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Photographer: Karl Stelly
Taken: June 1, 2014
Caption: Boone's First View of Kentucky.
Additional Description: "Here from the top of an eminence, Boone and his companions first beheld a distant view of the beautiful lands of Kentucky. The plains and forests abounded with wild beasts of every kind; deer and elk were common; the buffalo were seen in herds, and the plains covered with the richest verdure." (From the book "The Great West," published in 1858, Courtesy Kentucky Historical Society)
Submitted: June 24, 2014, by Karl Stelly of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p276953
File Size: 0.447 Megabytes

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