June 1 in American History
Kentucky joined the Union, the first state carved from the wilderness west of the Appalachian Mountains. Its admission signaled that the young nation would not stay penned along the Atlantic coast — the frontier was becoming America, and the country's center of gravity had begun its long move westward.
In 1792: Kentucky becomes the 15th state. Kentucky joined the Union, the first state carved from the wilderness west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Kentucky joined the Union, the first state carved from the wilderness west of the Appalachian Mountains. Its admission signaled that the young nation would not stay penned along the Atlantic coast — the frontier was becoming America, and the country's center of gravity had begun its long move westward.
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