1790 | Kentuckians take to hemp manufacturing
By the late eighteenth century, Kentucky hemp was being manufactured into locally woven yarn goods, bagging, cordage and rope. Processing...
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1788 | Kentucky paper advertises hemp
The Kentucky Gazette was the first newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains, established in Lexington on August 18, 1787. Advertisements...
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1784 | Hemp used for trade and exchange
In the late 18th century, hemp fiber was grown in order to meet the domestic need for clothing, linen, and rope. An inconsistent supply...
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1780 | Hemp fiber makes pioneer necessities
As settlements sprang up in Central Kentucky, pioneers planted hemp crops wherever enough of the rich Bluegrass land could be cleared...
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1775 | First hemp crop in Kentucky
Hemp was brought to the bluegrass region when “Kentucke” was just a territory within the Commonwealth of Virginia. While there was a...
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