Kentucky

and settlement of what is now Kentucky, but at the time was part of Virginia. As a young adult Daniel Boone made up for hi farm income by hunting and trapping animals for their pelts, which he would then sell in the fur market. Through occupational interest, Daniel Boone first discovered easy routes through the area. In 1775, Boone blazed his Wilderness Road that led through the Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian Mountains from North Carolina and Tennessee to Kentucky despite some resistance from…

millions of years ago, anthracite coal as well as bituminous coal were deposited within the Appalachian Mountains. All over the United States, in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia coal deposits are found (“Appalachian Mountains,” 2015). Today, 1.8 billion pounds of high explosives were used in just West Virginia and Kentucky alone. These explosives may shake and crack house foundations, startle wildlife, or spray a large area with rock and other debris. The blasting and flooding…

Kentucky residents of Jefferson, Oldham, Bullitt, Trimble, Meade, Shelby, and Spencer counties qualify for in-state resident tuition. Other counties are considered out-of-state tuition. As of Summer 2016, IUS switched to a flat fee tuition rate. This enables…

This book is centered around Dawn Jewel, a 15-year-old girl growing up in Eastern Kentucky. It illustrates the many challenges a young lady growing up in the region would but seems to extremely over exaggerate the issues to the most extreme. The novel is set in a poor community that details bad living conditions and a failing schools system…

The Appalachian English (AE) dialect has changed over time. AE developed in the 1700s when Scottish-Irish immigrants settled in the cheap, mountainous territory that makes up the Appalachian Mountains. Isolated from the outside world for centuries, the Appalachian people spoke a distinct dialect that became known as AE. Unique features characterize the speech in Appalachia; the use of these features is fading as the area becomes less isolated. Migration and advances in technology have played…

proposal is an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Regional Sharing Jeffersontown is a suburb of the city of Louisville Metro and has a memorandum of understanding to share resources with surrounding agencies in the region, including: the Kentucky State Police, Louisville Metro Police, St. Matthews Police, Shively Police, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and Anchorage Police Departments. There have been numerous incidents requiring mutual aid and most recently on January 8th, 2016…

nicotine use by kids a public health priority On american tobacco farms based on years research and interviews with 141 child tobacco workers ages seven to twenty seven in the country's four largest tobacco producing states include North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Nearly three quarters of children interviews reporting being sick,having a cold, or worse. Most of children we spoke to labored for fifty to sixty hours a week burning heat often without shade or water. They plant…

Brady Price Mrs. Gillum English 11A 16 May 2018 Appalachian Mountain Appalachian refers to a largely rural people who reside in the southern Appalachian region covering about 110,000 square miles in the states of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Appalachian are spread through the Appalachian Mountains in nine states. This area consists of three physiographic regions. The Blue Ridge Mountains, with the highest peaks in…

292,627 were slaves. Due to Virginia’s heavy influence on Kentucky that was prompted by a majority of first settlers having Virginian roots, many expected Kentucky to follow suit in establishing harsh slave laws. However, Kentucky was open to influence from both its Virginian roots and expansionist Northerners attempt to establish a free state, causing many to wonder how the state would…

production facility Suntory Mexicana in Mexico City. They concluded that the business could save 2MM USD in fixed costs by closing the Suntory Mexicana production facility. All Midori production that was based in Mexico City would transition to Frankfort Kentucky. The executive leadership team at Beam Suntory approved the proposal and the transition was declared successful. Midori production started at Frankfort in July and the Suntory Mexicana facility closed in September of 2015. Yes, 2MM…