Lexington: Queen of the Bluegrass (KY) (Making of America)

In the heart of central Kentucky Bluegrass country, Lexington boasts a long, proud history reaching far back before this Horse Capital of the World reared its first thoroughbred. Early Lexingtonians built an intellectual and economic center from their frontier outpost and quickly claimed the first college, newspaper, and millionaire west of the Alleghenies among many other firsts.