Maxwell Elementary School

by Sean, Austin, Jayce, and Stanley

• The Bluegrass region has very rich soil and they grow a lot of tobacco.
• The Bluegrass region is a plain of soft limestone.   This limestone in the soil has been soaked up by the grass.
• They raise lots of horses in the Bluegrass.  These horses eat the grass that contains the minerals from the limestone.  This makes the horses have very strong bones. 
• They have the most popular horse race in the entire world at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.  This race is called the Kentucky Derby.

*Picture:  This picture shows some of the thoroughbred horses that live in the Bluegrass.

II.Geography

• The two largest cities in Kentucky, Louisville and Lexington, are located in the Bluegrass.  Frankfort,the state capital, is also here.
• The land has gentle rolling hills,few areas of rocks, and bluegrass-a type of grass that looks blue when the wind blows.
• There are lots of farms because of the rich farmland.   One of the best products is tobacco(See graph).
• The Bluegrass region is the third largest region in Kentucky.  Only the Pennyroyal and Eastern Mountains and Coalfields regions are bigger than the Bluegrass.