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A body can take comfort in layin’ herself out on the quiltin’ of patch quilt

“Thar’s one quilt here my grandmother made. Hit’s the Wilderness Road and I’ve got it in my head that she made hit up herself.”

The human-like tracks were found in a sandstone formation known to belong to the Coal Age, about 12 miles southeast of Berea, KY.

KY Heritage Council seeks to preserve the birthplace of Col Charles Young, the 3rd African American to graduate from West Point.

“Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste” brings bookworms into the lives of the folks who save heritage vegetable & fruit seeds.

The Black Gold Festival in Hazard is Kentucky’s second largest festival (the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon/miniMarathon is the largest).