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History	42	22,052
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European settlement: The Treaty of Fort Stanwix 1768	1,871	1,871
Kentucky County and the Cherokee-American wars	1,083	1,083
Statehood	2,765	2,765
Post-colonial plantation economy	801	801
The Civil War	4,592	4,592
Reconstruction and the New South	2,701	2,701
Geography	4,144	36,233
Regions	2,295	2,295
Climate	14,005	17,677
Natural disasters	3,672	3,672
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Natural environment and conservation	4,276	4,276
Natural attractions	4,876	4,876
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Counties	1,658	1,658
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References	33	33
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Politics	177	177
History	15	5,245
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History section, subsection Civil rights era: B52 bomber crash

Latest comment: 1 year ago3 comments1 person in discussion

The nuclear plane crash is a punchy news item, but I question whether it belongs in a concise and scholarly general history article. It might be more comfortably moved to an article on plane crashes or nuclear accidents. That it happened in Kentucky is not terribly relevant. Sbalfour (talk) 19:24, 1 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

I would suggest article Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents subsection 1950's. Sbalfour (talk) 19:46, 1 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Moved. Sbalfour (talk) 20:28, 1 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

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Latest comment: 7 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

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Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 18:35, 15 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Civil War summary needs some rewriting

Latest comment: 3 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

It doesn't seem like our summary here reflects Kentucky in the American Civil War very well, particularly where it suggests Kentucky was neutral throughout the war (the state invited Union assistance and Louisville was a Union stronghold), and puts extra weight into modern celebrations related to the Confederacy. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 04:06, 17 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

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