Kentucky -- History
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Broader terms:Narrower terms:- Kentucky -- History -- 1792-1865
- Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Kentucky -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Kentucky -- History -- To 1792
- Kentucky -- History -- War of 1812
- Kentucky -- Biography
- Kentucky -- Church history
- Kentucky -- Constitutional history
- Kentucky -- Genealogy
- Kentucky and Virginia resolutions of 1798
- Bourbon County (Ky.) -- History
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- Johnson County (Ky.) -- History
- Knott County (Ky.) -- History
- Letcher County (Ky.) -- History
- Louisville (Ky.) -- History
- Madison County (Ky.) -- History
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- Scott County (Ky.) -- History
- Trigg County (Ky.) -- History
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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 (Louisville, KY: J. P. Morton and Co., 1898), ed. by J. Stoddard Johnston, contrib. by Thomas Walker and Christopher Gist- History of Corporal Fess Whitaker, by Fess Whitaker (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- History of Kentucky (2 volumes, revised and brought to date up to 1874; Covington, KY: Collins and Co., 1878), by Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins
- Kentucky: A History of the State, Embracing a Concise Account of 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 (seventh edition; Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Co., 1887), by William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Bowmans: A Pioneering Family in Virginia, Kentucky and the Northwest Territory (Staunton, VA: Press of the McClure Co., 1943), by John Walter Wayland (page images at HathiTrust)
- Legends of the War of Independence, and of the Earlier Settlements in the West (Louisville: J. F. Brennan, 1855), by T. Marshall Smith (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 (Louisville: J. P. Morton and Co., 1888), by William H. Whitsitt
- Sketches of Western Adventure: Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Incidents Connected with the Settlement of the West, from 1755 to 1794; Together With an Appendix (Philadelphia: Grigg and Elliot, 1832), by John A. McClung
- The Winning of the West (presidential edition, 4 volumes), by Theodore Roosevelt
- The Winning of the West (4 volumes; New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c1889-1898), by Theodore Roosevelt
- The Patriots and Guerillas of East Tennessee and Kentucky (New York: J. A. Brents, 1863), by A. Brents
- The Union Cause in Kentucky, 1860-1865 (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1907), by Thos. Speed
- The Civil War and Readjustment in Kentucky (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina press; London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1926), by E. Merton Coulter (page images at HathiTrust)
- Old Cane Springs: A Story of the War Between the States in Madison County, Kentucky (second printing, with corrections and additions; Louisville, KY: Standard Printing co., 1937), by John Cabell Chenault and Jonathan Truman Dorris, contrib. by Ivan E. McDougle (page images at HathiTrust)
- Old Cane Springs: A Story of the War Between the States in Madison County, Kentucky (Louisville, KY: Standard Printing Co., 1936), by John Cabell Chenault and Jonathan Truman Dorris, contrib. by Ivan E. McDougle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Lincoln and the Bluegrass: Slavery and Civil War in Kentucky (Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, c1955), by William H. Townsend (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Oration, Delivered on the Occasion of the Centennial Commemoration of the Battle of the Blue Licks, 19th August, 1882 (with Filson's map of Kentucky; Frankfort: Major, Johnston and Barrett, 1882), by John Mason Brown, illust. by John Filson
- The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke (originally published 1784; annotated edition 2006), by John Filson, ed. by Paul Royster, contrib. by Daniel Boone (PDF at unl.edu)
- The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucke, and an Essay Towards the Topography, and Natural History of That Important Country (with various appendixes; Wilmington, DE: Printed by J. Adams, 1784), by John Filson, contrib. by Daniel Boone
- Histoire de Kentucke, Nouvelle Colonie à l'Ouest de la Virginie (in French, with some additions from the original; Paris: Buisson, 1785), by John Filson, trans. by J. P. Parraud, contrib. by Daniel Boone
- The Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky, and an Introduction to the Topography and Natural History of That Rich and Important Country (with various additions from the original; London: Printed for J. Stockdale, 1793), by John Filson, contrib. by Daniel Boone (without map noted on title page: multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon, One of the First Settlers at Kentucke (with an added captivity narrative of Frances Scott; Norwich, CT: Printed by J. Trumbull, 1788), by John Filson, contrib. by Daniel Boone (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Filson's Kentucke: A Facsimile Reproduction of the Original Wilmington Edition of 1784, With Pages Critique, Sketch of Filson's Life and Bibliography (Filson Club Publication #35; Louisville, KY: J.P. Morton and Co., 1930), by John Filson, ed. by Willard Rouse Jillson, contrib. by Daniel Boone (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Appalachian Frontier: America's First Surge Westward (with new introduction; Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c2003), by John Anthony Caruso, contrib. by John C. Inscoe (PDF at Tennessee)
- The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon, by John Filson, contrib. by Daniel Boone (Gutenberg text)
- The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boon (from George Imlay's 1793 edition), by John Filson, contrib. by Daniel Boone (illustrated HTML with commentary at varsitytutors.com)
- A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America (second edition, with considerable additions; includes most of Filson's book on Kentucky; London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1793), by Gilbert Imlay, contrib. by John Filson and Daniel Boone
- A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America (third edition, with considerable additions; includes most of Filson's book on Kentucky, and other works; London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1797), by Gilbert Imlay, contrib. by John Filson, Jonathan Heart, Thomas Hutchins, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Kennedy
- The Transylvania Colony (Spencer, IN: S. R. Guard and Co., 1935), by William Stewart Lester (page images at HathiTrust)
- Pioneers of the Old Southwest: A Chronicle of the Dark and Bloody Ground, by Constance Lindsay Skinner (Gutenberg text)
- The Conquest of the Old Southwest: The Romantic Story of the Early Pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790 (New York: The Century Co., 1920), by Archibald Henderson
- Remember the Raisin! Kentucky and Kentuckians in the Battles and Massacre at Frenchtown, Michigan Territory, in the War of 1812 (Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1961), by G. Glenn Clift (page images at HathiTrust)
- Out of the Black Patch: The Autobiography of Effie Marquess Carmack, Folk Musician, Artist, and Writer (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1999), by Effie Marquess Carmack, ed. by Noel A. Carmack and Karen Lynn Davidson (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)
- History of Kentucky (2 volumes, revised and brought to date up to 1874; Covington, KY: Collins and Co., 1878), by Lewis Collins and Richard H. Collins
- Kentucky: A History of the State, Embracing a Concise Account of 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 (seventh edition; Louisville and Chicago: F. A. Battey and Co., 1887), by William Henry Perrin, J. H. Battle, and G. C. Kniffin (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky; With an Outline Sketch of the Blue Grass Region (Chicago: O.L. Baskin and Co., 1882), ed. by William Henry Perrin, contrib. by Robert Peter
- A History and Genealogy of the Garreds, Jarretts of Kentucky, and Many Related Families (Whiting, IA: J. Holmes Pub. Co., c1957), by Ulysses Victoria Garred (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of the Lander family of Virginia and Kentucky (Chicago: Regan Printing House, 1926), by David Lander (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws; Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798 (Richmond: J. W. Randolph, 1850), by Virginia
- History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky; With an Outline Sketch of the Blue Grass Region (Chicago: O.L. Baskin and Co., 1882), ed. by William Henry Perrin, contrib. by Robert Peter
- The Wilford-Williford Family Treks into America (2 parts in 1 volume; with reprinted accounts of Christian and Trigg counties in KY; c1959), by Eurie Pearl Wilford Neel, contrib. by William Henry Perrin (page images at HathiTrust)
- History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky; With an Outline Sketch of the Blue Grass Region (Chicago: O.L. Baskin and Co., 1882), ed. by William Henry Perrin, contrib. by Robert Peter
- Johnson County, Kentucky: A History of the County, and Genealogy of its People Up to the Year 1927 (Louisville, KY: Standard Press, 1928), by Mitchel Hall
- History of Corporal Fess Whitaker, by Fess Whitaker (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- History of Corporal Fess Whitaker, by Fess Whitaker (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Memorial History of Louisville From its First Settlement to the Year 1896 (2 volumes; Chicago and New York: American Biographical Pub. Co., ca. 1896), ed. by J. Stoddard Johnston (page images at HathiTrust)
- Old Cane Springs: A Story of the War Between the States in Madison County, Kentucky (second printing, with corrections and additions; Louisville, KY: Standard Printing co., 1937), by John Cabell Chenault and Jonathan Truman Dorris, contrib. by Ivan E. McDougle (page images at HathiTrust)
- Old Cane Springs: A Story of the War Between the States in Madison County, Kentucky (Louisville, KY: Standard Printing Co., 1936), by John Cabell Chenault and Jonathan Truman Dorris, contrib. by Ivan E. McDougle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky; With an Outline Sketch of the Blue Grass Region (Chicago: O.L. Baskin and Co., 1882), ed. by William Henry Perrin, contrib. by Robert Peter
- History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky; With an Outline Sketch of the Blue Grass Region (Chicago: O.L. Baskin and Co., 1882), ed. by William Henry Perrin, contrib. by Robert Peter
- The Wilford-Williford Family Treks into America (2 parts in 1 volume; with reprinted accounts of Christian and Trigg counties in KY; c1959), by Eurie Pearl Wilford Neel, contrib. by William Henry Perrin (page images at HathiTrust)
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