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In the earliest days of the United States as settlers made their way west and into what would eventually become Kentucky, they were faced with many challenges in the task of surveying and claiming new and unknown land.
Among the highest priorities for new residents was to determine if their chosen homestead could provide the fertile soil and fresh water they needed to sustain life and service their agricultural needs. Kentucky, with its underlying base of predominantly limestone rock-perfectly suited to the natural formation of caves, sinking streams, and springs of cool water-proved the ideal location on which to build their new lives.
In Bluegrass Paradise: Royal Spring and the Birth of Georgetown, Kentucky, author Gary A. O'Dell tells the story of the Royal Spring, the largest spring in central Kentucky. Practical and essential to the creation of a successful settlement, the spring and its location became the primary reason pioneers would eventually congregate here and found the city of Georgetown as one of the earliest Kentucky communities. In the ensuing 250 years, the Royal Spring has faithfully served the water needs of the community and the locale remains a cherished cultural and historical asset that provides greenspace within a rapidly growing city.
Among the highest priorities for new residents was to determine if their chosen homestead could provide the fertile soil and fresh water they needed to sustain life and service their agricultural needs. Kentucky, with its underlying base of predominantly limestone rock-perfectly suited to the natural formation of caves, sinking streams, and springs of cool water-proved the ideal location on which to build their new lives.
In Bluegrass Paradise: Royal Spring and the Birth of Georgetown, Kentucky, author Gary A. O'Dell tells the story of the Royal Spring, the largest spring in central Kentucky. Practical and essential to the creation of a successful settlement, the spring and its location became the primary reason pioneers would eventually congregate here and found the city of Georgetown as one of the earliest Kentucky communities. In the ensuing 250 years, the Royal Spring has faithfully served the water needs of the community and the locale remains a cherished cultural and historical asset that provides greenspace within a rapidly growing city.
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"Gary O'Dell's Bluegrass Paradise is more than the history of a Bluegrass community in relation to its water sources. It is a comprehensive portrait of the settling of the Bluegrass. It provides an illuminating outline of the evolution of the entire region-its enabling geography, its trials, its growth in agriculture and industry as well as its formation from the post-Revolutionary era as a mecca
Richard Taylor, author of Elkhorn
"This exhaustive effort captures the important history and truths of Georgetown's Royal Spring, explaining the many legends and local stories surrounding the water source. Gary O'Dell provides insight into the very beginnings and development of Georgetown and Kentucky history in a delightful way by focusing on a key water resource that is still in use today. This book should be required reading fo
Tom Prather, Mayor of Georgetown
"Gary O'Dell's book offers a richly contextualized analysis that draws on geographical and historical perspectives to consider the complexities and nuances of place in a holistic sense. His subject, the Royal Spring in Georgetown, Kentucky, is well worthy of study given its environmental and historical significance and complexity. The result is an intellectual tour de force made imminently accessi
Nancy O'Malley, retired Assistant Director of University of Kentucky's Museum of Anthropol