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Kitchen – Locust Grove Estate – Louisville – Kentucky

Kitchen - Locust Grove Estate - Louisville - Kentucky

The kitchen outbuilding at the historic Locust Grove estate in Louisville, Kentucky.

Locust Grove was an 18th century farm founded by William Croghan and his wife Lucy Clark Croghan in 1790. Lucy Clark was the sister of George Rogers Clark a military officer and explorer who played an important part in the early history of Kentucky and Louisville. She is also the sister of William Clark, the famous explorer from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to America’s Pacific Northwest. The farm is notable as the place George Rogers Clark spent his final years, and for being adjacent to the property where Zachery Taylor, America’s 12th president grew up.

Cincinnati Observatory on Mount Lookout – Ohio

Cincinnati Observatory on Mount Lookout - Ohio

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A view of the Cincinnati Observatory on Mt. Lookout above the Ohio River. The observatory was dedicated by John Quincy Adams in 1843, in his last public speech. He died a few years later, and the hill on which the observatory originally stood was renamed Mount Adams in his honor. Today the observatory resides on Mt. Lookout. The observatory is operated by the University of Cincinnati, and is the oldest professional observatory in the United States.

Historic Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey Barn – Kentucky

Historic Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey Barn - Kentucky

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A view of the historic Jim Beam Bourbon Whiskey Barn located near Bardstown Kentucky, First sold as Old Jake Beam Sour Mash beginning in 1795, seven generations of the Beam family have been involved in the production of one of the best selling brands of Bourbon Whiskey in the world.