Kentucky Winter

by Darren Fisher

Title

Kentucky Winter

Artist

Darren Fisher

Medium

Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art

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A beatuiful bard on a snowy day here in Bardstown Kentucky. I was lucky to have gorgeous blue skies and clouds the day after getting some snow. I had been wanting to photography this barnd and it was calling my name as I was out driving around. I have used and HDR and texture to give the image a painterly look and a little more pop to the detail.
First settled in 1780, Bardstown is the second oldest city in Kentucky.[5] Named county seat of the newly created Nelson County, Virginia (now Kentucky) in 1784, the town was formally established in 1788, and was incorporated by the state assembly in 1838.[3]

Reflecting the westward migration of Americans after the Revolutionary War, Bardstown was the first center of Catholicism west of the Appalachian Mountains in the original territory of the United States.[6] The Diocese of Bardstown was established on February 8, 1808, to serve all Catholics between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River, an area now served by 44 dioceses and archdioceses in 10 states. Its cathedral is the Basilica of Saint Joseph Proto-Cathedral. The seat of the diocese was transferred to Louisville in 1841.[7] Bardstown has a Catholic high school, Bethlehem High School.

The Old Talbott Tavern, built in 1779 and located just off the Courthouse Square in the center of Bardstown, is part of the city's rich history. Several notable Americans passed through the tavern's doors, including Daniel Boone and Abraham Lincoln.[8] Bullet holes in an upstairs wall are reputed to have been shot by Jesse James.[9] People claim to have encountered ghosts or other paranormal activity at the tavern.

Bardstown is the site My Old Kentucky Home State Park. On their plantation, Judge John Rowan and his wife Ann Lytle Rowan built "Federal Hill," the mansion that is alleged to have inspired his cousin Stephen Foster to write the song "My Old Kentucky Home." Federal Hill is depicted on the reverse of the Kentucky state quarter issued by the United States Mint in 2002

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January 29th, 2014

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