Excerpt from The Eastern and Western States of America, Vol. 3 of 3 Frankfort is the Legislative Capital of Kentucky, and, though in the interior, is not in the centre of the State. It is romantically situated in a deep valley, on the northern bank of the Kentucky river, and is hemmed in on all sides by promontories and hills, mostly wooded from base to summit. The river, which is here about 200 yards wide only, divides the town into two nearly equal parts. It is navigable from hence to the Ohio, by what is called slack-water navigation, the river itself being dammed and locked as a canal; and small steam boats are used on it for transporting goods and pas seagers, the distance from this to the Ohio being about 60 miles. In the northern division of Frankfort, the State House is the principal public edifice; it is built of the marble of the neighbouring hills, has a good Ionic portico, a small lantern dome, and is an ornament to the town. It contains the two Halls of Legislation for the Senate and Representatives, as well as the Courts of Justice for the district, the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme or Federal Court of the United States. There is also a County Court House, an Academy, and three Churches, but neither of these contain anything remarkable in their architecture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.