Monthly Archive: March 2023

Pilot Knob Sunset 2 – Kentucky

Pilot Knob Sunset - Clay City, Kentucky

Pilot Knob Sunset near Westbend and Clay City, Kentucky. Pilot Knob sits on the edge of two regions, the Outer Bluegrass, and the foothills of the Appalachia Mountains. As seems appropriate the area is known as the Knobs, where hundreds of isolated cone shaped hills capped with erosion resistant limestone and sandstone rise above the surrounding forested valleys.

George Rogers Clark Memorial – Vincennes – Indiana

George Rogers Clark Memorial - Vincennes - Indiana

A view of the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, from the head of the Lincoln Memorial Bridge in Vincennes, Indiana. The park and bridge opened in 1933. George Rogers Clark was an American surveyor, soldier, military officer, and founder of Louisville, Kentucky, who served during the American Revolutionary War. He is the older brother of William Clark, who is famous for his explorations the the American West, in particular the Pacific Northwest during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Blackacre State Nature Preserve & Historic Homestead – Louisville, Kentucky

Blackacre State Nature Preserve & Historic Homestead - Louisville, Kentucky

A historic farm house built in 1844, at the Blackacre State Nature Preserve. The historic Blackacre homestead was established south of present day Louisville, Kentucky by Edward Tyler, who provided wood planks, flour, and a courier service to the army of George Rogers Clark, during the American Revolutionary war. For his efforts, he was eventually given the land grant that would become the Blackacre farm seen today.

A number of outbuildings on the same property date back to the 1790’s.