Interesting Facts about Kentucky

• Captured by the Indians at Boonesborough, Elizabeth Calloway broke off pieces of brush and twigs and tore off pieces of her clothing to leave a trail for possible rescue. Following this trail, a party led by Daniel Boone caught up with her captives, who fled.
• Prehistoric bones were not so highly regarded in 1773, when explorer James Douglas used the ribs of mastodons for tent poles.
• Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Union President Abraham Lincoln were both Kentucky natives.
• The admirers of a large sycamore tree at Pippa Passes bought 36 square feet of land on which it stood and registered the tree as the landowner.
• Handicapped U.S. Senate candidate John Pope received one man's vote because "he has only one arm to thrust into the treasury."
• Because Mammoth Cave has a constant 54 degree F temperature, it "breathes" in when the outside temperature is high and "exhales" when the temperature is lower.