Portal:Louisville/Did you know.../6

...that the influx of Irish to Louisville (example of Irish-built housing pictured) led to the diminishing of slaves in Louisville by 1860?
...that the Old Fashioned, possibly the first drink to be called a cocktail, was invented at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky in the 1880s?
... that Louisville, Kentucky's first rock and roll venue, in Lake Dreamland, may have been burned down by an angry resident?
...that political boss John Henry Whallen influenced every election in Louisville, Kentucky from 1885 until his death in 1913?
...that the 32nd Indiana Monument at Cave Hill Cemetery is the oldest surviving monument of the American Civil War?
...that Louisville, Kentucky's first parking garage was built in 1953, as an addition to the 1913 Starks Building?
...that Paul C. Barth, former mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, committed suicide after being ridiculed for a scandal involving the use of city funds to buy an expensive saddle horse?