Bernheim Forest, 1983

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Title

Bernheim Forest

Date

1983

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Bernheim Forest, 1983, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

2 items

Scope and Content

A history of the Bernheim Forest area in Bullitt and Nelson counties, researched and written by James R. Lawrence, Jr. The history covers early settlers in Kentucky and the Bernheim area; their cultural background; industries over the years in the Bernheim area (salt, iron, agriculture, rock quarrying, logging, distilleries, and the railroad); the Civil War and postwar years; and the origin of Bernheim Forest (18 p.). Also, a three page handwritten recollection of the area repeating much of the history

Subjects

• Bernheim, Isaac Wolfe, 1848-1945.
• Distilling industries-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Indians of North America-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Industries-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company.
• Pioneers-- Kentucky-- History-- Sources.
• Bernheim Forest.