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The history of slavery in Kentucky dates from the earliest permanent European settlements in the state, until the end of the Civil War. In 1830, enslaved African Americans represented 24 percent of Kentucky's population, a share that had declined to 19.5 percent by 1860, on the eve of the Civil War.
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UTC-4 (EDT) Wises Landing (also known as Wise's Landing and Wise Landing) is a hamlet located in Trimble County, Kentucky, United States. It is at the mouth of Barebone Creek, two miles from Corn Creek creek, at the headwaters of which is Corn Creek Church. In the 19th century it was a thriving port town for traffic inland into Trimble via the ...
Milton lizard. In Kentucky folklore, the Milton Lizard is a creature described as resembling a 15- foot monitor lizard that purportedly sighted in Canip Creek, near the town of Milton, in Trimble County, Kentucky, in the summer of 1975. The creature was first seen in July by Clarence "Toughy" Cable, co-manager of the Blue Grass Body Shop, a ...
: 11 After the Civil War, economic growth was handicapped: the rise of rail transportation led to a decline in river traffic, and combined with the absence of a railroad in Trimble County, this led to economic weakness, including the closure of a Milton distillery that was the county's only industry.: 12
The Road to the 2023 Sweet Sixteen is underway. Postseason tournaments in 64 girls’ high school basketball districts are playing out all across Kentucky this week. The champion and runner-up in ...
FIPS code. 21-04816. GNIS feature ID. 0486653. Bedford is a home rule-class city in Trimble County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 574 at the 2020 Census. It is the second largest city and county seat of Trimble County. [2] It is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 42 and 421 .