10 Things You Might Not Know About Louisville
10 Things You Might Not Know About Louisville
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1. The City of Louisville was named 236 years ago after King Louis XVI of France.
Source: www.upf.edu
2. The 12th President of the United States, Zachary Taylor, grew up in Louisville and is buried in the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery on Brownsboro Road.
Source: www.la-cemeteries.com
3. Founded in 1798, The University of Louisville is the oldest city-supported college in the United States.
Source: www.louisville.edu
4. Churchill Downs has been home to the Kentucky Derby since 1875.
Source: www.kentuckyderbybetting.com
5. Just south of Louisville is the 6,000 acre Jefferson Memorial Forest which is the nation’s largest urban forest.
Source: www.wikipedia.org
6. At almost 100 years old, the Belle of Louisville is the oldest operating Mississippi-style sternwheeler steamboat.
Source: www.amsvans.com
7. Kaelin’s Restaurant, formerly located on Newburg Road, created the first cheeseburger in 1934.
Source: www.whenwasitinvented.org
8. Louisville’s Main Street has the second largest collection of cast-iron facades, outnumbered only by New York City.
Source: www.wikipedia.org
9. Old Louisville is the largest Victorian neighborhood in America.
Source: www.louisville.edu
10. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Central Park in New York City, laid the groundwork for which Louisville’s nationally-acclaimed parks system is built upon.