The mother-daughter team at HorseFeathers Gifts in Henderson design and create beautiful jewelry; towards the end of the Revolutionary War, the women of the fort at Bryan Station bravely gathered water for the besieged settlement, allowing the inhabitants to survive; and in Rowan County, the family-owned The Bakery on Main specializes in fresh baked goods, gelato, and hearty soups.
HorseFeathers Gifts
Chelsea Farmer and her mom, Tammy Morse, work side-by-side creating original jewelry for their business, HorseFeathers Gifts.
“Horsefeathers started in 2009,” says Farmer. “I started an Etsy shop, selling jewelry that I was making with lampwork glass beads. A couple of months into that, my mom got laid off and so we decided to kind of jump in full time.”
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The Family Scholar House
At the Family Scholar House in Louisville, parents have the opportunity to pursue higher education in a supportive atmosphere.
“The mission of family scholar house is to end the cycle of poverty and transform our community by empowering families and youth to succeed in education and achieve lifelong self-sufficiency,” says Cathe Dykstra, President and CEO of Family Scholar House. “We believe that the best way and the only way to lift children out of poverty is to help their parents provide stable housing, basic needs, and the college-going culture that ensures financial independence for generations.”
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The Women of Bryan Station Fort
Simply living life on the Kentucky frontier in the late 1700s was an act of bravery. This principle is exemplified in the story of the women of Bryan Station Fort. On a day-to-day basis, women at the fort were tasked with tending crops and livestock, cooking, making clothes, and bearing and raising children.
“We’re looking at women as workers as well as warriors in the 1780s,” explains Randolph Hollingsworth, Ph.D., Historian at the University of Kentucky. “Later on, those roles are pulled back, but in the 1780s we see women as industrial workers. Bryan Station is a really good example of the kind of enterprising woman that’s coming into Kentucky at that time.”
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The Bakery on Main
Siblings Kelly and Paul Bishop grew up in a family of chefs. Their family owns Pasquale’s Diner in Morehead, Kentucky. But the culinary roots go beyond the restaurant and back to community and family meals orchestrated by their grandmother.
“Food is such a communal thing,” says Paul. “We had a lot of gatherings that everyone would sit in the kitchen and cook and they would tell stories.”
