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Louisville, Kentucky
1778-

Louisville is the county seat of Jefferson County. It lies northwest of Lexington along Interstate 64, on the banks of the Ohio River. Fort Knox is 30 miles south.

George Rogers Clark, explorer of the Northwest Territory, led settlers to the Louisville region in 1778, and a settlement was established at the mouth of Beargrass Creek. The town was incorporated in 1828 and named for King Louis XVI of France in gratitude of French help during the American War for Independence. Louisville was a Union Army supply depot during the Civil War.

Greater Louisville is a diverse community with strong ties to its history as a major river port. One of the world's most famous horse races, the Kentucky Derby, is held there each May at Churchill Downs. The city is home to, among other educational institutions, the University of Louisville, the oldest coeducational municipal university in the United States, and the Kentucky School for the Blind.

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The Avalon Project : Address of the Honorable S. F. Austin, Delivered at Louisville, Kentucky, March 7, 1836
... that I appear before this enlightened audience, to thank the citizens of Louisville, as I do in the name of the people of Texas, for the kind and generous sympathy they have manifested in favor of the cause of that struggling country; and to ...
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/texind01.htm

Kentucky
Louisville Science Center, Louisville, Kentucky. National Geologic Map Database, presented by the United States Geologic Survey. TerraServer-USA, sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey and MSN Virtual Earth. Topographic Maps and Louisville, Kentucky. National Geologic Map Database, presented by the United States Geologic Survey. TerraServer-USA, sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey and MSN Virtual Earth. Topographic Maps and Atlases TopoZone ...
http://www.cagenweb.com/quarries/states/kentucky.html

Kentucky
America's most prestigious horse race, the Kentucky Derby, is held in Louisville annually. The state flower is the goldenrod, the cardinal is the state bird and Frankfort is the capital. Giddyup! Thumb Pickers Hall of Fame Choose another State ...
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/ky

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