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Known for its rolling hills, scenic Thoroughbred farms, and renowned state parks, Kentucky offers enjoyment for those seeking stunning landscapes, natural wonders, small town charms, and bourbon country adventures. Follow photographers Lee Mandrell and DeeDee Niederhouse-Mandrell on a visual journey across the Bluegrass state, as they travel from Cumberland Falls State Resort Park to Mammoth Cave and National Bridge National Parks, showcasing the exquisite scenery and natural heritage along the way.

Featuring more than 130 breathtaking photos, Kentucky Across the Land inspires travelers to take their own journeys to explore the history at the Lincoln Homestead State Resort Park, the untouched natural beauty of Red River Gorge and Land Between the Lakes, or the picturesque cascades along Flat Lick Creek at Flat Lick Falls.

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Publié par	Indiana University Press
Date de parution	01 septembre 2019
Nombre de lectures	4
EAN13	9780253042798
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	10 Mo

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KENTUCKY
ACROSS THE LAND
KENTUCKY
ACROSS THE LAND
Lee Mandrell and DeeDee Niederhouse-Mandrell
introduction by Wes Berry
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
This book is a publication of
Indiana University Press
Office of Scholarly Publishing
Herman B Wells Library 350
1320 East 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA
iupress.indiana.edu
2019 by DeeDee Niederhouse-Mandrell
All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Manufactured in China
Cataloging information is available from the Library of Congress
ISBN 978-0-253-04278-1 (hardback)
ISBN 978-0-253-04281-1 (web PDF)
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Gallery
PHOTOGRAPHY TALK
FOREWORD
Cross the Ohio River at Louisville and head south a bit, and pretty soon you see that the glaciers that scoured much of the Midwest stopped shy of this green, rolling, undulating land called Kentucky. Actually, heading south from those glacial leftovers named the Great Lakes, the flattened midwestern cornfields turn to hills and trees south of Indianapolis, and then across the Ohio River, itself formed by glaciation, the highway cuts get more dramatic-rock faces rise up from Interstate 65 as the 18-wheelers chug up the knobs near Clermont, the first of many long ascents and declines as you move towards Elizabethtown. Head east from E-town, and the Bluegrass Parkway toward Lexington passes through long sloping hills and forested farmlands. Southeast of Lexington the hills give way to the piedmont of the Appalachian Mountains. Take a right at Elizabethtown, and the predictable hills eventually flatten out in the western part of the state-but there are still scattered smaller humps on the landscape leading up to the big bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River at Columbus. It s rare to see a big piece of flatness in Kentucky.
We have diverse forests, especially in the eastern mountains where northern species like Virginia pine converge with tropical species like bigleaf magnolia. Many oak and hickory varieties appear statewide and also walnut, beech, and yellow poplar. In the western region, there are sweetgum and cypress.
When I lived in the upper Midwest awhile and dreamed of Kentucky, images of my native Barren County flooded my head: the green hills of pasturelands dotted with cattle, the tobacco fields bordered by stands of hardwoods, and streams leading into creeks that lead into rivers that are frequently dammed. My home river, called Barren River (which Thomas Jefferson names in his Notes of the State of Virginia published back in the 1780s), was impounded in 1964 to make Barren River Lake. My maternal granddaddy, a dozer driver, helped build the earthen dam that stopped up that river.
The whole state is rich in water. I spent my youth seeking crawdads and salamanders in the streams around our rural home; wading Peters and Skaggs Creeks fishing for bass and stocked rainbow trout; canoeing Skaggs from Ritter s Mill right below where Nobob Creek runs into it and paddling miles to the still waters of Barren River reservoir; camping out on Barren River with the same granddaddy who built the dam and hunting frogs all night by johnboat, the air loud with the jug-of-rum croaking of big bullfrogs. This state, according to David and Lalie Dick s Rivers of Kentucky , has more miles of navigable waterways-more than 1,500 miles-than any state of the United States except Alaska, which includes more than 13,000 miles of streams, more than 50 man-made reservoirs, and 1,500 miles of water surface. We got surface streams and underground streams and occasionally streams of whiskey when a bourbon warehouse collapses.
Daniel Boone reputedly said, Heaven must be a Kentucky kind of place, and no wonder, since Boone was viewing a land of abundant forests and waters and wildlife. It s still beautiful, even after all the river damming and mountain removing and stream filling and highway building. Kentucky remains a largely rural state, with only four cities exceeding fifty thousand people. It s an agrarian landscape with some temples of sublimity, like the water-sculpted natural arches of the Red River Gorge and the thundering white veil of Cumberland Falls and the world s longest cave system, Mammoth Cave of the Green River valley.
Hike the trails.

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