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History of Corporal Fess Whitaker, by Fess Whitaker (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
When Kentucky was young; pen and ink sketches of log cabin days from Virginia ownership to Kentucky statehood, by Fannie Casseday Duncan. (Louisville, Ky., J. P. Morton & company, incorporated, 1928), by Fannie Duncan (page images at HathiTrust)
The centenary of Kentucky. Proceedings at the celebration by the Filson club, Wednesday, June 1, 1892, of the one hundreth anniversary of the admission of Kentucky as an independent state into the Federal union. (Louisville, Ky., J. P. Morton & company; Cincinnati, O., R. Clarke & company, 1892), by Filson Club (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of Kentucky / by Elizabeth Shelby Kindead. (New York : American Book Co., 1915), by Elizabeth Shelby Kinkead (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West : an account of the exploration and settlement of our country from the Alleghanies to the Pacific / by Theodore Roosevelt. (New York : Putnam, 1907-1908), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West. (New York : Putnam, 1903 [c1889-1896]), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
The story of Kentucky ... (Boston, D. Lothrop co., [1890]), by Emma M. Connelly (page images at HathiTrust)
Collins' historical sketches of Kentucky. History of Kentucky, by Lewis Collins. (Louisville, Ky., J.P. Morton & Company, inc., 1924), by Lewis Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West. Selections, with an introd. by Harvey Wish. (New York, Capricorn Books, [1962]), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
Wild western scenes.-- Second series. The war-path : a narrative of adventures in the wilderness : with minute details of the captivity of sundry persons ; amusing and perilous incidents during their abode in the wild woods ; fearful battles with the Indians ; ceremony of adoption into an Indian family; encounters with wild beasts and rattlesnakes, &c. ... By J. B. Jones ... (Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co., 1865), by J. B. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West / by Theodore Roosevelt. (New York : The Review of Reviews, 1910, c1889-1896), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
Address delivered at the centennial celebration of the settlement of Breckinridge County, (Frankfort, Ky. : Printed at the Kentucky yoeman office, Major, Johnston & Barrett, 1882), by William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (page images at HathiTrust)
The history of Kentucky. Exhibiting an account of the modern discovery; settlement; progressive improvement; civil and military transactions; and the present state of the country ... By H. Marshall. (Frankfort, G.S. Robinson, printer, 1824), by Humphrey Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
An excursion to the Mammoth Cave, and the barrens of Kentucky. With some notices of the early settlement of the state. By the Rev. R. Davidson. (Lexington, Ky., A. T. Skillman & son, 1840), by Robert Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West, by Theodore Roosevelt. (New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons, 1889-96), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Im Reiche der Hinterwäldler, von Theodore Roosevelt; aus der "Eroberung des Westens" ausgewählt und übersetz von Dr. Max Kullnick ... (Berlin, E.S. Mittler und Sohn, 1907), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The history of Kentucky : from its earliest settlement to the present time / by T.S. Arthur and W.H. Carpenter. (Philadelphia, Pa. : E. Claxton, 1881, 1852), by T. S. Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
Historical sketches of Kentucky: embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions; with anecdotes of pioneer life, and more than one hundred biographical sketches of distinguished pioneers, soldiers, statesmen, jurists, lawyers, divines, etc. Illustrated by forty engravings. By Lewis Collins. (Maysville, Ky., L. Collins; Cincinnati, J. A. & U. P. James, 1850), by Lewis Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities, by E. Polk Johnson. (Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co., 1912), by E. Polk Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
Kentucky, a pioneer commonwealth / by N. S. Shaler. (Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, c1884), by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (page images at HathiTrust)
Wild western scenes--Second series. The war-path: A narrative of adventures in the wilderness: with minute details of the captivity of sundry persons; amusing and perilous incidents during their abode in the wild woods; fearful battles with the Indians; ceremony of adoption into an Indian family; encounters with wild beasts and rattlesnakes, &c. ... By J.B. Jones ... (Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859), by J. B. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
Wild western scenes.--Second series : the war-path : a narrative of adventures in the wilderness : with minute details of the captivity of sundry persons ; amusing and perilous incidents during their abode in the wild woods ; fearful battles with the Indians ; ceremony of adoption into an Indian family ; encounters with wild beasts and rattlesnakes, &c. / by J.B. Jones. (Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1860), by J. B. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
The statute law of Kentucky : A complete index to the names of persons, places and subjects mentioned in Littel's laws of Kentucky : a genealogical and historical guide / prepared by W.T. Smith. (Lexington, Ky. : The Bradford Club Press, 1931), by Kentucky (page images at HathiTrust)
History and texts of the three constitutions of Kentucky : with illustrative state history prefacing them and marginal notes showing all alterations in the fundamental law... / by Bennett H. Young. (Louisville : Courier-Journal Job Print. Co., 1890), by Bennett Henderson Young (page images at HathiTrust)
School history of Kentucky, from the earliest discoveries and settlements to the end of the year 1888. By Z.F. Smith. Prepared for use in the schools of the State. (Louisville, KY., The Courier-Journal Job Printing Company, 1889), by Z. F. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West; an account of the exploration and settlement of our country from the Alleghanies to the Pacific, by Theodore Roosevelt. (New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, [1917]), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Monument to the memory of Henry Clay. (Cincinnati, W. A. Clarke, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West / by Theodore Roosevelt. (New York : Putnam's, 1889-1899), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
The history of Kentucky : from its earliest discovery and settlement, to the present date ... its military events and achievements, and biographic mention of its historic characters / by Hon. Z. F. Smith. (Louisville : Courier-journal job printing company ;, 1892 [c1885]), by Z. F. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West : an account of the exploration and settlement of our country from the Alleghanies to the Pacific / by Theodore Roosevelt. (Philadelphia : Gebbie and Co., 1903), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
Wild western scenes - Second series. The warpath: A narrative of adventures in the wilderness. By J.B. Jones. (Philadelphia, Lippincott, [c1856]), by J. B. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)
Kentucky, a pioneer commonwealth, (Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1885), by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (page images at HathiTrust)
First explorations of Kentucky: Doctor Thomas Walker's journal of an exploration of Kentucky in 1750, being the first record of a white man's visit to the interior of that territory, now first published entire, with notes and biographical sketch; also Colonel Christopher Gist's journal of a tour through Ohio and Kentucky in 1751, with notes and sketch by J. Stoddard Johnston ... (Louisville, Ky., J. P. Morton and company, 1898), by J. Stoddard Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West; an account of the exploration and settlement of our country from the Alleghanies to the Pacific. (New York, Putnam, [c1917]), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
Stories from The winning of the West, 1769-1807, by Theodore Roosevelt, with an introduction by Lawrence F. Abbott, with 23 illustrations in photogravure. (New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1920), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
An excursion to the Mammoth Cave, (Lexington, Ky., A. T. Skillman & son, 1840), by Robert Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)
Episodes from "The winning in the West," (New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1900), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The star of empire; phases of the westward movement in the old Southwest, by Archibald Henderson. (Durham, N.C., The Seeman printery, 1919), by Archibald Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
The history of Kentucky, from its earliest discovery and settlement, to the present date. (Louisville, Ky., The Prentice Press, 1895), by Z. F. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Historical sketches of Kentucky : embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions : with anecdotes of pioneer life, and more than one hundred biographical sketches of distinguished pioneers, soldiers, statesmen, jurists, lawyers, divines, etc. : illustrated by forty engravings / by Lewis Collins. (Maysville, Ky. : L. Collins ; Cincinnati : J.A. & U.P. James, 1847), by Lewis Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
Kentucky, a pioneer commonwealth, by N. S. Shaler. (Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1888), by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Old Kentucky / by Reverend J. F. Cook. (New York : The Neale Publishing Company, 1908), by Joshua Flood Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West; an account of the exploration and settlement of our country from the Alleghanies to the Pacific, (Philadelphia, Gebbie and company, 1903), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
Proceedings of the Kentucky Historical Society at its Second Annual Meeting in Frankfort, February 11, 1880. (Frankfort, Printed at the Kentucky Yeoman Off., Major, Johnston & Barrett, 1880), by Kentucky Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of Kentucky, by Elizabeth Shelby Kinkead. (New York, Cincinnati [etc.] American Book Company, [c1909]), by Elizabeth Shelby Kinkead (page images at HathiTrust)
Stories of Old Kentucky, by Martha Grassham Purcell. (New York, Cincinnati [etc.] American book company, [c1915]), by Martha C. Grassham Purcell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Richard Henderson: the authorship of the Cumberland compact and the founding of Nashville. By Archibald Henderson. ([Nashville?], 1916), by Archibald Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
Chenoweth massacre, etc. Read before the Kentucky State Historical Society, October 3, 1911. ([Frankfort, 1911?]), by Kentucky Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of the commonwealth of Kentucky. By Mann Butler, A. M. (Louisville, Pub. for the author by Wilcox, Dickerman & co., 1834), by Mann Butler (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of the commonwealth of Kentucky, from its exploration and settlement by the whites, to the close of the northwestern campaign, in 1813; with an introduction, exhibiting the settlement of western Virginia...in 1736, to the treaty of Camp Charlotte...in 1774. By Mann Butler. (Cincinnati, J.A. James and co.; Louisville, The author, 1836), by Mann Butler (page images at HathiTrust)
Sketches of western adventure: containing an account of the most interesting incidents connected with the settlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794: with an appendix. Revised and corrected, with engravings. (Cincinnati, U. P. James, 1839), by John A. McClung (page images at HathiTrust)
Sketches of western adventure: containing an account of the most interesting incidents connected with the settlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794; with an appendix. By John A. M'Clung. Also additional sketches of adventure, comp. by the publishers, and a biography of John A. M'Clung, by Henry Waller. (Covington, Ky., R.H. Collins, 1872), by John A. McClung (page images at HathiTrust)
The Wilderness road, a description of the routes of travel by which the pioneers and early settlers first came to Kentucky. Prepared for the Filson club, by Thomas Speed. (Louisville, Ky., J.P. Morton & co., 1886), by Thos. Speed (page images at HathiTrust)
Kentucky in the nation's history, (New York, Moffat, Yard and company, 1909), by Robert McNutt McElroy (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West / by Theodore Roosevelt. (New York and London : G.P. Putnam's sons, 1889-96), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The political beginnings of Kentucky, A narrative of public events bearing on the history of that state up to the time of its admission into the American union. By John Mason Brown. (Louisville, J. P. Morton and company, 1889), by John Mason Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of Kentucky, by Elizabeth Shelby Kinkead. (New York. Cincinnati [etc.] American book company, [1896]), by Elizabeth Shelby Kinkead (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of Kentucky : embracing gleanings, reminiscences, antiquities, natural curiosities, statistics, and biographical sketches of pioneers, soldiers, jurists, lawyers, statesmen, divines, mechanics, farmers, merchants, and other leading men, of all occupations and pursuits / by William B. Allen. (Louisville, Ky. : Bradley & Gilbert, 1872), by William B. Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
History of Kentucky, Judge Charles Kerr, editor. By William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter . (Chicago, and New York, The American Historical Society, 1922), by Charles Kerr (page images at HathiTrust)
Kentucky : a history of the state, embracing a concise account o f the origin and development of the Virginia colony; its expansion westward, and the settlement of the frontier beyond the Alleghanies; the erection of Kentucky as an independent state, and its subsequent development / by W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle, G. C. Kniffin. (Louisville, Ky.; Chicago Ill. : F. A. Battey & Company, 1888), by William Henry Perrin (page images at HathiTrust)
The Spanish conspiracy. (Cincinnati, R. Clarke & co., 1891), by Thomas Marshall Green (page images at HathiTrust)
Sketches of western adventure: containing an account of the most interesting incidents connected with the settlement of the West from 1755 to 1794: with an appendix. (Dayton, O., Ells, Claflin & co., 1847), by John A. McClung (page images at HathiTrust)
The conquest of the old Southwest; the romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790, by Archibald Henderson. (New York, The Century co., 1920), by Archibald Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
Legends of the war of independence, and of the earlier settlements in the West. By T. Marshall Smith. (Louisville, J. F. Brennan, 1855), by Thomas Marshall Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
The statute law of Kentucky; with notes, prælections, and observations on the public acts. Comprehending also, the laws of Virginia and acts of Parliament in force in this commonwealth; the charter of Virginia, the federal and state constitutions, and so much of the King of England's proclamation in 1763, as relates to the titles to land in Kentucky. Together with a table of reference to the cases adjudicated in the Court of appeals ... By William Littell. (Frankfort, (Ken.) Printed by and for William Hunter., 1809-1819), by Kentucky (page images at HathiTrust)
Filson Club Publications. (Louisville, 1884-), by Filson Club (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The winning of the West / by Theodore Roosevelt. (New York : G.P. Putnam's sons, 1902, c1889-96), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
Biographical sketch of the Hon. Lazarus W. Powell, (Frankfort, Ky., Printed at the Kentucky yeoman office, 1868), by Kentucky. General assembly. [from old catalog] (page images at HathiTrust)
The Wilderness Road to Kentucky, its location and features, by Wm. Allen Pusey. (New York, George H. Doran Company, [c1921]), by William Allen Pusey (page images at HathiTrust)
Episodes from "The winning of the West", 1769-1807. (New York, Putnam, [c1900]), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The history of Kentucky. From its earliest discovery and settlement, to the present date ... its military events and achievements, and biographic mention of its historic characters. By Hon. Z. F. Smith ... (Louisville, Courier-journal job printing company, 1886), by Z. F. Smith (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Pioneer life in Kentucky, 1785-1800 : A series of reminiscential letters from Daniel Drake...to his children / Ed. with notes and a biographical sketch by his son, Charles D. Drake. (Cincinnati : R. Clarke & Co., 1870), by Daniel Drake (page images at HathiTrust)
Reprints of Littell's Political transactions in and concerning Kentucky and Letter of George Nicholas to his friend in Virginia, also General Wilkinson's memoiral / with an introduction by Temple Bodley. (Louisville, Ky. : J.P. Morton & co., inc., 1926), by William Littell (page images at HathiTrust)
Life and times of Judge Caleb Wallace, some time a justice of the Court of Appeals of the state of Kentucky. By William H. Whitsitt. (Louisville, J.P. Morton & company, printers, 1888), by William Heth Whitsitt (page images at HathiTrust)
Biographical sketch of the Hon. Lazarus W. Powell, (of Henderson, Ky.), governor of the state of Kentucky from 1851-1855, senator in Congress from 1859-1865. Published by direction of the General assembly of Kentucky. (Frankfort, Ky. : Printed at the Kentucky yeoman office, 1868), by Kentucky General Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
The history of Kentucky : from its earliest settlement to the present time / by T.S. Arthur and W.H. Carpenter. (Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo, 1852), by T. S. Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
The centenary of Kentucky : Proceedings at the celebration by the Filson Club, Wednesday, June 1, 1892, of the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of Kentucky as an independent state into the Federal Union. (Louisville, Ky. : John P. Morton ; Cincinnati : Robert Clarke, 1892), by Filson Club (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West. (New York, The Current literature publishing company, 1905), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
Collins historical sketches of Kentucky. History of Kentucky: by the late Lewis Collins. Revised, enlarged four-fold, and brought down to the year 1874 by his son, Richard H. Collins. Embracing pre-historic, annals for 331 years ... statistics, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical and geological descriptions ... incidents of pioneer life, and nearly five hundred biographical sketches ... Illustrated by 84 portraits, a map of Kentucky, and 70 other engravings. (Covington, Ky., Collins & Co., 1874), by Lewis Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
The history of Kentucky : from its earliest settlement to the present time / by T. S. Arthur and W. H. Carpenter. (Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1858), by T. S. Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
The life of James Francis Leonard : the first practical sound-reader of the Morse alphabet ... A paper read before the Filson Club at its meeting, October 5, 1908. (Louisville, Ky. : J.P. Morton, 1909), by John Wilson Townsend (page images at HathiTrust)
The history of Kentucky from its earliest settlement to the present time / by T.S. Arthur and W.H. Carpenter. (Philadelphia : Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1869, c1852), by T. S. Arthur (page images at HathiTrust)
Historical sketches of Kentucky : embracing its history, antiquities, and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical, and geological descriptions; with anecdotes of pioneer life, and more than one hundred biographical sketches of distinguished pioneers, soldiers, statesmen, jurists, lawyers, divines, etc. Illus. by forty engravings / By Lewis Collins. (Maysville, Ky. : L. Collins; Cincinnati : J. A. & U. P. James, 1847), by Lewis Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
Simon Bolivar Buckner: borderland knight, by Arndt M. Stickles ... (Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina press, 1910), by Arndt M. Stickles (page images at HathiTrust)
History and texts of the three constitutions of Kentucky : with illustrative state history prefacing them and marginal notes showing all alterations in the fundamental law, to which is added the act calling the convention of 1890, the Magna Charta, the compact with Virginia and the Constitution of the United States with the amendments and annotations / by Bennett H. Young (Louisville : Courier-Journal Job Print. Co., 1890), by Bennett Henderson Young (page images at HathiTrust)
The Bowmans, a pioneering family in Virginia, Kentucky and the Northwest Territory / by John W. Wayland. (Staunton, Va. : McClure Co., 1943), by John Walter Wayland (page images at HathiTrust)
Youth's History of Kentucky : from the earliest discoveries and settlements to the year 1898. / By Z. F. Smith. Prepared for use in the schools of the state. (Louisville, Ky. : Courier-Journal Job Printing Co., 1898), by Z. F. Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
Episodes from "The winning of the West", 1769-1807, by Theodore Roosevelt. (New York, Putnam's sons, 1900), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
A sesqui-centennial history of Kentucky; a narrative historical edition ... preserving the record of the growth and development of the commonwealth, and chronicling the genealogical and memorial records of its prominent families and personages. Frederick A. Wallis, supervising ed., genealogical and biographical. Hambleton Tapp, author and ed., historical. (Hopkinsville, Ky., Historical Record Assn., [1945]), by Frederick A. Wallis (page images at HathiTrust)
Collins' historical sketches of Kentucky : history of Kentucky / by Lewis Collins. (Easley, S.C. : Southern Historical Press, [1979?]), by Lewis Collins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The winning of the West / by Theodore Roosevelt. (New York ; and London : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Report of the committee on the bill from the House of Representatives for the relief of William White and others. (Washington City : Printed by R.C. Weightman, 1809), by United States Senate (page images at HathiTrust)
The Black patch war, (Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina press, 1936), by John Goodrum Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West / by Theodore Roosevelt. (New York : Review of Reviews Co., 1904, c1889), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)
The winning of the West, by Theodore Roosevelt. (New York, Current Literature Pub. Co., 1905), by Theodore Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The story of Kentucky, by Rice S. Eubank (Gutenberg ebook)

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