Where the River Bends

Geography and Early History (1x1)

: 06, 2015

•An overview of the geography of the region, defined by rivers and shaped by glacial action •The Paleo, Fort Ancient, Adena, and Hopewell Native American cultures •Early French explorers, the saga of Mary Ingles, the French and Indian (Seven Years) War, and separate visits by Lewis and Clark to Big Bone Lick •The first settlements, the foundings of Newport and Covington, the War of 1812, and the beginnings of German and Irish immigration •The development of transportation industries •Slavery, the abolitionist movement, the Underground Railroad •Northern Kentucky in the Civil War