The starting five? I’m thinking about Ulis, Labissiere, Murray, Poythress and Briscoe. How about you?
And over here on the Kaintuckeean, October’s Starting 5 were the month’s MVPs (Most Valuable Posts).
So what were October’s most popular posts?
A Ghoulish Walking Tour
The most popular post in October helped to promote what turned out to be an awesome event. #BGTdeTours’ October edition including a historical & ghost walk of Lexington’s past led by Kevin Steele of Lexington Ghost Walk and Creepy Crawl.
Read more at: http://www.kaintuckeean.com/2015/10/a-ghoulish-walking-tour-in-lexington.html
Griffith Woods
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| Griffith Woods. Author’s collection. |
The only repeat on the list (September’s #1) comes back as October’s #3. The 745 acres of Harrison County land provides the purest glimpse of what Europeans first saw when the entered the Bluegrass region. This is what the land looked like when the Native Americans lived here. Griffith Woods is a cooperative effort between the Nature Conservancy, the University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission. Originally called Silver Lake Farm, the area features some venerable trees that are more than 300 years old.
Read more at http://www.kaintuckeean.com/2010/07/no-destination-griffith-woods.html
Metes & Bounds: Measuring Up Kentucky
A long-form post which included much of the history of how Kentucky was first part of Virginia and its separation from the mother-Commonwealth, along with the breakdown of Kentucky into its 120 counties. Oh, yes, and there’s a little bit about a place called Transylvania!
The post also got picked up by KyForward.
Read more at http://www.kaintuckeean.com/2015/10/metes-and-bounds-measuring-up-kentucky.html
The Story of the Willis Green House
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| Willis Green House. Blue Grass Trust. |
Danville’s Willis Green House was constructed around 1800 and has a grand history. It was in very poor shape and was auctioned off in 2013 to a consortium that sought its preservation. The consortium then sold the property to individuals who are restoring it. The photographs in this post, many provided by the Blue Grass Trust, are great examples of ‘ruin porn’ completed with a “door to hell.”
Read more: http://www.kaintuckeean.com/2013/09/a-house-with-story-to-tell-willis-green.html
Daniel Midkiff’s Ascension
What began as a short #DemolitionWatch post about a house being demolished on Walton Avenue turned into something larger. A western Kentucky typhoid fever outbreak led a widow and her children to Lexington and to the city’s Pythian Home. The family later rented the house (demolished in September 2015). One of the children was Daniel Midkiff who became a major player in the central Kentucky equine industry.
Read more: http://www.kaintuckeean.com/2015/10/daniel-midkiff-rose-from-inmate-to.html