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This issue features Washington State wines, from Seattle to Walla. Join Ron and Mary James on a tasty adventure in northwest wine country.
This issue features Washington State wines, from Seattle to Walla. Join Ron and Mary James on a tasty adventure in northwest wine country.
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the House, Secretary of State and threetime<br />
presidential candidate. When Clay<br />
died in 1852, Lincoln called him “the<br />
beau ideal of a statesman,” in his very<br />
poignant eulogy. Though Ashland was<br />
built in 1857 for Clay’s son since the<br />
original home had been torn down, a<br />
lot of family memorabilia relating to<br />
the historic statesman is on view in this<br />
wondrous Italianate home.<br />
The Mary Todd Lincoln House is the<br />
country’s first museum to honor a first<br />
lady. This 1803 home served as an inn<br />
for 20 years before Mary’s father, Robert<br />
Todd, bought it to house his family<br />
of 16 children. Todd was a very influential<br />
Lexingtonian: he co-founded Transylvania<br />
University, was an owner of a<br />
cotton manufacturing plant, and president<br />
of Bank of Kentucky.<br />
Our tour guide, Michael Miller, pointed<br />
out in the parlor that “Lincoln’s log<br />
cabin birthplace would have fit in this<br />
room.” Mary Todd came from a very<br />
wealthy family who exposed her to education<br />
and politics.<br />
“She knows she can’t run for office, but<br />
tells her sister, ‘I could never be president<br />
but I could marry a man who could<br />
be,’ ” Miller told us. Many furnishings<br />
in the home are from Mary Todd’s time<br />
here, so imagine Abraham Lincoln sitting<br />
around that card table.<br />
A client of lawyer Clay, Joseph Bryan,<br />
a great-nephew of Daniel Boone, built<br />
Waveland, a Greek Revival beauty, in<br />
1847. Our tour with Ron Bryant, “a descendant<br />
17 ways from the family,” was<br />
a highlight.<br />
Bryan’s youngest son, Joseph Henry,<br />
“was not what he wanted,” Bryant told<br />
Top: The craft brewing game is on tap<br />
in Lexington, including here at West<br />
Sixth Brewing in The Bread Box complex.<br />
Bottom: The Hunt-Morgan House<br />
on historic Gratz Park in Lexington<br />
began the city’s historic preservation<br />
movement. The tour here is another<br />
fascinating glimpse into 19th century<br />
life in this storied city.<br />
Opposite top:The shrimp po’boy at<br />
Smithtown Seafoods in Lexington is as<br />
good as it looks. Opposite bottom: Take<br />
a class in traditional Kentucky cuisine<br />
from chef Phil Dunn. He gives great<br />
tips on making fried green tomatoes,<br />
as well as mini Hot Browns (Kentucky’s<br />
fabled sandwich) and beer cheese,<br />
another locals’ favorite.<br />
Wine Dine & Travel Summer/Fall <strong>2015</strong> 75
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