THE

HISTORY OF KENTUCKY.

FROM ITS EARLIEST DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT, TO THE PRESENT DATE, EMBRAC⚫
ING ITS PREHISTORIC AND ABORIGINAL PERIODS; ITS PIONEER LIFE AND
EXPERIENCES; ITS POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL PROG.

RESS; ITS EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS DEVELOP-

MENT; ITS MILITARY EVENTS AND ACHIEVE.

MENTS, AND BIOGRAPHIC MENTION OF

ITS HISTORIC CHARACTERS.

BY

HON. Z. F. SMITH,

EX-SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF KENTUCKY.

SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY.

LOUISVILLE:

COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING COMPANY,

PUBLISHERS.

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COPYRIGHTED 1885,

BY

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