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[edit] Venice Beach East????

I defy anybody to tell me where that phrase is (or ever HAS been) used. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.130.102.236 (talk • contribs)

[edit] In print

This article apparently printed and distributed (with Wikipedia attribution) in the first issue of "The Highlander" newspaper which was apparently mailed to every house in the Highlands. I had nothing to do with this, but I hope the article was of acceptable quality to anyone who ended up reading it, it's still pretty unrefined and improvements are welcome. --W.marsh 20:14, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bardstown Road as a turnpike

"Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike (today's Bardstown Road). The turnpike was first planned as early as 1784, but authorization to begin construction was delayed until 1819, and thwarted then by the Panic of 1819. Funds were finally allocated in 1829, with construction beginning in 1832.

Bardstown Road was originally a turnpike (with a macadamized surface, and tolls were collected at toll gates along the way. The portion of the road nearest to Louisville was free, so as Louisville grew, the first gatehouse moved further out."

This is really good stuff. Whoever wrote this, could you please post any further references here? It would help me a lot for a paper I'm writing on early tollroads (National Road, etc.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 140.254.3.116 (talk) 16:17, 15 May 2007 (UTC).

  • I got it from a book called "Louisville Survey, East Report" published in the late 1970s by the City of Louisville. It is a proper study with footnotes, and will probably point you towards even more information. Unfortunately the book is in very limited availability... the University of Louisville and Louisville city libraries have it though (it's non-circulating). The call number in Dewey is "333.332 LOU". A great resource for Louisville information in general, it was a pretty comprehensive study. --W.marsh 17:45, 15 May 2007 (UTC)