Pondering Kentucky: The Magazine, Issue 11, 1991

Partial Transcript: [Background noises and yelling] Well, welcome Private Garcia, welcome to Stithton, Kentucky, home of the U.S. Calvary.

Segment Synopsis: This segment serves as an introduction to a discussion about the history of Fort Knox (Ky). Glen Bastin speaks with John Purdy, director of the General George Patton Museum at Fort Knox.

Keywords: Army; Calvary; Fort Knox; Fort Knox (Ky.); Kentucky.; Military

Subjects: Army; Kentucky.

Partial Transcript: Fort Knox, and, and, uh, the tank, if you will, uh, are really relative newcomers in, in the army.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin speaks with John Purdy, director of the General George Patton Museum at Fort Knox (Ky.) about the history of Fort Knox.

Keywords: Army; Calvary; Fort Knox; Fort Knox (Ky.); Kentucky.; Military

Subjects: Army; Kentucky.

Partial Transcript: But here, let's play tourist for a few minutes. We're going to ride through some of the area at Fort Knox which is open to the public.

Segment Synopsis: Bill Shopp, a tour guide at Fort Knox, takes Glen Bastin on a tour of some of the property on Fort Knox that is open to the public. This tour includes where the gold is stored, military training, and the community in Fort Knox.

Keywords: Army; Calvary; Fort Knox; Fort Knox (Ky.); Kentucky.; Military

Subjects: Army; Kentucky.

Partial Transcript: The town of Stithton survived the first couple of assaults from the army. In 1903, the area around Stithton was used for training maneuvers.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin shares historical information about Fort Knox (Ky.). Bastin is later joined again by John Purdy, Director of the General George Patton Museum at Fort Knox, to discuss General George Patton.

Keywords: Army; Calvary; Fort Knox; Fort Knox (Ky.); Gold; Kentucky.; Military

Subjects: Army; Gold.; Kentucky.

Partial Transcript: Later in this issue, we're going to a Kentucky Spring Musical Festival. The House Orchestra will be directed by part-time maestro John McGregor, whose day job is that of a biologist in the Daniel Boone National Forest.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin speaks with John McGregor, a biologist at the Daniel Boone National Forest, about the types of frogs seen in Kentucky. McGregor plays recordings of frogs he has collected and provides information about each. These recordings include: Spadefoot Toad, Crawfish Frog, and Eastern Gray Treefrog.

Keywords: Bullfrog; Crawfish Frog; Daniel Boone National Forest; Daniel Boone National Forest (Ky.); Eastern Gray Treefrog; Frogs; Kentucky.; Spadefoot Toad

Subjects: Frogs.; Kentucky.

Partial Transcript: Historians have questioned whether Daniel Boone really killed as many bears as all the scratchings found on beech trees around the state over the years would indicate.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin speaks with Larry Short of Kentucky Fish and Wildlife about the growth of black bear populations in Kentucky.

Keywords: Bear; Black Bear; Kentucky Fish and Wildlife; Kentucky.

Subjects: Bears.; Black bear; Kentucky.; Kentucky. Fish and Wildlife Resources, Department of

Partial Transcript: A Kentucky Derby story now. And for the sake of credibility, please note that it is taken from the pages of the official Churchill Downs Record Book, which includes this line...

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin provides an anecdote about the 1896 Kentucky Derby, when the winner had finished in seventh place.

Keywords: Churchill Downs; Horse racing; Kentucky; Kentucky Derby; Kentucky.; Louisville (Ky.)

Subjects: Horse racing.; Kentucky.; Race horses

Partial Transcript: Airplane pilots know when they've found the Hazard, Kentucky Airport, because right there on the runway, big, bold letters spell it out.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin interviews Marilyn Thomas, who is a member of the Hazard, Kentucky Ninety-Nines, an organization for women pilots.

Keywords: Airplanes; Airport; Hazard (Ky.); Kentucky; Ninety-Nines; Planes

Subjects: Airplanes.; Airport; Kentucky.

Partial Transcript: Gene Warren of Henderson County is Kentucky's undisputed Daffodil King, at least undisputed by anybody who's ever been to Gene's house, which sits back off U.S. 60, sort of in the middle of his seventy-acre farm.

Segment Synopsis: Gene Bastin interviews Gene Warren, who is deemed the Daffodil King for the thousands of daffodils he plants on his farm in Henderson County, Kentucky.

Keywords: Daffodil; Daffodils; Henderson County (Ky.); Kentucky.

Subjects: Daffodils; Kentucky.

Partial Transcript: The place we're going to visit now is unique. Not because it's the only one, but because it is the only one that's like the only one. It is a replica of the tomb where the body of Jesus was taken.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin visits the Garden of Hope, located in Covington, Kentucky. The Garden of Hope displays a replica of the tomb where Jesus was buried. Bastin speaks with Glen Meyer, who assisted with building the Garden of Hope.

Keywords: Covington (Ky.); Garden of Hope; Jesus; Kentucky.

Subjects: Christianity.; Jesus; Kentucky.

Partial Transcript: Kentucky, the suiters grass state. Nah, it doesn't have that ring to it, does it? But today, we are more of a suiters grass state than we are a bluegrass state.

Segment Synopsis: Glen Bastin meets with Bill Johnstone, whose grandfather, William Johnstone, served as the Agriculture Extension Agent in McCracken County (Ky.). William Johnstone is credited for promoting the grass that is commonly found across Kentucky today.

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Keywords: Bluegrass; Grass; Kentucky 31; Kentucky.

Subjects: Bluegrass; Kentucky.