Monthly Archive: December 2022
Ultimateplaces Photography
December 9, 2022
Tell City, named after William Tell, and built by Swiss immigrants from Cincinnati, sits on the banks of the Ohio River on the border of Indiana and Kentucky. It was founded in 1858.
William Tell is a famous folk hero of Switzerland, known as an expert marksman with a crossbow, with the ability to easily shoot an apple off of someone’s head without harming them. He has been associated with a variety of historic events in Switzerland, including being instrumental in the founding of the Swiss Confederacy itself. In most cases he is depicted like a Robinhood figure, fighting against evil tyrannical rulers and foreign powers like the Austrian Hapsburg Dynasty.
Ultimateplaces Photography
December 8, 2022
Ran across this barn painted with the University of Kentucky’s Wildcat logo and mascot near Bardstown, Kentucky. The University of Kentucky is the state’s largest university, with more than 30,000 students attending classes annually. The university’s sports teams include basketball, football, soccer, track and field, gymnastics and golf. Its last national championship was in 2012, when its men’s basketball won its eighth national title. It was also the first college basketball team to reach 2000 all-time wins.
Ultimateplaces Photography
December 8, 2022
A mural celebrating Abraham’s links to the city of Springfield, Kentucky. While not central to the life of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Kentucky was home for more than 30 years to much of the 16th president’s family, including Thomas Lincoln his father, Nancy Hanks his mother, and Mordecai Lincoln, his uncle. The city is close to Hodgenville, where Thomas owned a 300 acre farm, and where Lincoln was born. It is also close to the Knob Creek farm the family moved to when Lincoln was the age of two. Today, the state of Kentucky maintains at Lincoln Homestead State Park, significant historic buildings linked to the Lincoln family, including the Francis Berry Home where Thomas courted Nancy Hanks, as well as the cabin of Mordecai Lincoln. The state park was established on land originally farmed by Mordecai Lincoln.
