Fort Boonesborough
Interest in Daniel Boone (1734-1820), the famous frontiersman, has continued for over two centuries. Historians, novelists, and poets have continued to expend countless words on the exploits of this man. Artists have portrayed him in dozens of heroic poses. To many Americans, Boone remains the epitome of the free spirit of the wilderness. Therefore it is only natural that sites associated with his life be preserved and visited by those who revere his memory.
In 1934, the bicentennial of Boone’s birth, the Kentucky General Assembly established the Daniel Boone Bicentennial Commission. On May 25, 1934, the U.S. Congress enacted a law that would permit the minting of a Daniel Boone half-dollar to be sold “at par or at premium” by the commission. Noted sculptor Augustus Lukeman of New York prepared the dies for the new coin. Proceeds from the commemorative coins’ sale would be set aside for other Daniel Boone Bicentennial Commission projects.
Congress enacted legislation on June 18, 1934 to acquire four Boone sites; Boonesborough, Boone’s Station, Bryan’s Station, and the Blue Licks Battlefield. A national highway would eventually connect the Boone related properties. They would then become a part of the National Parks Service. The Pioneer National Monument Association was formed to acquire the Boone sites.
The acquisition of all the Boone sites proved impossible and only Blue Licks and Boonesborough became part of the Kentucky Parks System. For a time it seemed that the Boonesborough site might be lost due to the proposed construction of a dam on the Kentucky River at the mouth of Jessamine Creek. By 1961, all plans for a dam had been canceled. The Boonesborough site again came under consideration for a state park.
Between 1956 and 1960, the Pioneer National Monument Association acquired 12 acres at the Boonesborough site from the U.S. Corps of Engineers. On June 14, 1963, the Kentucky Department of Parks accepted the deed to 12 acres and a cash contribution of $125,000. Another 65 acres were obtained surrounding the land where Boonesborough once stood.
The exact location of the old 1775 fort soon became a topic of debate. An account by F.W. Huston of Bourbon County appeared in an 1889 issue of The Lexington Morning Transcript. Huston’s grandfather had recounted some of his memories of Boone and the fort. According to the memoir, the “fort was south of the Kentucky river, and fifty yards from it, running up and down stream, and on a flat a few hundred yards in circumference.”
Another description of the fort came from Samuel Shearer Sr. who saw the site on a number of occasions during the late pioneer period. Shearer at age 93 reported his recollection of Boonesborough to Judge French Tipton, of Madison County. In his very brief description Shearer noted: “Logs 10 to 15 feet high, some of them split; side of the river, cabins inside. Saw sycamore trees; good fresh water and sulphur spring.”
By 1810, Boonesborough had become nothing more than a small obscure village. Within a few years the site had been deserted. During its heyday the fort had been one of the centers of settlement in Kentucky. Judge Richard Henderson’s dream of a fourteenth colony called Transylvania located in the Kentucky wilderness seemed a reality. By the summer of 1775, the fort and settlement of Boonesborough consisted of 26 one-story log cabins and four blockhouses. The cabins and stockades had small portals for guns in case of Indian attack.
One of the larger cabins served as a store for the Transylvania Company supplies. This structure became the first store opened in Kentucky. Henderson occupied one of the blockhouses. In this crude settlement the first representative form of government in Kentucky was formed. On April 23, 1775, Henderson called for an election for members to the “House of Delegates of the Transylvania Colony.” On May 8, 1775 the Henderson settlement officially became Transylvania with Boonesborough as its capital. The new government had representatives from Boonesborough, Harrodsburg, Boiling Spring, and St. Asaph’s. The delegates met to conduct the affairs of the new government under the shade of a huge elm tree where Rev. John Lythe of the Church of England performed the first formal religious service in Kentucky,
Henderson’s dream of a new colony did not survive. His treaty with the Cherokee failed to impress either Virginia or the Shawnee Indians who laid claim to Kentucky. For his efforts at establishing the fourteenth colony, Virginia granted him 200,000 acres in western Kentucky in the area of present day Henderson County. Boonesborough and the other Kentucky settlements remained a part of Virginia until June 1, 1792, when the Commonwealth of Kentucky became the fifteenth state of the Federal Union.
Life at Boonesborough during the early years of its existence offered little in the way of comfort. The cabins had only the bare minimum of comforts. A crude table made of a slab of wood, a bed with a feat
Red River Gorge in 4K | Bushcraft Backpacking, Hiking, and Hammock Camping in Daniel Boone NF
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Red River Gorge Geological Area, in Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky - many of you have recommended this popular rock climbing mecca to us, and we went! Filled with rock shelters hanging over rough trails, incredible views of rocky cliffs, and wonderful flora, this was definitely a fantastic camping trip.
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Martin's Fork Trailhead - Cr-1129, Stanton, KY 40380
Chimney Top Road Trailhead - Fd-1005, PineRidge, KY 41360
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0:00 Teaser
0:08 Theme Song
0:37 After Intro
1:00 Map Sequence
1:18 Hiking In
2:36 Plant ID
4:11 Hiking to the Rock
5:35 Resting and Talking
6:07 Blueberry Bluffs
8:03 Finding some Oddities
9:02 Orange Mushrooms
10:03 Back into the Woods
11:22 Rainy and Rough
14:40 The First Campsite
16:59 Radio bed
18:18 Day Two
19:25 Bryan's Hike In
20:18 A Snakey Lick
21:49 Serene Creek
24:25 Reunited
27:50 Berrito
28:44 Rock Outcrop
30:10 The Second Campsite
30:56 Hammock
31:41 Starting the Fire
34:59 Solo Wood Stove
36:10 Yo, Robby
36:57 Sunset Dance
38:19 Zongzi
39:47 Night
40:15 Day Three
42:23 Hanson's Point
44:13 Moving Out
45:20 The Junction
47:08 Grey's Arch
47:35 Dedicated to the Graf Family
49:40 The Final Hike
51:37 Credits & SHOUT OUT from Mike
51:52 Miguel's
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Indian Old Fields, Kentucky
Interstate 64 - West Virginia to Lexington - Kentucky | Drive America's Highways ????
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We start the video just crossing into Kentucky, heading west on Interstate 64 from West Virginia. Shortly after entering Kentucky, we cross the U.S. Highway 23 interchange, and shortly after that, the first of several interchanges with US Highway 60 as we traverse the Appalachian foothills towards Lexington.
Passing Grayson, we cross another junction with US-60 near Olive Hill before entering the Daniel Boone National Forest. As we exit the National Forest, we cross Kentucky State Highway 32 and two more interchanges with US-60 in Owingsville and Mt Sterling.
The last few minutes of the video are highlighted by yet another interchange with US-60 in Winchester as well as the northern terminus (no exit from west bound I-64) of the Bert T Combs Mountain Parkway, also in Winchester. One final interchange with KY-859 brings us to the end of the video at the junction with Interstate 75, east of Lexington.
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Riding Along Kentucky Route 77
Kentucky 77 runs from US-460 in Frenchburg through Daniel Boone National Forest in Red River Gorge, down to Kentucky Route 11. KY-77 has some of the best sweepers in the area, watch out for gravel driveways and blind curves hidden behind crests in the hills.
RDMVTL 4271 ~ 7/2/2002 ~ MOVING TO WISCONSIN 1 P10 ~ WVA /KY/ INDIANA [K244]
HUNTINGTON , WVA ~8:19 AM (EST) Continuing North on I~64
Past Exit 11 Rt 10 HAL GREER BLVD DOWNTOWN
There is a CSX coal train headed west also at 8:26 AM Shown passing under Spring Valley Road Huntington.
OHIO RIVER
Exit 1 Sign : SOUTH 52
KENOVA & CEREDO 2MI
CROSS RAILROAD & BIG SANDY RIVER & RAILROAD AGAIN
ARRIVE KENTUCKY ~ NO SIGN
EXIT 172 For K~Mart 9:20 AM ~ Me , making fun of whiny country music... Hey Diggity Diggity Everybody ...
On the Road again 9:43 AM (EST)
9:46 AM (EST) ENTERING DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FORREST
& ROWEN COUNTY
US ARMY TRUCK
9:47 AM (EST) MOREHEAD , KENTUCKY TRUCK WEIGH STATION
105.7 WLGC FM RADIO
10:00 AM (EST) Cross Bull Fork Creek / Sign : DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST CAVE RUN LAKE EXIT 133
TOURIST INFO CENTER
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10:03 AM (EST)SIGN : OWINGSVILLE 12
Mt STERLING 24
LEXINGTON 58
10:11 AM (EST) PASS EXIT 123 RT 60 SALT LICK & OWINGSVILLE
10:16 AM (EST)
10:19 AM(EST) MONTGOMERY COUNTY
10:39 AM (EST) RAILROAD BRIDGE @ WINCHESTER , KY
11:01 AM (EST) SIGN : EXIT 87 RT 859 BLUEGRASS STATION 1 MI
11:07 AM (EST) Approaching Split for Exit 81 SOUTH 75 RICHMOND / KNOXVILLE 2 MI &
WEST 64 NORTH 75 LOUISVILLE CINCINNATI
11:09 JCT SEE Painted Water tank that reads ,
WELCOME TO THE HORSE CAPITOL OF THE WORLD
11:11 AM (EST) Pass Exit 113 RT 27 & RT 68 PARIS / LEXINGTON , KY
11:12 AM (EST) EXIT 115
SKYSCRAPER TELEVISION STATION IDENTIFICATION
11:13 AM (EST) SIGN : EXIT WEST 64 FRANKFORT LOUISVILLE & RT 75 NORTH GEORGETOWN CINCINNATI
1 1/2 MI
Sorry for the 1 channel sound in & out...
11:22 AM (EST) Another Ryder Mover pulling a vehicle.
Midway College Exit 65 Sign
11:25 AM( EST) LANDSCAPE
11:29 AM (EST) SIGN : EXIT 58 RT 60 VERSAILLES / FRANKFORT 1 3/4 MI
11:33 AM (EST) CROSS THE KENTUCKY RIVER @ FRANKFORT
KARI
SIGN FOR EXITS 53 B~A RT 127 LAWRENCEBURG / FRANKFORT 1 1/2 MI
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Radio / Cell Phone towers
EXIT 48
MAPPAGE @ SHELBYVILLE
11:57 AM(EST) SIMPSONVILLE WATER TOWER
JEFFERSON COUNTY
SIGN : EXITS 19 B~A 265 & 841 GENE SNYDER FREEWAY 2 MI
107.7 SFR FM
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LOUISVILLE TRUCK
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STAYING 64 W TO LOUISVILLE
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ARRIVE LOUISVILLE
I 71 S
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HEADING WRONG DIRECTION
TURNED AROUND NOW
CROSS OHIO RIVER
INDIANA STATE LINE SIGN
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Kentucky Color Fall Week 3
Kentucky's most popular location for fall season. Stay at Pine Mountain State Resort Park, and plan activities around the Cumberland Gap.
Lexington to Winchester KY backroads - iron 883
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Daniel Boone
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Daniel Boone was an American pioneer, explorer, woodsman, and frontiersman, whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States.Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia, but on the other side of the mountains from the settled areas.As a young adult, Boone supplemented his farm income by hunting and trapping game, and selling their pelts in the fur market.Through this occupational interest, Boone first learned the easy routes to the area.
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Cumberland Mountain Memories
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A Trip Back Home
Short collection of videos taken during my trip back home to Kentucky in the summer of 2010.
Falls of Rough
Paul Moseley thumb picking Shall We Gather at the River? The Falls of Rough River Kentucky was where, almost 200 years ago, the Green Family chose to build their dynasty. Song from the album Kentucky Tales of Old.
Kentucky River Fun
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Cumberland Gap Pinnacle Overlook - Best view of Tristate - TN, KY and Virginia
Address: 91 Bartlett Park Road, Middlesboro, KY 40965
Pinnacle Overlook: Cumberland Gap
By Jeremy Patton
The overlook soars near the tri-state area of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. There is a line painted on a paved path near the Pinnacle that marks the Kentucky/Virginia border, so you can stand in two states simultaneously. When I visited on 10/15/16, it was faded and barely discernable. Pinnacle Road and much of the area near the overlook reside in Bell County, Kentucky.
From the Visitor Center in Middlesboro, just off US-25E, drive approximately four miles up Pinnacle Road (A.K.A. Skyland Road). It is very steep, with an elevation change of about 1400 feet. The road is paved, well-maintained and has many switchbacks, but it is one of the last places I would drive during winter weather.
Pinnacle Road dead-ends at a small parking lot. I have never seen it filled to capacity. If you plan your visit on a cold, winter day, you might enjoy some alone-time.
A stone-work landing with interpretive signs and restrooms greet visitors near the parking lot. It is a short, easy walk to the overlook, where you can view all three states. Additional signs help discern the boundaries.
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Pinnacle Overlook is located in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Lee County, Virginia.
Leaving the visitor center, park visitors can drive the winding, four-mile-long Skyland Road up the mountain to the Pinnacle Overlook (elevation 2,440 feet) for a spectacular view into Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee.
Skyland Road is periodically closed during the winter due to inclement weather.
The road is closed to vehicles 20 feet or longer in length. When park staff is available, shuttles to the Overlook can be arranged; cost is $5.00 per person.
Inquiries can be made at the park visitor center or by calling (606)248-2817.
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Dead Buck Found | Better Hunting for a Kentucky Property (#487) @GrowingDeer.tv
Video from Growingdeer.tv: Ms. Tracy finds a dead buck while shed hunting and Grant shares his observations and age estimate. Then an inside view of assisting a landowner with developing a detailed habitat improvement plan. Tag along and learn some techniques that may help you evaluate and manage a hunting property.
Discussed in this video: aging deer with tooth wear and replacement (aging the jawbone of a buck), cover for white-tailed deer, TSI (timber stand improvement), forestry practices, creating food plots and the best locations to put food plots, deer hunting strategies, water sources for white-tailed deer, food preferences of deer, prescribed fire practices, and more.
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Hiking up to the Natural Bridge
Sorry for the sideways orientation. My mom, aunt, and cousin went camping overnight a couple years ago in eastern Kentucky. The centerpiece of our stay was our climb up to and walk across the Natural Bridge. It's a beautiful hike except for the flies.
The Ark Encounter - Kentucky
The Ark Encounter - Kentucky
The Ark Encounter was opened on July 7, 2016 and it's the full replica based on a Biblical scale. It's 510 feet long, 85 feet wide and 51 feet high. It's operated by Answers in Genesis, a group that also runs the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. This is a theme park, zoo, restaurant and museum. It's located in Grant County Kentucky and is open year-round. There were well over one million visitors during it's first year of operation from July 2016 - July 2017. There are models of Dinosaurs, massive timbers in the center and multiple decks with attractions.
Autumn in Kentucky
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