While preparing for the book I got to visit and revisit some great places along the way. Here are a few:
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| Nada tunnel, the unique entrance to the Red River Gorge country |
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| The Red River Museum in Clay City, Ky |
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| Amazing petroglyph rock on display in Red River Museum |
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Sue, owner of Sue's Hot dogs in Stanton, Ky
There is no other hot dog in the world like Sue's |
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Rock Bridge crossing Swift Creek in Wolfe County, Ky
Many journals mention a bridge on a stream and turkey track carvings |
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| The Swift legend is still marketable |
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Fitchburg Furnace in Estill Co, Ky
This is the largest iron furnace of this type in the country |
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| The Purple Cow Restaurant in Beattyville, Ky |
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| The Purple Cow is a small restaurant from the 1930's, nothing fancy but sure good home cooked food |
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Monument at Fort Harrod State Park honoring the westward expansion. FDR was
on hand at the dedication of this massive granite monument |
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The giant Osage Orange Tree at Ft Harrod State Park is
one of the largest trees of this species in the world |
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| Mantle Rock in Livingston County, Ky, the longest natural arch in the Eastern US |
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| The courthouse of Wolf County, Ky actually has a marker claiming to be the site of Swifts camp! |
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| Clements Mineral Museum in Marion, Ky has the largest fluorite crystal collection in the world |
There are many more and I hope to share a little bit later. Some, of course, have already been covered as a previous topic. These are all great places to visit and I recommend all of them if you are looking for a day trip in Kentucky.
Please join me in a discussion about any of these sites or tell us about your own favorites. These are just some of the neat places I'v run across while out researching the book.Some, I confess, I've visited many, many times.
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