His Mother had been a Churchill before she married. Clark’s Mother passed away when he was 6 years old, and his Father sent him to live with his Mother’s family, South Of Louisville. The track was the dream and the passion of Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. Kurtsinger won two Derbies, and The Triple Crown, and he was from South of Louisville.Īnd there’s Churchill Downs.
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In the movie “ Seabiscuit“, Chris McCarron was the jockey riding War Admiral. The Old Boone Distillery also bottled those early Rip Van Winkle decanters for Stizel-Weller. But not everyone knows that the first bottlings of the Old Rip Van Winkle expression contained some aged whiskey bought from the Old Boone Distillery in Meadowlawn. If you’re a Bourbon drinker, Shively was home to the largest concentration per-capita of distilleries in the country.Įveryone knows the old Stizel-Weller Distillery in Shively was the birthplace of the elusive Pappy. It was also one of early Louisville’s favorite picnic grounds.
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There was a large hotel, a distillery that gave away free samples at noon, and one of Jefferson County’s first elementary schools. It has been called Salina, Laconia, Painesville, and finally Pleasure Ridge Park. It’s also home to Waverly Hills, one of the most haunted places in the world. It’s home to Kentucky’s First Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Pleasure Ridge Parkis a little burg, about 8 miles south of Louisville. So it’s a really a no-brainer that no one talks about. Six of the Nine Young Men From Kentucky came from South of Louisville. The Merriwethers, the Clarks, and the Lewises. All the major players lived South of Louisville. The area MUST have played heavily in the staging of the The Lewis and Clark Expedition. Later, the Iron Furnaces that fed the Louisville factories creating Louisville’s beautiful Ironfronts dotted the countryside. Those licks, South of Louisville supplied the salt that early settlers depended on. The Wilderness Road cut right down the middle of Okolona, headed for the salt licks. The Upper and Lower Pond Creek settlements were hugely responsible for the development of Louisville into the city it is today. Louisville has always treated us like an ugly cousin that they only talked to when they needed something. Several expensive studies done by the government for MSD, roads, and economic planning refer to this area as having a ‘rural culture’. Īlthough we did get some pretty nice trash cans, it didn’t change the truth. It was originally named Jefferson County High.ĭespite all that, on 6 January 2003 the City of Louisville decided that ALL of Jefferson County Kentucky was really now …Metro Louisville. Valley High School was the second ( Medora was first) high school built in this part of the county. We had County Police, and County Schools. Cows grazed close to home, and acres separated lots of the houses. I lived in the southwest part of the county.
Growing up, I never once felt aligned with The City of Louisville.
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