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unusual facts about Springfield, Kentucky


Lawrence Funderburke

Funderburke transferred to St. Catherine's in Springfield, Kentucky where he never played and ended up dropping out.


Air Kentucky

The airline was mentioned in the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou; one of the main characters, Ned Plimpton, is a pilot for Air Kentucky.

Alexander Keith Marshall

Marshall was a member of the Kentucky constitutional convention held in Frankfort, Kentucky in 1849.

Angel Cordero, Jr.

The Kentucky Derby is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky and is considered by many as the most important race in American thoroughbred racing.

Anna Mac Clarke

While at Kentucky State, Clarke was a very active student, participating in sports, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, and the school's newspaper, The Kentucky Thorobred.

Appalachian Stakes

First held in 1989, the Appalachian Stakes was named for the Appalachian Mountains which extend into Eastern Kentucky.

Arkamo Rangers

The Arkamo Rangers were a Springfield, Missouri bluegrass band with simple and traditional sound yet rebellious and questioning lyrics celebrating modern life with traditional ways.

Battle of Camp Wildcat

Brig. Gen. Felix Zollicoffer's Confederates moved from Tennessee in an effort to push from Cumberland Gap into central Kentucky and gain control of the important border state.

Belle Meade Plantation

The bloodlines of Belle Meade Plantation, primarily due to the success of "Bonnie Scotland, a Belle Meade foundation stud, include famous descendants such as Secretariat, Funny Cide, Seabiscuit, Giacamo, Mine That Bird, Smarty Jones, and Barbaro, Since the 1990s, every horse that has run the Kentucky Derby is a blood descendent of Belle Meade Plantation foundations.

Carl Perkins Bridge

It is named after the late Carl D. Perkins, Congressman from the 7th District of Kentucky.

Cumberland Presbytery

History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Kentucky to 1988, by Matthew H. Gore, Joint Heritage Committee of Covenant and Cumberland Presbyteries.

Edward H. Hobson

He was married to Katie Adair, a niece of Kentucky Governor John Adair.

Elna

Elna, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, USA

Food City

K-VA-T Food City, a U.S. supermarket chain with stores located in Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee.

Georgetown Tigers

The Georgetown College Tigers are the sports teams of Georgetown College located in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Gunther Behnke

He was recruited by head coach Joe B. Hall to play for the University of Kentucky but became homesick and never appeared in a game for Kentucky.

Hank the Cat

However, they were instead given to Animal Allies, a rescue group, and Hank was adopted by a family in Springfield.

Hartford and New Haven Railroad

In addition to the New Haven-Springfield route it also served Berlin, New Britain, and Middletown, Connecticut.

Heath High School

Heath High School (Kentucky) in West Paducah, Kentucky, a now-closed school also known as the site of a notable shooting in 1997 in which three students were killed and five wounded

J. Edward Anderson

The Sky Loop plan was submitted to the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI), but the proposal was ultimately rejected by OKI's Central Area Loop Study Committee.

J. Madison Wright Morris

Once graduating from university in summer 2006, Madison planned to begin a job teaching English to tenth grade children at George Rogers Clark High School, located in Winchester, Kentucky.

Jamal Mashburn

He owns 34 Outback Steakhouse franchises, 37 Papa John's franchises, and a number of car dealerships across the state of Kentucky.

James Harrod

A contemporary of better known explorers like Daniel Boone, George Rogers Clark, Benjamin Logan, and Simon Kenton, Harrod led many expeditions into the regions that now form Kentucky and Illinois.

John Minton

John D. Minton, Jr. (born 1952), Chief Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court

Kennedy Building

Kennedy-Worthington Blocks, Springfield, Massachusetts, listed on the NRHP in Hampden County

Kenny Rogers Roasters

It was founded in 1991 by country musician Kenny Rogers and John Y. Brown, Jr., who was former governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky.

Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers

The Kentucky Wesleyan College Panthers are the athletic teams of Kentucky Wesleyan College, which compete in the NCAA Division II and the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.

Knob Lick

Knob Lick, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Metcalfe County, Kentucky

Levi Todd

Two of his daughters married politicians, Jane Briggs marrying congressman Daniel Breck and Elizabeth Todd marrying Charles Carr, the son of Kentucky statesman Walter Carr.

Marquis James

Marquis James (August 29, 1891, Springfield, Missouri – November 19, 1955) was an American journalist and author, twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his works The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston and The Life of Andrew Jackson.

Memorials to Abraham Lincoln

Ford's Theatre and Petersen House (where he died) are maintained as museums, as is the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, located in Springfield.

Moundville Archaeological Site

The culture was expressed in villages and chiefdoms throughout the central Mississippi River Valley, the lower Ohio River Valley, and most of the Mid-South area, including Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi as the core of the classic Mississippian culture area.

Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority

Outside of Davidson County, MTA collaborates with the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) to provide express service to Brentwood, Franklin, Gallatin, Hendersonville, Lavergne, Smyrna, Murfreesboro, Spring Hill, Joelton and Springfield.

Ole Miss Rebels

The younger Insell had spent the previous five seasons as an assistant under Matthew Mitchell at Kentucky.

On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister

The students of Springfield Elementary go on a field trip to the Springfield Glacier which has nearly melted completely into a pond, and is just a lump of slush.

Overmountain Men

Other influential Overmountain Men included John Crockett (father of Davy Crockett), William Lenoir, Joseph Dickson, Daniel Smith, William Russell, and John Rhea, all of whom were at Kings Mountain, and Anthony Bledsoe, who commanded the homeguard for the Holston settlement while the main force was away.

Ralph Cochrane

Ralph Cochrane was born on 24 February 1895, the youngest son of Thomas Cochrane, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults, in the Scottish village of Springfield.

Rank Strangers

The Rank Strangers were also headliners at the Station Inn in Nashville, and the Louisville, Kentucky, music festival, supporting guitar legend Tony Rice's bluegrass band.

Roberts Stadium

Lanphier Park, also known as Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park, Springfield, Illinois, USA

Scott May

With May's injury keeping him to 7 minutes of play, the No. 1 Hoosiers lost to Kentucky 92-90 in the Mideast Regional.

Thomas Clyde Bowling Jr.

In 2004 Bowling sued the Kentucky State Department of Corrections along with fellow inmate Ralph Baze on the grounds that execution by lethal injection constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Tri-state area

Three other prominent areas that have been labeled tri-state areas are the Cincinnati tri-state area, including Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana; the Pittsburgh tri-state area, covering parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia; and the Chicago tri-state area, also known as Chicagoland, which includes Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

Waterfront Development Corporation

An agreement to provide equal funding between the governments of Louisville, Jefferson County, and the Commonwealth of Kentucky led to the creation of the Waterfront Development Corporation.

WBLN

WQQR, a radio station (94.7 FM) licensed to Clinton, Kentucky, United States, which used the call sign WBLN from March 1997 to March 1998

WDFB

WDFB-FM, a radio station at 88.1 FM licensed to Danville, Kentucky

Wesley Phelps

He was educated in the Ohio County, Kentucky, elementary schools and graduated from Horse Branch High School in 1942.

Wildcat Mountain

Battle of Camp Wildcat (Battle of Wildcat Mountain), an American Civil War battle in Laurel County, Kentucky

William Thorne

William P. Thorne (1845–1928) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky (1903–1907)

Williamson, West Virginia

South Williamson is an unincorporated area of Pike County and is associated with the adjacent Kentucky neighborhoods of Goody and Belfry.

WKDZ

WKDZ-FM, a radio station (106.5 FM) located in Cadiz, Kentucky, United States

WTXX

WTXX-LP, a low-power television station (channel 34) licensed to Springfield, Massachusetts, United States


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