translate English to German: Historically, a major problem with Kentucky's economy has been that fact that outside the Ohio River towns and Lexington , most rural counties never developed a widespread and localized industrial economy; meaning that up until World War II most families still depended on subsistence farming for survival.
In den Wintern 1936 / 1937 kam es in vielen Teilen des Staates zu katastrophalen Überschwemmungen, bei denen Tausende evakuiert werden mussten.