Ante Bellum Houses of the Bluegrass Clay Lancaster (Author)
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Bluegrass
- Rank: #634924 in Books
- Published on: 1961
- Binding: Hardcover
Description #1 by Biblio.com:
Schiffer Publications Ltd. 2006. Book. New. Paperback. From the spires of Churchill Downs and the Cathedral of the Assumption to the bluegrass farms of its outlying areas and the blueblood roots of its historic districts Louisville has something to offer every native and visitor.Over 200 vintage hand-tinted and black and white postcards from the 1900s to the 1940s take readers on a journey back in time to tour old Louisville showcasing some of the city's most famous landmarks and sites. Tour an antebellum plantation house have a Hot Brown at the Brown Hotel travel on a steamboat down the Ohio River walk the grounds of Fort Knox or on a lawn of Kentucky blue grass and cheer on the longshot from the stands of Churchill Downs.
Description #2 by Collector Bookstore:
From the spires of Churchill Downs and the Cathedral of the Assumption, to the bluegrass farms of its outlying areas and the blueblood roots of its historic districts, Louisville has something to offer every native and visitor. Over 200 vintage hand-tinted and black and white postcards from the 1900s to the 1940s take readers on a journey back in time to tour old Louisville, showcasing some of the city's most famous landmarks and sites. Tour an antebellum plantation house, have a Hot Brown at the Brown Hotel, travel on a steamboat down the Ohio River, walk the grounds of Fort Knox or on a lawn of Kentucky blue grass, and cheer on the longshot from the stands of Churchill Downs.
Description #3 by Bennett-Watt Entertainment:
Natchez is oldest permanent community on Mississippi river. Well-preserved mansions & antebellum homes make up significant portion of town's residences. The town cemetery has equal amount of history - burials include millionaires from town's past, civil war soldiers & gypsies. Vicksburg is best known for role in the Civil War, where Confederate Army suffered a major defeat. Gambling in Mississippi legalized in 1990, from riverbanks to gulf coast, waterfront-only casinos have become an important part of local economy. Southern hospitality at Dinner Bell Family Restaurant where visitors are treated to traditional round table of authentic southern cooking. Bluegrass & Gospel music in Sandy Ridge where local musicians to town preacher get together for old-time, unplugged fun & fellowship at camp & jam events. Mississippi Delta is catfish country. The Delta Pride Catfish co-op is world's largest processor of freshwater fish. Once small agricultural industry has grown to one of the states largest. Humphries County has World Catfish Festival with live music, catfish eating contest & crowning of Catfish Queen. William Faulkner received Mississippi's only Nobel Prize for Literature. His stories on life in South based on area around his home in Oxford, now a museum. Thacker Mountain Radio a weekly program produced for Mississippi Public Broadcasting. Each week musicians, writers, poets & performers gather in a bookstore stage to create a show unpredictable as it is worldly. Brussel Martin travels to Asia each year to evaluate & select very best bonsai trees for his business. Experienced grower, bonsai artist & teacher, Brussel's passion for the plant helps bonsai enthusiasts expand knowledge & refine artistic talents.
