This documentary tells the story of pack horse librarians – women hired by Franklin Roosevelt's Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression to travel on horseback to deliver library books and magazines to people in Eastern Kentucky, braving creeks, mountains and inclement weather along the way. This program was funded in part by a grant from the Carolyn Tassie Memorial Fund.

This video covers the brutal Battle of Blue Licks (August 19, 1782), where 72 of Kentucky’s 182 militia were killed in a surprise ambush. We spotlight the decisions, like ignoring Daniel Boone’s caution, and cover how this tragic battle shaped early Kentucky’s settlement patterns and frontier defense strategy. Funded in part by the Kentucky Historical Society and the America250KY Commission.

Explore the stories and contributions of Black jockeys, trainers, owners, grooms, and exercise riders in the 1800s who persevered through...