The Kentucky Derby is one of horse racings top annual events. Ladies in titillating derby hats sipping mint juleps are commonplace sights in Louisville each spring. This horse show is one of a few others considered part of the Triple Crown competition. It remains one of the most eagerly anticipated sporting events and lasts only a couple minutes. But why is the area a hotbed for horse breeders? Beyond the gently rolling hills, part of the reason is the naturally fortified soilit has a high level of natural calciumfrom which grows the grass that horses eat.

Educational segregation issues have pushed Kentucky to the forefront politically and socially. Like its neighbors, Kentucky was structured around a segregated school system. Most of that changed with the advent of Brown v. Board of Education. When the territory now known as Kentucky was still wild and untamed, a young and rugged scout, Daniel Boone blazed a trail and founded the first town in the territoryBoonesborough. But before any town could be built there had to be a route into the thick and steep wild. Modern day highways over Cumberland Gap reportedly follow fairly closely the profile of the original Wilderness Trail.

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