Kentucky Trivia & Tidbits - Page 10

Looking for Kentucky trivia? Try our list Kentucky little know facts, tidbits and trivia.

In 1857, Beard’s Station was named for Joseph Beard, who donated the land. The name was shortened to Beard, which led to Whiskers. In 1909, townspeople decided they didn’t like the undignified Whiskers and chose Crestwood (pop. 1,999).

first appeared: 9/14/2003

Founded in 1858, American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville is the world’s oldest and largest company producing Braille publications and other products for the visually impaired.

first appeared: 9/7/2003

Novelist Janice Holt Giles, who moved to Adair County (pop. 17,244) in the 1940s, wrote about Appalachian life and culture and set many novels in the Green River area.

first appeared: 8/31/2003

In 1939, J.L. Turner and son Cal founded a wholesale dry-goods business in Scottsville (pop. 4,327), then opened their first “no item above $1” Dollar General store in 1955 in Springfield (pop. 2,634).

first appeared: 8/24/2003

In 1804, Baptists built the log Old Mulkey Meeting House in Tompkinsville (pop. 2,660) with 12 corners and three doors to represent the 12 apostles or tribes of Israel and the Trinity.

first appeared: 8/17/2003

In 1922, David Carroll Churchill established Churchill Weavers in Berea (pop. 9,851) and used hand-operated looms that he designed while serving as a missionary in India. The business is famous for its hand-woven blankets and couch throws.

first appeared: 8/10/2003

A Union victory at Prestonsburg (pop. 3,612) on Jan.10, 1862, helped launch Col. James Garfield into the presidency.

first appeared: 8/3/2003

About 20,000 stitchers belong to the Embroiderers’ Guild of America, founded in 1958 in Louisville to encourage embroidery arts and preserve the needlework heritage.

first appeared: 7/27/2003

Landon Shuffett of Greensburg (pop. 1,844) is one of the best little billiards players in America and displayed his trick shots at age 7 last year on the Late Show with David Letterman.

first appeared: 7/20/2003

John James Audubon State Park in Henderson (pop. 27,373) commemorates the wildlife artist who lived in Henderson in the early 1800s. His classic book, The Birds of America, contains 435 prints of birds.

first appeared: 7/13/2003

Franklin Sousley of Hilltop is immortalized in the famous World War II photograph of Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima. A monument in Flemingsburg (pop. 3,010) honors him.

first appeared: 7/6/2003

The father of abdominal surgery, Ephraim McDowell successfully removed an ovarian tumor from a patient in 1809 in Danville (pop. 15,477).

first appeared: 6/29/2003

Harry Frankel, a minstrel performer and vaudevillian who spent his childhood in Danville (pop. 15,477), became one of the highest paid radio performers in the 1930s as “Singin’ Sam, the Barbasol Man,” promoting the brushless shaving cream.

first appeared: 6/22/2003

Meeting on the gridiron since 1914, the state’s oldest football rivals are the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green (pop. 49,296) and the Colonels of Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond (pop. 27,152).

first appeared: 6/15/2003

Stamping Ground (pop. 566) was named in 1834 for the bison herds that trampled there.

first appeared: 6/8/2003

One of the world’s largest stained-glass windows, measuring 67 feet high and 24 feet wide, dazzles at the 1895 Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in Covington (pop. 43,370). The cathedral’s 82 stained glass windows were crafted in Germany.

first appeared: 6/1/2003

Built in 1835 over Lees Creek, Dover Bridge at Dover (pop. 316) is one of the state’s oldest covered bridges.

first appeared: 5/25/2003

Nostalgia strikes at Someplace Else, a two-lane bowling alley in Augusta (pop. 1,204) where human pinsetters are still used.

first appeared: 5/18/2003

The National Scouting Museum, located at Murray State University in Murray (pop. 14,950) from 1986 to 2002, reopened adjacent to the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas, last year. Thanks to our readers for keeping us accurate.

first appeared: 5/11/2003

Bybee Pottery in Madison County is the oldest working pottery west of the Alleghenies, believed to have started in 1809.

first appeared: 5/4/2003

jump to page: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18

newspaper partner login create account

Recent

Popular

Recipes

Below are the most recent American Profile articles:

Below are the most recent, highest rated American Profile articles:

Below are the most recent, highest rated American Profile recipes:

Relish

Spry

Below are the most recent articles from our Relish sister site. Click on the "Spry" tab above to see the most recent articles from our other sister site.

Below are the most recent articles from our Spry sister site. Click on the "Relish" tab above to see the most recent articles from our other sister site.