Camp Nelson; Valley View Ferry; Davis and Lincoln Memorials
Season 1 Episode 12 | 28m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Camp Nelson History; the Valley View Ferry; Civil War presidential monuments; and more.
Camp Nelson was a training camp for African-American troops during the Civil War, then a refugee camp for their families. The Valley View Ferry hauls cars across the Kentucky River between Fayette and Madison counties. Both Civil War presidents were born in Kentucky, and both have monuments in the state: Abraham Lincoln's in Hodgenville and Jefferson Davis' near Hopkinsville. A 1995 KET production
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Kentucky Life is a local public television program presented by KET
You give every Kentuckian the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through KET. Visit the Kentucky Life website.
Camp Nelson; Valley View Ferry; Davis and Lincoln Memorials
Season 1 Episode 12 | 28m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Camp Nelson was a training camp for African-American troops during the Civil War, then a refugee camp for their families. The Valley View Ferry hauls cars across the Kentucky River between Fayette and Madison counties. Both Civil War presidents were born in Kentucky, and both have monuments in the state: Abraham Lincoln's in Hodgenville and Jefferson Davis' near Hopkinsville. A 1995 KET production
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Kentucky Life is a local public television program presented by KET
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