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History of Louisville, Kentucky. View of Main Street, Louisville, in 1846. The history of Louisville, Kentucky spans nearly two-and-a-half centuries since its founding in the late 18th century. The geology of the Ohio River, with but a single series of rapids midway in its length from the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers to ...
Louisville is the largest city in the state of Kentucky in the USA. The settlement that became the City of Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark. It is named after King Louis XVI of France. It was an important river port in the 19th century. Many people come to the city in May for the Kentucky Derby horse race.
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Geography of Louisville, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38°13′31″N 85°44′30″W. McAlpine Locks and Dam, Louisville, Kentucky, the only man-made portion of the Ohio River. Louisville is a city in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is located at the Falls of the Ohio River .
Anne Braden (1924-2006) was a Louisville journalist, organizer, and educator who was among the earliest and most dedicated white allies of the southern civil rights movement. For 60 years, Braden and her husband Carl used the power of the printed word to advance human rights movements across the U.S. South.
Harvey I. Sloane (born May 11, 1936), a physician and Democrat, served two terms as Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky and also a term as county judge-executive of Jefferson County, Kentucky. He narrowly lost two Democratic primaries for Governor of Kentucky and lost a race for the United States Senate to incumbent Mitch McConnell .
People from Louisville call themselves Louisvillians. All notable people born or raised, or have maintained significant residency within the limits of today's Louisville Metro ( Jefferson County, Kentucky) belong in this category or subcategories.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Prior to 19th century. Childhood home of Zachary Taylor. 1773 – Captain Thomas Bullitt surveys the land. [1] 1778 – George Rogers Clark settles on Corn Island. 1778 – Fort-on-Shore constructed. 1780 – Louisville chartered. [1]
