Hemp cutting, 1905

ID: 196

This file appears in: First Hemp Crop

This 1905 photograph depicts a worker cutting hemp stalks. Cut stalks are seen spread out in preparation to be shocked into bundles. Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: First Hemp Crop

First Hemp Crop

By Talbott

Historical Marker #1279 in Danville notes the first recorded hemp crop in Kentucky, which was grown on Clark's Run Creek in 1775. Hemp has a long history in Kentucky. From its first recorded planting near Danville to its reemergence during…