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Article: Lexington
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- The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Lexington
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City (1990 pop. 225,366), seat of Fayette co., N central Ky., in the heart of the bluegrass region; inc. 1832, made coextensive with Fayette co. 1974. The outstanding center in the United States for the raising of thoroughbred horses, it is also an important market for tobacco, livestock, and bluegrass seed as well as a railroad shipping point for E Kentucky's oil, coal, farm produce, and quarry products. Lexington has railroad shops and plants making fixtures, metal products, processed foods, machinery, and transportation and electronic equipment. The Univ. of Kentucky and Transylvania Univ. are there, as is Keeneland Racetrack.
Places of interest include "Ashland," ...
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Article: Lewis County to Offer Stonewall Jackson Symposium
The State Journal;
September 8, 2006 ;
700+ words
... ... Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. "His Path to Glory ... the theme of the first Stonewall Jackson symposium, which is scheduled ... way, a proven one: The Stonewall Jackson House in Lexington, Va., conducted its ...
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