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COMMERCIAL HISTORY
                  OF THE



Travelers' Protective Association
               of America

Representing the Manufacturing, Wholesale, Banking, Railway,
   Hotel, Educational and Commercial Interests, and the
       Resources of the State in General.

                  1913



EDITED AND COMPILED
T. EDGAR HARVEY



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lOUISVILLE, EY.



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FSTATE OF 


KENTUCKY 1
         .i  BY.



POST "D"



KENTUCKY
DIVISION



 









iHE following pages chronicle the resources,
the commercial and industrial enterprises of
) the great historical State of



  KENTUCKY

         To whose citizens
      this work is respectfully
           dedicated


             by


          POST D,



       KENTUCKY DIVISION


TRAVELERS' PROTECTIVE

     ASSOCIATION OF

           AMERICA



I I I u s t r a t e d


 








TRAVELER'S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA



          HE only National Commercial Association which
          is thoroughly organized and equipped for the
          prompt and active promotion of commercial
          interests, and to belong to which is a duty
on the part of all commercial travelers and their employers.
It gives reliable accident insurance to its members cheaper
than the same can be obtained from accident insurance
companies, and works throughout all its divisions and
posts constantly for the welfare of its membership as well
as for commercial travelers generally, and it has by its
work saved merchants. manufacturers and commercial trav-
elers millions of dollars through legislation, and conces-
sions obtained through week-end tickets, interchangeable
mileage, and other forms of railroad transportation.
   Not an "Insurance Company" but a Commercial Alen's
Organization banded together for Mutual Protection.



                T. S. LOGAN, St. Louis, Mo.
                National Sectetary and Treasuer

   It is Fraternal, Benevolent and Mutual. Belongs to its
members.
             PURPOSES AND OBJECTS
   The main purposes and objects of this Association shall
be to bring about a better acquaintance and more fraternal



and binding feeling between persons engaged in the business
of commercial travelers, and the buying and selling of mer-
chandise at wholesale, and to that end to secure from all
transportation companies and hotels just and equitable
rates for commercial travelers as a class; and to further
elevate the social and moral character of the members of
the Association, and to establish hospitals if necessary,



               D. W. MICHAUX. Houston, Texa
                     Natioal Preident

for the sick and disabled, the object and purpose of said
Association being to create and establish a fraternal bene-
ficial association and not an organization for pecuniary
reward or profit. To secure the abolishment of all local,
state and county licenses exacted from commercial travelers,
To obtain fair and equitable allowance of baggage and bag-
gage rates. To effect all legislation benefiting our member-
ship and the commercial interests generally. To provide
a benefit fund for members of the Association in case of
accident or death by accident.

  WHAT THE TRAVELERS' PROTECTIVE ASSN.
                     HAS DONE.
   The T. P. A. of A. is useful to its members and others,
not only in providing inexpensive accident insurance, but
in many other substantial ways, as indicated below:
   Every piece of interchangeable mileage in use today is
directly the result of the efforts of the T. P. A. of A.

 





4    KENTUCKY DIVISION, TRAVELERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF ATMERICA



   Excess baggage rate regulation' by law in many States
is the result of the untiring efforts of the T. P. A. of A.
   The Chair in the President's Cabinet, styled the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor, was first suggested and
finally pressed to a successful issue by the T. P. A. of A.
   Steel Cars Bill before Congress, making the use of steel
passenger cars by railroads necessary, was introduced by
the T. P. A. of A.
   Established a reserve fund for the protection of its
members.



THAD H. HOWE. Chicgo, Ill.
    Ex-Nafional President



   Organized in 33 States, making one of the greatest
National Associations of traveling men in existence.
   Has established committees to look after Hotels, Legis-
lation, Railroads and Employment, Good Roads and Public
Utilities for the benefit and welfare of its members.
   Has enabled traveling men to protect themselves, their
families and those dependent on them for support by insur-
ing their lives against accidental death and disability at the
cheapest cost possible.
   The Travelers' Protective Association gives this oppor-
tunity. Can any afford to let it slip by



               KENTUCKY DIVISION.
   Appreciating the incomplete condition of the Associa-
tion without the state of Kentucky, Post A was organized at
Paducah, in July, i893, with sixty charter members, which
membership has increased many times over, the President
being J. A. Bryant and the Secretary and Treasurer. Finis
E. Lack.
   With Paducah for the entering wedge into Kentucky,
the Association felt that here, in the State of beautiful
women, fine horses and good whiskey, there must of
necessity be more intelligent commercial men, who would
immediately recognize the value of the Travelers' Protec-
tive Association and two able -missionaries were sent from
headquarters at St. Louis in September, I894, to enlighten
the eligible subjects at Louisville, Owensboro and Hender-
SoI1.
   Post D was formed at Louisville with forty-eight charter
members, Post B at Owensboro with seventeen and Post C
at Henderson with sixteen.
   Post F of Lexington was organized in 19o8 by members
of Post D. Post I of Bowling Green and Post J of Hop-
kinsville, were organized by members of Post D, in May,
19o9. Post E of Mayfield was organized in 1894 and is
one of the oldest and livest Posts in the state.
   The State headquarters have always been located at
Paducah because it was the initial city and had the largest
membership. This latter, however, will not be so after this
year, if Louisville continues to increase in number as it
has done within twelve months, having more than doubled
the membership in that time.
   When Post D Louisville was organized in 1894, Geo.
L. Sehon was elected President and A. H. Beckmann, Secre-
tary and Treasurer. Mr. Sehon labored hard to increase the
Post but met with little encouragement. In 1896 there
came to Louisville a stranger to our city, but a friend and
member of the T. P. A., Sam P. Jones. After transferring
his membership to Post D, Louisville, he at once became in-
terested and materially aided in building up the Post, and
was elected its President in the same year, serving in that
capacity until March i6, i899, when he declined to serve
any longer. Mr. Jones was succeeded by Mr. Frank S.
Ouerbacker, a charter member of the Post and an enthusiast
on T. P. A.
   The growth of Post D was especially due to these officers
and those ever ready workers, W. L. Farris, James T. Short,
   'soi Gray, Geo. H. Hummel, J. P. Ouerbacker and a few
others, including A. H. Beckmann, Secretary and Treas-
urer. At the Annual Convention in Omaha in June, 1898,
Kentucky contended for the next Annual Convention to
be held in the city of Louisville in i899. Although Ken-
tucky had other good States as competitors, who hoped to
bring it to their respective States, Kentucky was victorious
in securing the Convention, and Louisville was named as
the city. In selecting Louisville the Conventon chose wisely,
because the membership of Post D, Louisville, more than
doubled itself in a short time.

 






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KENTUCKY DIVISION, TRAVELERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA



Whether the Convention was a success from a business point
of view, as well as pleasure, all those who visited Louisville
can best answer.
   The State headquarters are now located in Louisville.
   The following are the present State Officers:
   E. L. KERLEY, President, Bowling Green.



W. H. BRIZENDINE. Third Vice-President, Mayfield.
F. E. L.,,cK, Fourth Vice-President, Paducah.
L. H. DAVIs, Fifth Vice-President, Hopkinsville.
Directors:
P. J. JANsING, Louisville.
J. J. Bt.uvm, Louisville.



STATE OFFICERS, KENTUCKY DIVISION



                1. Lt'THE;R It. STEIN.
                     State Director, Iouisvitie.
               2. B. J. JANSING,
                     State Director. LotsVillt.
                3. W. C', SUMPTER.
                     State Director, Preaident Post 1, Bow-ing
                     Green.
                4. J. J. BLUM,
                     State Director, L.outville.
                5. CARL H. FINCH.
                     State Secretary and Treasurer Lotasville,

CARL H. FiNcH, Sec'y-Treas., Louisville.
DR. T ios. K. VAN ZANDT, Surgeon, Louisville.
REV. R. H.     \ICCASLIN, Chaplain, Bowling Green.
CHAS. S. DARNABY, First Vice-President, Lexington.
C. I. CARRICO, Second Vice-President, Owensboro.



    E.L. KERLEY.
      State Predtent, BHwling Green,
.. A. R. GROUSE,
      State Director. Paduaah.
S. B. A. EVANS,
      Chairman State Hoard Directors, Owen-b-.
9t REV. R. H. cCASLINS,
      State Chaplain., Boling Green.
1t. X, WILSON,
      State Director. Mayfleid,

  LUTHER R. STEIN, Louisville.
  A. R. GROUSE, Paducah.
  X. WILSON, Mayfield.
  JEFF T. HUHLE, Lexington.
  J. K. LOcKETT, Henderson.

 





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   B. A. EVANS, Owensboro.
   W. C. SUMPTER, Bowling Green.
   W. C, DOHERTY, Hopkinsville.
   S. P. JONES, Chairman, Good Roads and Public Utilities
Committee, Louisville.
   GEO. A. Cox, Chairman, Railroad Committee, Owens-
boro.
   D. 0. TALCOTT. Chairman, Press Committee, Louisville.
   JAS. T. SHORT, Chairman, Hotel Committee, Louisville.
   BEN. L. BRiuXER. Chairman, Legislative Committee,
Louisville.



         T. EDGAR HARVEY. Chicago ID.
Chairman Publicity. Post D' Kentucy Dirion, T. P. A. of A.



   E. A. WILSON, Chairman, Employment Committee, Hen-
derson.
   J. W. GRAHAM, Chairman, Sick and Relief Committee,
Paducah.
                POST A, PADUCAH.
   Post A was organized June 29, 1893. The present offi-
cers are: T. E. Guedry, President; Ernst Lackey, Secre-
tary and Treasurer; John Farr, First Vice-President; Lee
Bolton, Second Vice-President; H. W. Hinkle, Third Vice-
President; P. F. Lally, Fourth Vice-President, and John R.
Scott, Fifth Vice-President. Directors are, L. F. Kalb, A.



R. Grouse, E. W. Backmon, J. H. Nagel, H. A. Petter,
and J. F..Moller. Mr. Ernst Lackey, the present Secretary
and Treasurer, has held this office since igoo, with the ex-
ception of two years. His record speaks for itself.

               POST D, LOUISVILLE.
   Post D, Kentucky Division, T. P. A., was organized on
the Sth of October, i894, at Louisville, Ky. There were
48 charter members, Chas. Weller, D. M. Willeams, W.
J. Norton, F. S. Ouerbacker, Geo. Adlam, R. H. Patterson,
D. B. Sperry, T. L. Goff, J. S. Pope, A. J. McCord, J.
C. Brewing, J. R. Nunnely, B. B. Cobleus, Owen Gath-
right, Jr., E. H. Bowen, H. H. Beckman, J. E. Slater,
C. E. Farris, J. WV. Corley, G. L. Sehon, Jos. Schweinbeck,
C. L. Tandy, V. H. Englehard, A. Englehard, Jr., W. F.
Axton, B. P. Harrison, J. S. Bate, J. H. Johnson. C. H.
Poter, J. P. Davis, W. McGuire, H. D. Williams, L. Ham-
berger, J. G. A. Willie, M. B. Tilford, J. P. Ouerbauer,
S. L. Strauss, C. H. Connell, J. W. O'Neel, S. Ouerbauer,
J. L. Hood, W. E. Hougland, E. G. Runyan, H. Borgerd-
ing, S. Levi, A. Laub, V. Laub, John T. Camerer.
   Among the members who have served as Presidents are,
T. W. Tarpy, Scott W. Moore, Edw. Altscheler, Fred W.
Napper, Jas. M. Dyer, B. J. Jansing, Fulton Gordon, D.
0. Talcott, Luther R. Stein and Chas. W. Milliken. There
have been only two Secretaries. H. H. Beckmann and Jas.
T. Short. It is worthy of note that Mr. Jas. T. Short
has been Secretary of Post D since 1x902.
   Post D takes great pride in the fact that its members
have taken prominent and active part in the affairs of both
the National and State Organization. In x9o8 one of its
members, Mr. Henry O.' Gray, held the exalted office of
President of the National Organization, being elected at
the National Convention at Milwaukee. Quite a number
of the State Division Offices are filled by Post D members
every year. Mr. Short having held the State Secretaryship
for a number of years. At present three Directors and four
out of the eight State Chairman of different Committees are
members of Post D; the Secretary of the State Division,
Carl H. Finck, is also a member of Post D. In June, 1899,
Post D had the distinction of entertaining the National
Convention in Louisville, and will entertain the State Con-
vention in May of this year.
   Post D has enjoyed a steady growth since organization
Loth financially and numerically. Beginning with 48 mem-
bers, it now boasts a membership of 72o and no doubt but
that at the close of the fiscal year, the roster will have
reached the 8oo mark. Among the members are found the
leading business men of the city. In the past years the
meetings have been held at the Galt House and the Louis-
ville Hotel; at present the meetings are held at the Tyler
Hotel on the last Saturday of each month.
   The present officers are Chas. W. Milliken, Pres.; Jas.
T. Short, Secretary and Treasurer; Dr. W. N. Briney,
Chaplain. Board of Directors, Dr. Ben L. Bruner, Edw.
Altscheler, Carl H. Finck, D. 0. Talcott and L. R. Stein.

 








KENTUCKY DIVISION, TRAVELERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA



OFFICERS AND MEMBERS POST 'D" KENTUCKY DIVSION. LOUJISVLLE



1. GEO. G. BROWN.
2. H. T. ALEXANDER.
3. OTIS W. PICXRELIL
4. D. 0. TALCOTT,
    Chalrmao of Preas Committee.
G. W. B. PESICK.
4. JOHN T. STIER.
7. JOHN L. CRAIG.



S. JAS. T. SHORT,
     Secretary.
S. DR. W. N. BRINEY,
     Chaplain.

10. CHAS. lWY.  ILLIXEN,
     Pre-ident.
1L ED  . i.SlHRS



12. A. T. HORRELL.

13. J. J. NORTON.

14. W. HUME LOGA.S.
1. FRANK S. OUERBA1CEER.

1s. DR. BEN L. BRUNER,
     Chatrman of LSegslative Commlttea.



Chairman of Siek and Relief Commtttee.  i,. ANDREW  LEITNER.

 





8    KENTUCKY DIVISION, TRAVELERS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA



             POST 1, BOWLING GREEN.
   A new epoch in history began on the night of May 9,
I909. Bowling Green, the proudest city in the "purchase,"
was crowded with throngs of visitors. They came from
all parts of Kentucky. Indiana was there, Tennessee was
there, the eyes of the nation were turned that night to
Bowling Green. Men of power and eloquence came to
lend their service. The eloquent Bruner was there; the
rotund form of Short was seen; the venerable and inimitable
Tarpy came with his prophetic vision to make the evening
memorable ever after; the long, lean, and unbending form of
Althsheller was seen moving quietly amidst the gathering
of that evening; Milliken was there not to gather the taxes
of the populace, but to scatter the honey of human happiness
and good cheer. They were there from all walks of life,
the lawyer without his lawbooks, the banker without his
overdrafts the doctor without his pills, the preacher without
his sermon, the merchant without his creditors, the salesman
without his expense book, they came from the east and from
the west, from the north and from the south. The meaning
of all this gathering of the saints was simply this, they came
to witness the birth of a new child in the great family of the
Traveler's Protective Association. A banquet preceeded the
solemn event. There flowed freely the wine of brotherly
love, and the milk of human kindness. They dined and they
smoked; they labored and brought forth a new born post,
and the name thereof was Post I. She was a lusty child,
and in her birth hour gave evidence of future usefulness
and promise. The destinies of this new born post was
committed to the only original Joseph L. Wright, who was
elected President. The child grew in strength and power,
until, when only a twelve months had passed, she was en-
tertaining in a right royal fashion the whole Kentucky
family of T. P. As. Another twelve months rolled by, she
claimed the right and made good her claim, of naming the
head of the State Division, Hon. E. L. Kerley, of J. M.
Robinson, Norton, etc., fame, but now leading a quiet
domestic life in city of parks and schools, was elected the
President of the Kentucky Division. Dr. A. H. McCooler,
D.D., Chaplain, Post I. also State Chaplain, Kentucky
Division. Post I has not been idle in her short life. She has
convinced the L.  N. Railway of the advisability of a new
train, between Owensboro and Bowling Green; she has
greatly assisted in securing for her city new and better
freight rates, she hopes to have the honor of announcing
soon that she has assisted in securing for Bowling Green a
new and beautiful railway station that will be in keeping
with the pride and growth of the city.
   Post I, being an organization of local commercial in-
terests, is the exponent of every thing that will help in the
building of a greater city. Her mission is to boost, to
wave the banner of progress, to talk the interests of her city,
and to draw attractive enterprises to her dominions. To do
all this successfully she combines with all other commercial
interests in the city and seeks to ally herself with all
genuine progress. Post I believes in using every available



means to bring into her fold all eligible material, and as
witness of this, in the short years of her history there have
been on her rolls the names of men, all of whom have
added strength and vigor to her life.
   The present President of this Post is the greatest hustler
in the city of Bowling Green. He believes in its future, and
in working for its interests. He plys his trade, and his trade
is pushing Bowling Green. President of Post I, President
of the Business Men's Club, Councilman from the First
Ward, Past Noble Grand of Odd Fellows, Deputy Grand
Master of Kentucky Odd Fellows of Warren County Fair
Association, the Hon. W. C. Sumpter will always be found
on the front seat in a meeting for the good of the city, and
in the interest of progress and advancement of all worthy
causes. Post I believes that she has the most efficient, the
most faithful and the most successful Secretary in the State
in the person of J. W. Worrick, and so we might go through
the entire list of officers and members. Each year she goes
to the state meeting with a clean record and a pure heart.
She now has plans for further work and hopes in a short
while to make her calling and election sure by adding sub-
stantially to her rolls by giving good and worthy help to her
sister posts, and by her unselfish work for the real good
of the Association of which she is a part.

             POST J, HOPKINSVILLE.
   Post J, Hopkinsville, was organized in April, igog,
with a membership of 62. The charter list was secured by
Sam P. Jones, ex-Natl. President, Jas. T. Short, Carl H.
Finck, and others of Louisville. W. C. Doherty was the
first President, and 0. H. Eckles the first Secretary.
   Shortly after organization it was the pleasure and privi-
lege of Post J to entertain the State Convention, which
greatly strengthened the Post and materially added to its
growth. While Post J is not so large nor so old as some
others in the Kentucky Division it has always remained a
substantial body.
   The charter members were men active in the business
affairs of Hopkinsville and were as follows:
   E. E. Anderson, G. H. Champlin, R. E. Cooper, J. W.
Daniel, L. H. Davies, N. F. Dontch, C. L. Daniel, Lee Ellis,
J. M. Forbes, Wm. Grau, Jr., G. E. Gary, F. F. Henderson,
Archie Higgins, A. J. Jackson, C. S. Jarrett. H. L. Leub-
kecker, Jacob Mayer, T. L. Metcalf, W. D. Moore, M. E.
Bacon, Frank Chiltow, W. A. Cornette, R. T. Daniel, W.
C. Doherty, Odie Davis, A. H. Eckles, A. Fletcher, L. E.
Fowler, J. C. Galbreath, H. L. Haydon, F. G. Hoge, T. G.
Hiser, C. S. Jackson, W. H. Ketchum, F. H. Mason, T. J.
McReynolds, G. L. Mitchell, W. A. Long, J. G. Owsley, G.
H. Smith, R. A. Rogers, T. C. Underwood, R. C. West,
Gip Watkins, L. G. Williams, R. M. Wooldridge, J. H.
Bell, J. Feirstein, J. J. Metcalf, J. M. Ridgewav, J. W.
Richards, J. W. Robertson, J. P. Thomas, Geo. H. Wall,
   The present officers are L. H. Davis, President; and F.
H. Mason, Secretary and Treasurer.

 











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OFFICERS AND MEMBERS POSTS "D" AND -E," KENTUCKY DIVISION



1. SAM P. JOX ES
     rhairman Good Road, and Public Utilities
       Comnmission, ulouvilie.

2. EDW, B. TINSLEY,
     Louiscil le.

S. OWSLFY BROWN,
     l ouisviiie.

4. R. E. WATHREN,
     Louisvillie.

S. 1H. P. 0. ROORlg,
     Chairmtan Ralroad Commilteet-,ouisvilie.

6. CHAS. ENGLEMAN,
     Louisvill.



T JACOB F. MILLER,
      LooidVIile.

 S. NIC. BOSLER,
      Director. Louisvilie

9. WX. B,. WiILLEN,
      Louisville.

t1. J. C. BRUCKLACHER,
      Loultuvilie.

11. TIHOS. W. TARPY,
      Chairman Enterlainment Committee.
      Louisvii-e.

12. W. R. BRIZENDIJNE,
      Se-retary and Treasurer Post E. Mayfied, Ky.



13. JAS. T. SCOTT.
      Louiesville.

14. J. J. RIRCES,
      l.ouisviiie.

11. FRANK  WATSON.
      1.ouisville.

I6. A. B. MATTINGLY,
      Louisville.

17. C. R. BRAY,
      Louisville,

1S. ROBT. L. TALCfOTt
      I.ooisville,



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OFFICERS AND MEMIBERS POSTS "A," "C," "F." "G.. AND "J," KENTUCKY DIVISION.



1. L, KOLB.
     Post A. Padorah. KY.
2. M. MICHAEL.
     Post A, Padr-bh. KY.
M. BOHR MICHAEL
     Post A, Pad.slh, Ky.
4. RIERER.
     Post A. Paduabh, KY.
S. H. R. LINDSEY,
     Post A. Padurah, Ky.
6. F. R LACK.
     Post A. Padursh. Ky.



7. T. F. GUEDRY.
     President Post A, Padue-h, KY.
S. ERNEST LACKEY.
     Secretary Post A, Padtahi. KY.
9. SOL. DREYFUSS.
     Post A, Pad.e-h, Ky.
10. T. W. ARGUE.
     Seeret-ry Post C, Henderson., Ky.
11. BEN T. WHITE,
     President Post C, Henderson, Ky.
12. L. H. DAVIS.
     President Post J. Hopklnsville, Ky.



13. F. H. MASON,
     Secretary Post J. Hopkinsviiie, KY.
14. J. BERRY,
     Post A, Pad.csh, Ko.
15. E. F. STURGEON.
     Post G, Owe.sboro, KY.
16. C. P. GLENN,
     Post G. Owe.sboro, KY.
17. J. D. REEVES.
     Post G. Oweosboro, Ky.
18. G. T. APT.
     Post F. Lexington. Ky.



 






II



kENfLJCKY



=O000gN the Foutrh of July, 1776, the Continental Con-
E        El gress adopted a Declaration of Independence,
O     g    and in December of that same year, Kentucky
07f0=1111 County was established by Virginia. Harrods-
burg was the county seat. The population steadily increased
and in 1780 the Legislature of Virginia ordered the County
of Kentucky to be divided into three counties, Jefferson,
Fayette and Lincoln. In February, i791, the Congress of
the United States agreed to admit Kentucky into the Union
as an independent State, to take effect June I, 1792. Ac-
cordingly a convention assembled at Danville and a consti-
tution for the new Commonwealth was adopted.
   Everybody hears of Kentucky. One chief reason per-
haps, is the fact that in the affairs of the Nation its men
have figured so bril-
liantly. The first Re-
publican President of



the United States, he
who is coming m. ire
and more to be con-
sidered the greatest
man of modern times,
was born in Hardin
C o u n t y, Kentucky,
Abraham Lincoln.
   A statesman wise,
just and brilliant, who
said he would rather
be right than Presi-
dent, lived all his life
in Kentucky, and rep-
resented her in the
Congress of the Unit-
ed   States,  Henry



NEW STATE CAPITA



Clay.
   Daniel Boone, the nation's path-finder, said with pride,
I am a Kentuckian.
   David Crocket, the hero of the Alamo, the man who said
"Be sure you are right, then go ahead," was a Kentuckian.
Fitch, who invented the steamboat, was born in Nelson
County, and Ephriam McDowell, one of the world's greatest
surgeons, was a native of Danville.
   No greater journalist ever lived than George Dennison
Prentice; no greater preachers than Lard or Willetts or
Broaddus or Moses, no more profound Senator than James
Beck. John G. Carlisle, William Lindsey, John Mason
Harlan all loved to claim Kentucky as their home, and the
list is endless. Through, Zachary Taylor, whose grave is
just outside of Louisville, John Morgan, the intrepid raider
of the South, General John Lewis of the Orphan Brigade,
John C. Breckinridge, General Simon Bolivar Buckner and
a host more from this land of inspired men and deeds.
   The average altitude of Kentucky is about 8oo feet slop-



ifig from a height of from 2ooo to 3000 feet in the Alle-
ghenies on the East to the Mississippi River on the West
where the altitude is about 300 feet. The State has ex-
tensive drainage system including a number of important
navigable rivers as well as many small streams.
    Probably the most fertile farming territory in the whole
 country is to be found in the rich Blue Grass Region which
 produces a fine quality of grass, corn, hemp, tobacco and
 fruits. This vast territory is underlaid by lime stone strata
 whose gradual disintegration supplies the necessary elements
 to maintain a high degree of fertility even with exhausted
 cultivation. Outside of this section are found large stretches
 of highly productive bottom lands along the many streams
 which rival the Blue Grass.
                                        The absolute area
                                     of improved farm
                                     lands has increased
                                     every decade between
R                                  t183o and ig9o to the
WI                                  extent of 65 per cent.
                                     During the last twen-
                                     ty years the average
                                     size of farms decreas-
                                     ed from 119.4 to 93.7
                                     acres. The farms op-
                                     erated by owners are
                                     67.2 per cent of the
                                     total number which is
                                     a much greater per-
                                     centage than is found
                    t . in States far t he r
                                     South, the difference
-                                  being largely due to
L AT FRANKFORT                       the insignificance of
                                     cotton raising in Ken-
tucky and the small number of negro farmers.
    For a number of decades Kentucky's annual tobacco crop
has ranged from one-third to one-half of the total raised in
the United States.
    The Kentucky thoroughbred is known all over the civil-
ized world as the highest type of horse flesh. It is interest-
ing to note that as early as 1783 a race course was established
near Harrodsburg, known as Hoggins Rade Pass. In 1776
John Harrison brought from Virginia a thoroughbred which
ran over the Jefferson Street track in Louisville and beat all
the local horses. Lexington did not have a race track until
I789, but it grew rapidly in popularity and importance, and
many of the fastest of American horses were bred and
trained in this world famous Blue Grass region. During
the last ten years the raising of blooded horses has given
away in a measure to the raising of mules. Cattle, sheep
and swine breeding has steadily grown in importance with
the development of Louisville as a live stock market.



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   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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flavor because the beer was boiled in a copper still over a
wooden fire and the grain in the beer was generally scorched
giving a scorched flavor to the whiskey.
   Then it was an exceedingly skillful distiller who did not
spew his still even up into the 70s which would, of course,
give the whiskey the odor of the rank and exceedingly of-
fensive "backings."
   Beginning in the 8os, however, great improvements have
been made in our methods of distillation and the product
today is really very far superior to the whiskey that our
grandfathers drank although the general public labors under
exactly the opposite impression.
   Back in the 70s the production of whiskey in Kentuck
had grown to something like seven or eight million gallons
per annum but when the Carlisle bill was passed in 79 ex-
tending the bonded period from one to three years it gave
us a boom that resulted in a production of over fifteen
million gallons in i8So, and of over thirty-one million gal-
lons in x88i, and of over thirty million gallons in i883Z.
   This was a mistake in view of the fact that the demand
at that time amounted to only about ten million gallons per
annum and the result of over production was the distillers
had to send a vast amount of whiskey to foreign countries
so as to avoid paying a tax of ninety cents a gallon at the
expiration of the bonded period.
   Most of the whiskey that was sent abroad did not find a
market, however, and was gradually returned and used up.



              KENTUCKY WHISKIES.
   A hundred years ago the distillation of bourbon whiskey
in this State was considered an ind