Interview with Jerry Raisor

Partial Transcript: I am the curator of the Kentucky River Museum/Fort Boonesborough Park

Segment Synopsis: Raisor talks about the plan that he has for creating a Kentucky River Museum.

Keywords: Fort Boonesborough; Kentucky River Museum

Subjects: Boonesborough (Ky.) Kentucky River (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: What's the state of the houses right now?

Segment Synopsis: Raisor talks about issues they have encountered with restoring the lockhouses such as lead paint.

Keywords: Lead paint; Lockhouse

Subjects: Boonesborough (Ky.) Kentucky River (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Because this is going to be the only protected area of 75 eighty years from, you know the only green space, what I'm trying to do is solicit and add to the park as much as we can acreage wise.

Segment Synopsis: Raisor talks about wanting to make the park a major place for outdoor recreation. He says that people still would not be able to swim in the river because of poor water quality.

Keywords: Fort Boonesborough; Litter; Water quality

Subjects: Boonesborough (Ky.) Kentucky River (Ky.) Water--Pollution--Kentucky

Partial Transcript: There was an old fellow up there called Tom Bondurant.

Segment Synopsis: Ellis tells Raisor stories about Tom Bondurant that he heard while interviewing others for the Kentucky River Project.

Keywords: Bondurant, Tom

Subjects: Kentucky River (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: And you know, like you were saying, the culture, it might be because of the Palisades, from Frankfort on down and also the commercial traffic, life on the river in that part of the section is more like what life was on say like the Ohio River.

Segment Synopsis: Raisor and Ellis tell stories they have heard about what life on the river used to be like.

Keywords: Gambling

Subjects: River life--Kentucky River (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: So I hope the book and I hope the museum will keep a focus on the river.

Segment Synopsis: Raisor and Ellis talk about water use along the river.

Keywords: Water allocation

Subjects: Kentucky River (Ky.)