KyCoveredBridges.org Melissa is a Louisville native and is an executive legal secretary, Ky covered bridge historian, author and photographer. Her interest in covered bridges started in approximately 1989 when after moving to a rural area, a neighbor advised her of the nearby Colville Covered Bridge. Always loving history and architecture, she was fascinated by the bridge and began visiting and photographing Kentucky's existing covered bridges as well as researching past bridges. Since that time she has also photographed bridges in Ohio and Indiana. Melissa second book, Central Kentucky's River Towns, is due out in early 2009. Her writings have appeared in newsletters for the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, the Kentucky Covered Bridge Association, the Indiana Covered Bridge Society, the Ohio Historic Bridge Association and the Zumbrota, Minnesota Covered Bridge Society, and various newspapers in the state of Kentucky. Two of her bridge photographs (Switzer and Goddard) were turned into counted cross stitch designs and included in the Covered Crossings Stitchery collection. In December of 2006 Melissa received the commission of Kentucky Colonel, the highest honor one can receive in the Commonwealth, from Governor Ernie Fletcher. Melissa is available for interviews, public speaking engagements and Ky covered bridge presentations. Please contact her for further information. Click here to order your signed copy of Kentucky's Covered Bridges |
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