A Moment in Kentucky History: How the UK Wildcats Were Named

WEKU | By wendy barnett

Published December 6, 2019 at 5:30 AM EST

Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about how the Kentucky Wildcats were named.

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