Kentucky was a popular hunting ground for the Shawnee and Cherokee Indian nations prior to being settled by white settlers.
In 1774 Harrodstown (now Harrodsburg) was established as the first permanent settlement in the Kentucky region.
Fleming County is recognized as the Covered Bridge Capital of Kentucky.
Shelby County is recognized as the Saddlebred Capital of Kentucky.
The town of Murray is home to the Boy Scouts of America Scouting Museum.
The Kentucky Derby is the oldest continuously held horse race in the country.
More than 100 native Kentuckians have been elected governors of other states.
The great Man o’ War won all of his horse races except one which he lost to a horse named Upset.
Pikeville annually leads the nation in per capita consumption of Pepsi-Cola.
The public saw an electric light for the first time in Louisville.
In the War of 1812 more than half of all Americans killed in action were Kentuckians.
Middlesboro is the only city in the United States built within a meteor crater.
More than $6 billion worth of gold is held in the underground vaults of Fort Knox.