A chain runs over large rocks in the foreground, while the picturesque Appalachian town of Pineville, Kentucky nestles in a green valley below, surrounded by rolling hills and lush forests. Fluffy clouds dot a vibrant blue sky, enhancing the serenity and beauty of the landscape.
Chained Rock owes its existence to a story that was told to children about a rock that had been anchored by a chain up on the mountainside over Pineville so that it didn’t fall down on them while they slept in the valley below. But at the time no chain existed, so a chain was ultimately attached to a rock back in the 1930’s to bring life to a story that had been around for many years.
A bronze statue of James Kennedy Patterson, the first president of the University of Kentucky, sits in a court yard between buildings, on the University campus. “The Grand Old Man” of the University, as he is known, served from 1869 to 1910, transforming the Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M) College of Kentucky into the independent state university that it is today. The statue has stood on the campus since 1934.
The University of Kentucky, with a student body of more than 30,000, is located in Lexington, Kentucky’s second largest city
A winding road cuts through a rocky landscape with a cliff face on one side and lush greenery on both sides under overcast skies. The gray skies cast a soft light on the scene, emphasizing the tranquility and solitude of this stretch of highway.
Frankfort offers a unique experience to travelers, as the downtown is surrounded by limestone cliffs, cut by Kentucky River that drains one third of state of Kentucky into the Ohio River to the North. To reach the newer parts of the city, a series of road cuts were created to reach the historic downtown, which resides along the Kentucky River, and at the base of the surrounding cliffs. Frankfort, Kentucky’s capital was founded 1786.
