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| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 09:56:03 AM
One of our local papers (actually from the big city of Lexington, KY) does a series called "Project Dateline". It features photographs and stories of the townfolk of Kentucky's unique small towns. I've actually been through several of them. The stories and photos are refreshing. I know one of the photographers and he usually lets me know of some great photo opportunities. You don't know beautiful until you've seen our beautiful countryside here in Kentucky.
Thankfully, the project has put up a blog with the photos and stories. here is the link:
http://www.projectdateline.com/
To view the next photo, just click on the photo. to see the new town, click on "next page" at the very bottom.
Be sure to bookmark the website - it's a keeper!!
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... |
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| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 03 2008 : 9:37:02 PM
T oni are you from KY? If so where Miss WILMA
I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine
http://misswilma.blogspot.com/ |
| JessieMae |
Posted - Jan 03 2008 : 5:42:33 PM
My grandparents grew up in Braggadocio, Missouri, which isn't funny but is fun to say, and is also near Weiner, Arkansas. When I lived in Pennsylvania I lived near a town named Yellow Breeches. Someone told me it was named after a nearby creek, also called Yellow Breeches. |
| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 3:33:27 PM
Jessie these little towns are wonderful up in the mountains every thing was a crick
I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine
http://misswilma.blogspot.com/ |
| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 1:52:28 PM
Someone just emailed me and told me they were having trouble finding the links to the towns....Here are the links for each town for ya'll. :) Wilma - I just remembered that Black Gnat was in there too. We also have all those "licks" - Salt Lick, Paint Lick, etc.
Jonni - I think I may just have to do another driving tour this winter of the covered bridges. I've been itching to get out and get some winter photographs.
Ebenezer
http://www.projectdateline.com/2007/12/24/ebenezer/
Hot Spot
http://www.projectdateline.com/2007/08/10/hot-spot-the-joint-was-jumping/
Stop & Wait (2 towns)
http://www.projectdateline.com/2007/08/06/stop-you-may-want-to-stay/
Pink
http://www.projectdateline.com/2007/07/14/pink-color-it-peaceful/
Nobob
http://www.projectdateline.com/2007/07/13/nobob-just-say-nobob/
Jugornot
http://www.projectdateline.com/2007/07/02/jugornot-a-jug-in-kentucky/
Bug
http://www.projectdateline.com/2007/06/18/bug-home-to-roost/
Sprout
http://www.projectdateline.com/2007/06/04/sprout-deep-roots-from-tiny-sprout-grow/
Bachelor's Rest
http://www.projectdateline.com/2007/02/14/bachelors-rest/
Helechewa
http://www.projectdateline.com/2007/01/24/helechawa-been-there-and-back/
Golden Ash
http://www.projectdateline.com/2007/01/06/golden-ash-if-you-blink-youll-miss-it/
Needmore
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/12/26/needmore-theres-no-need-for-more/
Typo
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/12/18/typo-its-no-mistake/
Turkey...and...Dressen (two towns)
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/11/23/turkey-thanksgiving-is-right-at-home-here/
Kodak
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/11/06/kodak-say-leaves/
Mummie
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/10/30/mummie-some-just-call-it-home/
Knot Hole
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/10/02/knot-hole-mind-the-store/
Ordinary
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/09/14/ordinary-almost-everything-is-out-of-ordinary/
Peasticks
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/08/24/peasticks-no-change-in-sight/
Eighty Eight
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/08/17/eighty-eight-its-number-came-up/
Pleasureville
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/08/10/pleasureville-pleasures-aplenty/
Barefoot
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/08/03/barefoot/
Take a trip to the - Moon - yep!
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/07/26/moon/
Rightangle
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/07/13/right-angle/
Black Gnat
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/07/06/black-gnat-no-time-to-waste/
Picnic
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/07/04/picnic-a-little-bit-lost/
Paint Lick
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/06/29/paint-lick-dont-count-it-out/
Chicken Bristle
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/06/15/chicken-bristle-six-houses-and-a-state-of-mind/
Hells Halfacre
http://www.projectdateline.com/2006/06/07/hells-halfacre-no-hot-times-here/
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 1:47:48 PM
And, my personal favorite, Rabbit Hash! You know I couldn't go without naming that one. We also have a plethera of "Stringtowns" up this way. Interesting...
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
| lovelady |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 1:18:44 PM
Don't forget Bear Wallow, I think it is in Hart Co. I was also going to suggest Marrow Bone, but Miss Wilma beat me to it! |
| miss wilma |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 12:41:55 PM
Hey Jessie dont forget Bug Tussel, Black Knat,and chicken brissol, marrow bone now what kinda creature did that come from ? mud lick aunt wilma
I am a farm girl married to a sewing machine
http://misswilma.blogspot.com/ |
| Amie C. |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 11:55:09 AM
There's a town called Onoville, NY. The story I've heard is that when they held a town meeting to choose a name, every suggestion was met with, "Oh, no, not that one..."
I've also been through the town of Show Low, AZ, which supposedly is named after the winning hand in a poker game. One early settler won the land off another in a card game and built the town there.
I don't know if either of those stories is true, but they certainly are memorable. |
| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 11:39:41 AM
My poor little Irvington, KY got it's name because, when the railroad decided there needed to be a stop at that location, someone with the railroad was originally from Irvington, New York. So they just waved a magic wand and decreed that plot of land, "Irvington, Kentucky"! So unromantic! And kind of unimaginative, too!
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
'Br.Dave Gardner' |
| Peanut |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 11:11:05 AM
That's really interesting Jessica!
We have a "Disputana" - the railroad man and his wife were going down Hwy 460 and he was letting her name the towns along the way. They couldn't agree on the name for that town, so "DISPUTana" it was.
"What is a farm but a mute gospel?"
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 10:45:46 AM
Oh, no need--when I say we wander, we wander  We've already covered all of them in a two day trip over Memorial day weekend two years ago. We also have taken our little honda civic through rushing creek beds that wash out with early spring rains, and have found places romantically and aptly called,"Ruddle's Mill" in Bourbon County, where it looks like the Union and Confederate armies will meet at the crossroad anyday now, and when we go to Pleasant Hill, like we'll be doing the first of February, we usuall take the 4-5 hour drive home, instead of the 2, following the Kentucky River as close to the banks as you can get, all the way to where it empties into the Ohio near Milton.
The only thing we're not great about is taking photos--these places are certainly fixed in our mind's eye, though!
You may like this Jessica...I'm providing a link to my husband's song (it's my favorite)...it's kind of a love song to the gorgeous and wonderful places we've seen while tramping around our lovely state.
http://www.myspace.com/wojotherockband
It's the second song down, called Borderlands.
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 10:24:55 AM
Oh....a good "road trip" is going to see the old covered bridges through Kentucky. I've taken some photographs over the past year at a few of the 'local' ones in Franklin and Scott county. Fleminsburg has a few up that way too. Let me see if I can find that website that gives you detailed directions on how to get to them.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 10:18:32 AM
Yep--this will be great for my husband and I--we wander a lot in the winter, looking here and there for things we haven't seen yet. There are so many roads, I just worry about missing things!!!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
| kydeere40744 |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 10:15:59 AM
You are welcome Jonni! We do have some funny town names. I remember going through Garfield on my way to Hardinsburg a long time ago. Oh and every Christmas, you can send a card to Bethlehem, KY and get their special Christmas postmark. And for the 4th of July, you can go through Liberty...I have some friends down that way. Some of the towns mentioned in the articles/blog I hadn't heard of and it makes ya want to go driving through those small little communities.
~Jessica in Kentucky & Miss Wilma's Niece~
Gardening is a way of showing that you believe in tomorrow... |
| KYgurlsrbest |
Posted - Jan 02 2008 : 10:07:03 AM
That's great, Jessica--thanks for sharing this link. We have a postal zip code book for all the towns, villages, etc...in Kentucky and it gives the origin of the town name, post office and if it's still existing. We've found SO many different names like "Hell's half acre" which, incidentally, is very aptly named. Don't EVER want to wander there again!!!!
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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