Maxwell Elementary School

The Present Pennyroyal Region

By, Tayler, Travis, and Lynndsey

• This region has the best soil in the state.
• The farmers grow corn, wheat and hay
• The Mammoth cave is located in the Pennyroyal.    It is the largest  cave in Kentucky and was on the Underground Railroad, an escape route for slaves, during the Civil War.
• Ft. Knox is located here in this region.  Ft. Knox holds the nation's supply of gold.   
• It has the only Corvette plant in the state.

II.GE0GRAPHY

*Above picture:   Mammoth Cave in the Pennyroyal region.

• Pennyroyal is the largest region.  It covers 35 of Kentucky's 120 countie.  It stretches over 11,500 square miles.
• The region was named after a small mint plant called the Pennyroyal.  This plant was used to make tea and cough medicine.
• The biggest cities are Bowling Green and Elizabethtown.