Through Their Eyes: Covered Bridges of Bourbon County, Kentucky (Volume 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (990 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0615735258 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 140 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Melissa C. Jurgensen is a Kentucky historian and author. An extensive world traveler, she has maintained a lifelong interest in the history of communities in her home state. In 2006 Melissa received the commission of Kentucky Colonel, the highest honor in the Commonwealth, from the Governor. In addition to the books she has written, her writings have appeared in historical newsletters and newspapers around the country. . Melissa is currently writing a series of county-specific Kentucky covered bridge books with many unpublished photographs as well as travel photography books in the “Through Our Eyes”
From the massive two-lane Wernwag structure found at the Paris city limits to the smallest bridge which crossed Pretty Run on the Clintonville-North Middletown Road each bridge had their own unique characteristics and place in history. The Through Their Eyes series celebrates the photographers of yesteryear who captured these structures in images to preserve them for all time.. The winding roads that snake their way through the rolling hills of Bourbon County were once dotted with twenty seven covered bridges, one of the highest concentrations in the state. This book is a photographic journey through the “lives” of fourteen of these bridges, interwoven with oral histories of Bourbon Countians who remember these bridges from yesterday. Out of the twenty seven brid
Jurgensen is a Kentucky historian and author. An extensive world traveler, she has maintained a lifelong interest in the history of communities in her home state. . In 2006 Melissa received the commission of Kentucky Colonel, the highest honor in the Commonwealth, from the Governor. Melissa C. In addition to the books she has written, her writings have appeared in historical newsletters and newspapers around the c
GDHardwick gdhardwick Having grown up within a few miles of the Jackstown Bridge, I was especially interested in reading any additional information that I could find on the bridge. Like so many others, you don't realize what you have until it is gone. When I got the book, I found that I was also interested in several other bridges in the book that are no longer with us. Melissa has done a wonderful job and I recommend it for reading for anyone living in or who has lived in Nicholas and Bourbon counties and is interested in our covered bridges history. Job well done.