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Lost in Yonkers, starring Richard Dreyfuss, was filmed in 1992 in Ludlow (pop. 4,409).

first appeared: 4/27/2003

Midway (pop. 1,620) was established in 1833 by the Lexington and Ohio Railroad midway between Frankfort and Lexington.

first appeared: 4/20/2003

Hundreds of dummies from around the world have their say every summer at the Vent Haven International Ventriloquist Convention in Fort Mitchell (pop. 8,089), the nation’s oldest ventriloquist convention, since 1975.

first appeared: 4/13/2003

Covering 2,350 acres, Blanton Forest State Nature Preserve on Pine Mountain in Harlan County protects the state’s largest old-growth forest.

first appeared: 4/6/2003

Salt production, the state’s first industry, began at Bullitt’s Lick near Shepherdsville (pop. 8,334) in the late 1700s. The salt, boiled down from brackish spring water, was shipped by flatboat and canoe throughout Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee territories.

first appeared: 3/30/2003

Completed in 1830 and designed by Gideon Shyrock, the Old State Capitol in Frankfort (pop. 27,741) introduced Greek revival architecture west of the Appalachians.

first appeared: 3/23/2003

Called “the Grand Canyon of the South,” a gorge at Breaks Interstate Park near Elkhorn (pop. 1,060) is five miles long and 1,600 feet deep.

first appeared: 3/16/2003

No. 16 is the only retired uniform at the University of Louisville and was worn by Johnny Unitas, one of football’s best quarterbacks. The 1955 graduate led the Baltimore Colts to NFL championships in 1958 and 1959.

first appeared: 3/9/2003

At 4,145 feet above sea level, Black Mountain near Lynch (pop. 900) is the state’s highest point.

first appeared: 3/2/2003

Open since 1814, Smith Pharmacy in Burkesville (pop. 1,756) is the state’s oldest pharmacy.

first appeared: 2/23/2003

Born in Franklin (pop. 7,996) in 1952, actress Annie Potts has gained fame in several movies, including Pretty in Pink and Ghostbusters, as well as television shows Designing Women and Any Day Now.

first appeared: 2/16/2003

Kentucky’s official musical instrument is the Appalachian dulcimer, a modern adaptation of stringed instruments used by German, French, and Scandinavian immigrants.

first appeared: 2/9/2003

Margaret Ingels of Paris (pop. 9,183) in 1916 became the country’s second woman to earn an engineering degree. She also was the first woman in America to earn a master’s degree in mechanical engineering.

first appeared: 2/2/2003

Sue Grafton, author of the popular “alphabet” mystery books, lives in her hometown of Louisville. Her novels started with “A” is for Alibi and have reached “Q” is for Quarry.

first appeared: 1/26/2003

Murray State University in Murray (pop. 14,950) is home to the National Scouting Museum, dedicated to the history and preservation of scouting.

first appeared: 1/19/2003

Businessman Garrett Augustus Morgan, born in Paris (pop. 9,183) in 1877, invented the nation’s first patented traffic signal in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1920s. It was the basis for modern traffic signals.

first appeared: 1/12/2003

J. Irvine Lyle was born in Fayette County in 1874. In 1908, he and Willis Carrier developed the first air conditioning system, the beginning of the industry.

first appeared: 1/5/2003

The lowest temperature ever recorded in Kentucky was 37 degrees below zero on Jan. 19, 1994, in Shelbyville (pop. 10,085).

first appeared: 12/29/2002

The one-mile-long Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge in Maysville (pop. 8,993), built in 1931, was a model for the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, which opened May 28, 1937.

first appeared: 12/22/2002

People flock to the Louisville Slugger Museum in Louisville to admire the world’s largest bat, weighing 68,000 pounds and standing 120 feet tall. It’s a steel replica of Babe Ruth’s Louisville Slugger.

first appeared: 12/15/2002

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