Central Kentucky Mobilization for Hemp Passed near Lexington I-75 (tags)
Hemp was grown in many counties near Lexington and Bourbon County until the 1930's essentially for rope, sails and cloth,It was then outlawed. The Kentucky legislature has now delegalized hemp growing for industrial purposes on 12,800 acres.
Book of Lists for eastern Kentucky-Eastern Tenneesse (tags)
Eastern Kentucky, specifically the greater Lexington area aka Bourbon County cultivated most of the US hemp production until 1938 when a national law outlawed it.