By the late eighteenth century, Kentucky hemp was being manufactured into locally woven yarn goods, bagging, cordage and rope. Processing...

The Kentucky Gazette was the first newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains, established in Lexington on August 18, 1787. Advertisements...

In the late 18th century, hemp fiber was grown in order to meet the domestic need for clothing, linen, and rope. An inconsistent supply...

As settlements sprang up in Central Kentucky, pioneers planted hemp crops wherever enough of the rich Bluegrass land could be cleared...

Hemp was brought to the bluegrass region when “Kentucke” was just a territory within the Commonwealth of Virginia. While there was a...