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Think History

A Moment in Kentucky History: Central and Eastern Kentucky's Native American Farming Landscape

WEKU | By Samantha Morrill

Published September 29, 2020 at 8:15 AM EDT

Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about? central and eastern Kentucky's Native American farming landscape.

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