Today it’s a city of pulled pork and Derby Pie, intertwining the best of Southern and Midwestern influences. The city refused to join with its southern neighbors during the Civil War and instead served as a terminus on the Underground Railroad and during the Prohibition era, it produced 80 percent of the country’s whiskey - an oaky, vanilla-scented elixir you know as Bourbon. Founded in 1778 and named for a French King as thanks for his troops’ assistance in the Revolutionary War, Louisville’s rule-breaking history is firmly rooted in our country’s origins. Louisville is a city with a fascinating past and flourishing present.
