Stories of Old Kentucky

This lively volume invites listeners to travel back to a time when Kentucky was a shallow sea, its floor layered with limestone and teeming with ancient fish and trilobites. As the waters receded, towering hills rose and the landscape transformed into the rolling valleys and limestone caves that would later shelter mastodons, giant bears, and herds of buffalo. The opening chapters paint this natural drama in vivid, story‑like sketches that make deep time feel close at hand.

The narrative then turns to the people who first called the region home, from the indigenous groups who followed the game to the daring explorers and settlers who forged trails through the wilderness. Their adventures are presented in chronological episodes, each grounded in documented fact yet told with the charm of a tale meant for young ears. Listeners will come away with a clearer sense of how Kentucky’s rugged spirit was forged long before the Civil War.