Next stop

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Next stop.Kentucky

• A state formerly part of Virginia
• One of four commonwealths in the U.S.
• The 15th state admitted to the U.S. on June 1,
  1792

Prepared by Ross Pruitt
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Now entering
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Largest cities
State Capital
Ross hometown
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Background

• The word Kentucky comes from the Cherokee
  language
• The meaning of the word is disputed
• Kentucky has a population of over 4 million
• Listening to state song, My Old Kentucky Home
  by Stephen Foster

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What We are Famous For

• Tobacco

• Tobacco

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What We are Famous For

• Horses

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What We are Famous For

• The Corvette (only produced in Bowling Green)

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The Home of Abraham Lincoln
Basketball
Cumberland Falls
Our Coal Mines
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The musical heritage
Bill Monroe, famous Bluegrass musician
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The rolling hills
Mammoth Cave Largest cave system in the world
The Land Between the Lakes
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Yall come back now, yhear?