Amy Acuff

Acuff is also known for her career as a model, appearing in men's publications such as Maxim, FHM, and most recently, Playboy. The USS Paducah also served as a naval vessel. Country musician Roy Acuff was her grandfather's second cousin. Several US Navy ships have been named USS Kentucky in honor of the state. Acuff lives in Austin, Texas and is an alumna of UCLA. The United Indoor Football team is:. Amy Acuff lays claim to the following titles:. The Minor league baseball teams are:.

An aggressive high jump competitor, Acuff competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field and a three-time Olympian. The three largest Protestant denominations in Kentucky are:. United States athlete Amy Acuff (July 14, 1975-) was born in Port Arthur, Texas. Following is the breakdown amongst belief systems:. USA Track and Field profile (http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Acuff_Amy.asp). Religiously, Kentucky is mostly Protestant. Amy's official website (http://www.amyacuff.org). The five largest ancestries in the state are: American (20.9%), German (12.7%), Irish (10.5%), English (9.7%), African American (7.3%).

Indoor Champion 2004. Racially, the population is:. U.S. As of 2003, there were 4,117,827 people living in Kentucky. Outdoor Champion 2003. Its industrial outputs are transportation equipment, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, food processing, tobacco products, coal, and tourism. U.S. Its Per Capita Personal Income was $26,575, 41st in the nation. Kentucky's agricultural outputs are horses, cattle, tobacco, dairy products, hogs, soybeans, and corn.

Outdoor Champion 2001. The total gross state product for 2003 was $129 billion. U.S. Northern Kentucky, an assemblage of smaller cities across the Ohio River from Cincinnati, Ohio, also has a large metropolitan population. Indoor Champion 2001. The largest cities in Kentucky in terms of geographic area are the two merged city/county governments of Lexington-Fayette and Louisville Metro, although Louisville and its metropolitan area both have a much larger population than Lexington and its metro area. U.S. There are five main regions, the Cumberland Mountains and Cumberland Plateau in the southeast, the north-central Bluegrass Region, the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau, also sometimes termed "Pennyrile", the western coal-fields area, and the far-west Jackson Purchase.

Outdoor Champion 1997. Other major rivers in Kentucky include the Tennessee River, the Cumberland River, the Green River and the Licking River. U.S. Its western border is the Mississippi River. NCAA Indoor Champion 1997. Its northern border is the low-water mark on the north side of the Ohio River. World University Games Champion 1997. It touches West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.

NCAA Outdoor Champion 1996. Kentucky, also known as The Bluegrass State, borders the Midwest and Deep South. Outdoor Champion 1995. See also: List of Kentucky counties. U.S. The judicial branch of Kentucky is made up of trial courts, called District and Circuit Courts, an intermediate appellate court, called the Kentucky Court of Appeals, and court of last resort, the Kentucky Supreme Court. NCAA Outdoor Champion 1995. See List of Kentucky Governors.

NCAA Indoor Champion 1995. Kentucky's General Assembly has two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives. NCAA Indoor Champion 1994. The Kentucky Constitution provides for three branches of government: the legislative, the judicial, and the executive. Senators are Jim Bunning (Republican) and Mitch McConnell (Republican). Kentucky's two U.S.

The capital of Kentucky is Frankfort and its governor is Ernie Fletcher (Republican). A different version of the name is from the Indian word meaning "dark and bloody hunting ground" which is believed to be due to the fact that many Native American tribes went there to hunt the game-rich forests and often fought each other there. Kentucky's name is possibly derived from the Cherokee word for "meadowland" after the bluegrass pastures that lured early pioneers to the state. On May 20, 1861 during the American Civil War, Kentucky proclaimed its neutrality in the conflict but was forced to take the side of the Union on September 3 when Confederate forces under General Leonidas Polk invaded.

On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state in the union and Isaac Shelby, a Revolutionary War hero, was named the first Governor of the Commonwealth Of Kentucky. In 1790, Kentucky delegates accepted Virginia's terms for separation and the state constitution was drafted at the final convention in April 1792. After the war, it became Kentucky County, Virginia and ten constitutional conventions took place at the courthouse of Constitution Square in Danville between 1784 and 1792. It was a major gateway for early migration to the west through the Cumberland Gap, and was the first major frontier developed west of the Appalachian Mountains. Guns enabled this movement westward, and even the term shotgun was first coined in Kentucky in 1776.

Before the American War of Independence, this land was called Transylvania with its capital at Boonesborough. Kentucky is one of four states to call itself a commonwealth. Kentucky and its residents are probably most well known for thoroughbred horses and horse racing, local whiskey distilleries, and enthusiasm for basketball (The two principal basketball rivals in the state are the University of Kentucky (blue, Wildcats) and the University of Louisville (red, Cardinals)). The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a southern state of the United States of America and was the 15th state admitted to the Union.

See also: Flag of Kentucky. State slogan: "Unbridled Spirit". State motto: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall". State drink: Milk.

State bluegrass song: "Blue Moon of Kentucky" by Bill Monroe (1947). State song: "My Old Kentucky Home" by Stephen Foster (1853). State fossil: Brachiopod. State gemstone: Fresh Water Pearl.

State butterfly: Viceroy Butterfly. State wild animal: Grey Squirrel. State fish: Kentucky Bass. State horse: Thoroughbred.

State tree: Tulip tree (formerly the Kentucky coffeetree). State flower: Goldenrod. State bird: Cardinal. Lexington Horsemen.

Florence Freedom (Single-A Frontier League independent). Lexington Legends (Single-A South Atlantic League affiliate of the Houston Astros). Louisville Bats (Triple-A International League affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds). Lexington.

Louisville. Presbyterian, Pentecostal and Churches of Christ (tied 2%). Methodist (7%). Baptist (43% of the total state population).

Non-religious (9%). Other religions (0%). Other Christian (1%). Roman Catholic (13%).

Protestant (76%). 1.1% Mixed race. 0.2% Native American. 0.7% Asian.

1.5% Hispanic. 7.3% Black. 89.3% White, non-Hispanic. Land Between the Lakes, a National Recreation Area managed by the United States Forest Service.

Red River Gorge Geological Area, part of the Daniel Boone National Forest. Mammoth Cave National Park, featuring tours of the world's longest cave. Cumberland Falls State Park, where a "moon-bow" may be seen in the mists of the falls. Cumberland Gap, the first trade-route for European hunters entering Kentucky from Virginia.