About

Kentucky History Drive

Shannon Snowden writes the stories, and Kentucky History Drive publishes them with a map of Kentucky Historical Society markers.

Our seals

One of these three seals rotates into the header on each visit. Tap a seal to enlarge it.

Publisher

Kentucky History Drive (kyhistorydrive.com) is the publisher of this site: the marker map, the timeline, and the story pages. An iPhone app is coming soon.

Author

Shannon Snowden is the author of the Kentucky history stories on this site. Each story is written for Kentucky History Drive and tied to a place, a year, or a map layer when the sources support it.

Kentucky History Drive helps you explore Kentucky’s historical highway markers on a map, and browse Kentucky history stories on a timeline by era and year.

Credits

Marker text and locations: Kentucky Historical Society / history.ky.gov
Map rendering: MapLibre GL JS
Basemap tiles: CARTO Voyager (OpenStreetMap data)
State outline: Natural Earth
Stories: Shannon Snowden for Kentucky History Drive
Layer places (history, museums, parks, and more): Kentucky History Drive project data

Contact

Questions, corrections or photo suggestions:

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