Bernheim Forest, 1983.

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Bernheim Forest, 1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46613804

A history of the Bernheim Forest area in Bullitt and Nelson counties, researched and written by James R. Lawrence, Jr. The history covers early settlers in Kentucky and the Bernheim area; their cultural background; industries over the years in the Bernheim area (salt, iron, agriculture, rock quarrying, logging, distilleries, and the railroad); the Civil War and postwar years; and the origin of Bernheim Forest (18 p.). Also, a three page handwritten recollection of the area repeating much of the history.

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Bernheim, Isaac W. (Isaac Wolfe), 1848-1945

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