Though Kentucky is essentially an agricultural state, a
group of important manufacturers depending principally on



   A bountiful Providence has showered with a lavish hand
natural resources upon Kentucky such as are enjoyed by few
other States in the Union. Kentucky contains 13,000 square
miles of coal fields. It has the third largest area but is
easily the first in the variety and quality of high class carmels
and coking coals. The State had the incredible tonnage of
103,040,000,000 tons, or enough to supply the world at the



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           BIRTH-CABIN OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Now enclosed in a magnificent memorial, erected by a grateful nation on the Apo
            whee Lincoln was born, near Hodgeville. Ky.

the products of the farm have been developed. The manu-
facture of tobacco, whisky, farm implements, leather goods.



OLD HOME. NEAR LOUISVILLE, OF PRES. ZACHARY TAYLOR
     Where His Daughter Knox, wa Clandestinely Courted by Jelferson
              Davis, Whoti She Subsequently Married.



                 LINCOLN SCHOOL HOUSE
Abraham Lincoln. blissfully ignorant of his great destiny trudged everal miles to
       learn the rdimenb of his education in this log school house.
cotton seed oil products, cement and clothing are among the
most important.



ABRAHAM LINCOLN MEMORIAL, HODGEVILLE, KY.



present rate of consumption for ioo years. Kentucky has
large deposits of lead, zinc, spar, cobalt, oil, gas, Devonian
and Neocene Clay rock phosphate (72) and lump gravel.
   With these vast natural resources, its wonderfully rich
soil, a delightful temperate climate, bounteous rain and beau-
tiful sunshine, Kentucky is indeed the most desirable place

















            "FEDERAL HILL." BARDSTOWN, KY.
Where Stephen Collins Foster. Wrote the Immortal "My Old Kentucky Home."
on the whole American continent to call home. It has been
aptly described in the following lines:
   "Not the oldest nor yet the youngest; not the richest
nor yet the poorest; not the largest nor yet the least; but
take it all in all, for men and women, for flocks and herds,
for fields and skies, for happy homes and loving hearts, the
best place outside of heaven the good Lord ever made."



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KENTUCKY