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Think History

A Moment in Kentucky History: St. Joseph Cathedral

WEKU | By Mike Savage

Published September 19, 2019 at 7:00 AM EDT

Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about St. Joseph Cathedral, the first cathedral West of the Allegheny mountains

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