State Information
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Kentucky
"the fifteenth state" quarter struck by
the mint on
October 1, 2001 |
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| The quarter's stateside face depicts a race horse in
front of a picture of Federal Hill, Stephen Fosters' cousins' plantation which was his
inspiration for the ballad "My Old Kentucky Home." Kentucky is the home of great
thoroughbred horses and the famous Kentucky Derby which has been run since 1875 on the
first weekend in May. |
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Admitted
to Union: |
June 1, 1792 |
Bits of History
Update:
There are at least fourteen places in the United States that you can fish
in two states at once, but there is only one place where you can fish in three states at
once. What lake are you in and in what three states are you fishing?
Federal Hill Plantation. |
| Order
Admitted: |
15 |
| Capital:
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Frankfort |
| Largest
City: |
Louisville |
| Nickname: |
Bluegrass State |
| State
Bird: |
Kentucky Cardinal |
| State
Flower: |
Goldenrod |
| State
Tree: |
Tulip Poplar |
| State
Motto: |
"United We Stand,
Divided We Fall" |
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State Name Origin:
Originally the term for the Kentucky plains in Clark County. Kentucky is believed
to derive from
the Indian word meaning "dark and bloody ground", "meadowland", or
"land of tomorrow".
Fun State Facts:
Kentucky has a population of 3,896,900, 24th in the nation. Its land area is 39,732 square
miles,
36th in the nation. The highest point is on Black Mountain at 4,139 feet above sea level.
At Fort
Knox more than $6,000,000,000 worth of gold is stored in mint bars, over 350,000 gold bars
about the size of a brick. Man o' War, a great Kentucky race horse, lost only one race. He
was
upset by a horse named "Upset". Kentucky was home to a number of famous
Americans, among
them, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis (President of the Confederate States of America),
Daniel
Boone, Colonel Sanders (the creator of Kentucky Fried Chicken), and Randolph
"Randel" McCoy
of the Hatfield-McCoy feud in 1863.
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