Difference between revisions of "Kentucky"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_135691" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_135691" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) One of the | <p> (n.) One of the United States. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75591" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75591" /> == | ||
<p> An American | <p> An American State in the S. of the [[Ohio]] basin, with the Virginias on its E. and [[Tennessee]] on its S. border and the [[Mississippi]] River on the W.; is watered by the Licking and [[Kentucky]] Rivers that cross the State from the [[Cumberland]] Mountains in the SE. to the Ohio, and the Tennessee River traverses the western corner; the climate is mild and healthy; much of the soil is extremely fertile, giving hemp and the largest tobacco crops in the Union; there are dense forests of virgin ash, walnut, and oak over two-thirds of the State, and on its pasturage the finest stock and horses are bred; coal is found in both the E. and the W., and iron is plentiful; the chief industries are whisky distilling, iron smelting and working; admitted to the Union in 1792, Kentucky was a slave-holding State, but did not secede in the Civil War; the capital is Frankfort, the largest city Louisville; the State University is at Lexington. </p> | ||
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Revision as of 13:54, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) One of the United States.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
An American State in the S. of the Ohio basin, with the Virginias on its E. and Tennessee on its S. border and the Mississippi River on the W.; is watered by the Licking and Kentucky Rivers that cross the State from the Cumberland Mountains in the SE. to the Ohio, and the Tennessee River traverses the western corner; the climate is mild and healthy; much of the soil is extremely fertile, giving hemp and the largest tobacco crops in the Union; there are dense forests of virgin ash, walnut, and oak over two-thirds of the State, and on its pasturage the finest stock and horses are bred; coal is found in both the E. and the W., and iron is plentiful; the chief industries are whisky distilling, iron smelting and working; admitted to the Union in 1792, Kentucky was a slave-holding State, but did not secede in the Civil War; the capital is Frankfort, the largest city Louisville; the State University is at Lexington.
