The first Miss America from Kentucky is Heather Renee French. She was crowned September 18, 1999.
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Daniel Boone and his wife Rebecca are buried in the Frankfort Cemetery. Their son Isaac is buried at Blue Licks Battlefield near Carlisle, where he was killed in the last battle of the Revolutionary War fought in Kentucky.
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Pikeville, Kentucky annually leads the nation in per capita consumption of Pepsi-Cola.