. I’m not the only person from this place that I believe it has influenced; I see it with family and friends. Furthermore, I also see influences of Kentucky in famous people such Loretta Lynn and Tom T. Hall. You can tell where their roots lie through their songs they sing and how they sing it. They are …show more content…
If you look beyond that you see an open opportunity to explore. Exploration for me is learning as you travel. You see how things work or how things live. Mountain Men like Kit were the best at it. They were so good at it that they would get to guide other explorers like John Freedmont. Kit guided John through the great basin, Oregon, and California. If it wasn’t for Kit the United States wouldn’t be the size it is today. John even described Kit as having supernatural powers. Most would think of a mountain man as being nasty and illiterate, but kit was intelligent. He could speak many different languages such as French and Spanish. He could speak a lot of American Indian languages as well. The people didn’t believe that these Mountain Men could know the wildness and how to live in it like the back of their hand. I still find it hard to believe myself, but then I can see some of my family that has grown up in Kentucky how they live. They hunt their only food, burn the wood they cut to keep warm and are always exploring. They’ve learned how to live this way because they lived in Kentucky. Like my family it seems safe to say that Kit’s way of life was influenced from living in