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Dense forest foliage as seen from the Zilpo Road National Scenic Byway, Daniel Boone National Forest
z Daniel Boone National Scenic Byway offers herbs and spices were first put
National Forest a good chance to see the together is on display, along
forest’s rich variety of wildlife with KFC artifacts.
1700 Bypass Rd, Winchester. n (859) on a short drive. The central At the southern end,
745-3100. Open 8am–4:30pm daily. area east of Stanton features Cumberland Falls State Resort
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the Natural Bridge State Resort Park offers lodging, camping,
Park, a naturally occuring arch- and swimming.
Named after the legendary way surrounded by rugged
pioneer and fur trapper Daniel terrain, and the picturesque } Cumberland Falls State
Boone, who lived in Kentucky, Red River Gorge, both of Resort Park
this National Forest protects which offer great hiking, 7351 Hwy 90, Corbin. Tel (606) 528-
some of the most dramatic canoeing, and white-water 4121. Open daily. 7 ∑ parks.ky.gov
scenery in the state. The dense rafting opportunities.
forest provides shelter to
over 35 endangered species, Environs
including red-cockaded wood- Visitors to the southern portion
peckers, big-eared bats, and of the park might want to
bald eagles. The Sheltowee detour to Corbin, off I-75,
Trace National Recreation Trail 50 miles (80 km) north of the
runs the entire 260-mile (418-km) state’s southern border with
length of the forest, from Tennessee. Corbin is notable as
Morehead near the Ohio border the original home of Kentucky
in the north to Pickett State Fried Chicken, where Colonel
Rustic Park in Tenessee. Also Harland Sanders first served
near Morehead, Cave Run the special recipe that went on
Lake is a popular venue for to become a global franchise. Chairlifts carrying visitors up to the
boating, and the Zilpo Road The kitchen where the famous Natural Bridge
Country & Bluegrass Music
As the Mississippi Delta is to blues music, so the stretch of eastern Kentucky
(along with West Virginia) is home to the greatest proportion of country music
artists in America. British, Irish, and Scottish immigrants brought Elizabethan
ballads, rhythms, and instruments to the area, which they then forged into a
distinctly American style known as “country.” It was characterized by fast fiddling,
occasional yodeling, and laments on the hardscrabble life of the American
Southeast. Hwy 23, which runs from Ashland to Pikeville along the state’s
eastern border, has been dubbed the “Country Music Highway” to commem orate
Country singer Billy Ray the vast number of artists who grew up here. Along its length, the route passes
Cyrus in concert by the hometowns of Billy Ray Cyrus, the Judds, Loretta Lynn, Patty Loveless,
and Dwight Yoakum.
Kentucky’s vast bluegrass pasturelands defined a particular style of country music known as “bluegrass.”
This evolved from the musical style played in the late 1940s by Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys. The
name “bluegrass” stuck, and this acoustic folk style remains popular in the region today. Traditional
bluegrass acoustic stringed instruments include the fiddle, guitar, mandolin, five-string banjo, and
bass and dobro guitars. Song lyrics are usually about the everyday lives of the people from whom the
music originated.

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