Kentucky pride stems from more than just our friendly people, beautiful land, great bourbon, and college sports. We have plenty of history that we should be proud of. The people of our state have not always done historically great things, but each action has helped us grow into what we are today. We may not be the first in everything, but we have a healthy abundance of groundbreaking history.
Here are 10 things Kentuckians did first:
- Appalachians
Wiki In 1792, Kentucky became the first state adopted into the US west of the Appalachians.
- Enamel Tub
Wiki The very first enamel tub was created in Louisville in 1856. The original designs were much different than modern day plastic and fiberglass tubs.
- Common Core Standard
Kentucky We were the first out of 45 states to adopt this style of education in 2010.
- Education
JBCurio Kentucky was the first state to raise the legal high school dropout age to 18 in 2013.
- Obamacare
Will O’Neill We were the very first “southern” state to embrace Obamacare.
- Hemp
USMP of KY On April 19, 2013, Kentucky was the first state to adopt hemp legally into the pilot hemp research project for the Agricultural Act of 2014.
- Mother’s Day
Infrogmation A teacher, Mary S Wilson, held the first observance of Mother’s Day in 1887 so her class could honor their moms. It was made into an actual holiday to celebrate mothers everywhere in 1916.
- Kentucky Fried Chicken
Although the first KFC was opened in Utah, its founder, the great Colonel Harland David Sanders, got the idea for the franchise from selling fried chicken in his depression era diner in Corbin Kentucky.
- The First Cheeseburger
Rachel Barr The first ever cheeseburger was sold at Kaelins Restaurant in Louisville. Unfortunately, it is now Kaelin’s Coffeehouse and no longer serves its incredible cheeseburgers.
- Thunder Over Louisville
David Harpe Kentucky kicks off its Derby celebration with, Thunder Over Louisville, the largest fireworks display in the United States.
There are some other great firsts that happened in Kentucky. Things like Edison showing his light bulb creation at the Southern Exposition in Louisville. However, it was recently featured in another article. The Bluegrass State has more unique first time events than this list, all swelling with pride. Please share your opinions or knowledge of things started in Kentucky in the comments.
Wiki
In 1792, Kentucky became the first state adopted into the US west of the Appalachians.
Wiki
The very first enamel tub was created in Louisville in 1856. The original designs were much different than modern day plastic and fiberglass tubs.
Kentucky
We were the first out of 45 states to adopt this style of education in 2010.
JBCurio
Kentucky was the first state to raise the legal high school dropout age to 18 in 2013.
Will O’Neill
We were the very first “southern” state to embrace Obamacare.
USMP of KY
On April 19, 2013, Kentucky was the first state to adopt hemp legally into the pilot hemp research project for the Agricultural Act of 2014.
Infrogmation
A teacher, Mary S Wilson, held the first observance of Mother’s Day in 1887 so her class could honor their moms. It was made into an actual holiday to celebrate mothers everywhere in 1916.
Although the first KFC was opened in Utah, its founder, the great Colonel Harland David Sanders, got the idea for the franchise from selling fried chicken in his depression era diner in Corbin Kentucky.
Rachel Barr
The first ever cheeseburger was sold at Kaelins Restaurant in Louisville. Unfortunately, it is now Kaelin’s Coffeehouse and no longer serves its incredible cheeseburgers.
David Harpe
Kentucky kicks off its Derby celebration with, Thunder Over Louisville, the largest fireworks display in the United States.
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