Though his dreams of seeing privately owned tourist facilities spring up around the parks did not come to fruition, out-of-state tourism to Kentucky more than doubled during his administration, accounting for about sixty percent of state park visitors and fifty-three percent of the overnight visitations to the parks.
虽然他看到公园周围有私人旅游设施像雨后春笋般涌现的梦想并没有实现，但来肯塔基州旅游的州外游客在他担任州长期间增加了超过一倍，达到全部州立公园游客人数的近六成，还在所有过夜游客中占到53%。