South Union Shaker Village, located in Auburn, Kentucky, offers visitors a glimpse into the history of the Shaker community that thrived there from 1807-1922. The Shakers, a religious sect, built ...

The Preserve at Shaker Village boasts more than 500 plant species and 150 species of local and migrating birds. Wildflowers cling to limestone cliffs and brambles shelter young deer.

Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill is a landmark destination that shares 3,000 acres of discovery in the spirit of the Kentucky Shakers. Home to the third largest Shaker community in the United ...

Kentucky remains one of the biggest producers of hemp in the country. Last year, hemp was grown in 90 Kentucky counties. The crop can be used in protein powder and construction, among a variety of ...

Among those freeloading men was a Cincinnatian named Joel Gibbs. He applied for membership at Pleasant Hill around 1869 and ...

MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - As communities continue to clean up from last Friday’s storms, Shaker Village, the state’s largest national historic landmark says significant damage from the storm.

The message found a ready audience in America, and before long, 19 shaker villages rose from the landscape, from Maine to Kentucky. And in 1792, Canterbury. Shaker Village became the seventh.

Over the ensuing decades, the Shakers went on to form nearly 20 communities in the United States, including a village in Canterbury, and others in Kentucky, Maine, and Indiana.

The Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill was once home to one of the largest Shaker communities across the nation from 1805 to 1910. According to representatives , 34 of the 260 original structures ...

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village was one of more than 100 farms that participated in the ... Ohio, Kentucky and other places by the 1800s. With only two current members, Hadd and Sister June ...