Bluegrass paradise : Royal Spring and the birth of Georgetown, Kentucky /
"Much of Kentucky is underlain by carbonate rocks, mainly limestone, which has produced a topography known as karst, characterized by caves, sinking streams, and numerous springs of cool, clear water. Spring water has long been viewed as the purest sort of water. In the latter part of the eight...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
The University Press of Kentucky,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv33jb62f |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Halftitle page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. From Wilderness to City
- 2. The New Frontier
- 3. Bluegrass Paradise
- 4. A Goodly Land
- 5. The Land of Springs
- 6. Floyd's Spring
- 7. McClelland's Station
- 8. Serving God and Mammon
- 9. Clear Beautiful Spring Watter
- 10. Blue Grass Park and the Civil War
- 11. The Water Works
- 12. Who Owns Royal Spring?
- 13. Gulping Down Royal Spring Sewage
- 14. Protecting Royal Spring
- 15. A Dumping Ground Since Time Immemorial
- 16. Royal Spring Park
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index