Historical Marker
Shaker Colony
Organized in 1807 as the Gasper Society of United Believers in Christ's Second Appearing. Last western colony to disband, 1922. Enrollment reached 349; acreage, 6000. Noted for silk and woolen cloth, furniture, tools, seeds, preserves and purebred stock.
Dedicated July 10, 1963.
Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State" because of the bluegrass that grows in many of its pastures.