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New 2023 Official Kentucky Visitor’s Guide Now Available

Travel guide features must see attractions, debuts video series FRANKFORT, Ky. (Jan. 10, 2023) – The Kentucky Department of Tourism released the 2023 Official Kentucky Visitor’s Guide, Team Kentucky’s official visitor’s guide for travel in the commonwealth. The 2023 Official Kentucky Visitor’s Guide serves as the state’s primary tourism advertising and promotional piece with nearly 350,000 copies distributed worldwide. Beauty

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2023 Festival & Event Guide

“Food and drink! Music and artworks! Seasonal celebrations galore! Pick your favorite festival theme and start planning.” Blue Ridge Country I was spending some time on Facebook today and saw a post about NC Mineral and Gem Festival. The post had a copy of the cover of the Blue Ridge Country Magazine 2023 Festival & Event Guide. For over a

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THE ELK

Recorded in the mountains of Kentucky. This Bull Elk was a brute! He wasn’t afraid and watched us as much as we watched him. He was the king there. 🙂 The Rocky Mountain Elk that roam the hardwood forests of eastern Kentucky were established by a six-year restoration program. Eastern elk were native to Kentucky but were eradicated by the

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Black Mountain Story Part 1

Black Mountain was produced by Appalshop’s Community Media Initiative in 1998 in response to a group of Harlan Co. Kentucky residents who were organizing against a mountaintop removal permit for the tallest mountain in the state. The video was screened across the state in homes, churches, and college campuses. Produced by Greg Howard, Tom Hansell, and Nick Szuberla. For more

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Mountain woman by her home up Stinking Creek, Pine Mountain, Kentucky

About this ItemTitleMountain woman by her home up Stinking Creek, Pine Mountain, KentuckyContributor NamesWolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographerCreated / Published1940 Aug.Subject Headings United States–Kentucky–Knox County–Stinking CreekHeadingsNitrate negatives.GenreNitrate negativesNotes Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi Temp. note:

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17500 Kentucky Acres for Sale!!

This is 17500 Acres for sale in the Beautiful Mountains of Kentucky! The infrastructure of Electric and 40 Ft. wide gravel roads are already on the property and in great condition! The property currently has over 60 million board feet of marketable timber ready for harvest and produces approx. 0000 per year from coal easement rights payable to the owner.

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