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Kentucky Tepee: 1940

July 1940. "Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky." Composite of two photos by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

July 1940. "Cabins imitating the Indian teepee for tourists along highway south of Bardstown, Kentucky." Composite of two photos by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

 

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Rates warrant caution

Best to check the reviews before succumbing to the novelty.

Teepee or Wigwam?

You people need to relax. You're too tents.

Reasonable Rates!

It's a tepee, not a wigwam.

Tepees were used by Indians who lived a more mobile lifestyle. Wigwams are more permanent and not intended to be moved as often as a tepee.

[Cement tepees are mobile?? - Dave]

Old as the hills

Q - Why did the Indian chief wear his War Bonnet?
A - To keep his wigwam.

Look, Dad -- cement tepees!

Can we stop??

Still there

With the same sign! 601 US-31W, Cave City, KY

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