Rural Route 2 carrier making appointed rounds 2017-01-08 - West of Gradyville, east of Weed, Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com photo(c). Saturday morning, January 7, 2017, Edmonton Road had only furrows of de-icing salt as the postman made another somewhat hazardous stop, by necessity, on the main roadway, between Gradyville and Weed, at this point seven miles west of Holladay Place/New Columbia/Greater Bliss. The peril was in still icy side roads and a rare patch of black ice on the state maintained roads. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Nadia Taylor and grandmother April Williams read together. 2017-01-08 - Campbellsville Elementary School, 315 Roberts Road, Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Calen McKinney, Public Information Officer, Campbellsville Independent Schools (CIS). Campbellsville Elementary School first-grader Nadia Taylor reads with her grandmother, April Williams at Grandparents Day recently at the school. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Cedargate entrance by South Central Kentucky Country Road 2017-01-08 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Linda Marcum Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com(c). This cedar gate entrance is one of many almost secret passages to even greater beauty beyond all over South Central Kentucky. This one is in Adair County, and as most such public roads like this one are, custom and tradition is to respect the privacy of the residents as though going into a a gated estate. - EW. Photo Sat 7 Jan 2017. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Percheron horses were to horse world what semi-truck is today 2017-01-08 - Photo from United States Agriculture Department submitted by Billy Joe Fudge. The Percheron was to the horse world in the United States what the Semi-truck is to freight hauling today. They were the anchor power units to subsistence farming and the agricultural industry in general prior to the internal combustion engine which revolutionized mechanized farming, per se. They were used in the logging industry, pulled stagecoaches and other heavy commercial loads and in addition, they made and still make wonderful pleasure riding horses according to many. - USDA Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Iroquois Confederacy of Pierre Boucher's day 2017-01-08 - Great Lakes Area - Photo submitted by Billy Joe Fudge. According to history, the Iroquois Nation consisted of most if not all these tribes. During the French Colonial times the tribes beginning with the Seneca's to the East were considered to be participants of the Iroquois League or Confederacy. However, all the Indian Tribes in the area spoke some dialect of the Iroquois language. During the pioneer days these tribes exercised considerable influence in Kentucky and Virginia. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Big Russell Creek Hills, Russell Springs Road - No. II 2017-01-08 - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) . This is the view of the Russell Creek Hills seen by the human eye and most camera lens. Not nearly so steep. Either way, the two hills are awe-inspiring to those who experiencing them for the first time. Paired Photo. See: Big Hills - No. 1 Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Big Russell Creek Hills, Russell Springs Road - No. I 2017-01-08 - Photo by Ed Waggener, Columbiamagazine.com(c) . This is a view of the Big Russell Creek Hills closer to reality experience. Those who "buried the hand on 1954 Powerglide Chevrolets - 110 mph - remember it as straight up and down. Cyclists, as well have for decades loved to shoot the hills, gain enough speed, 55 mph or so from the far hill to pedal at ease two-thirds up the incline in the foreground. Paired Photo. See: Big Hills - No. II Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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