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Old Fort Harrod State Park

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- elevation
  
873 ft (266 m)

Phone
  
+1 859-734-3314

Area
  
6 ha

Old Fort Harrod State Park

Address
  
100 S College St, Harrodsburg, KY 40330, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSunday12–5PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesday9AM–5PMSuggest an edit

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Welcome to old fort harrod state park


Old Fort Harrod State Park is a park located in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in the United States. The park encompasses 15 acres (6.1 ha) and features a reconstruction of Fort Harrod, the first permanent American settlement in the state of Kentucky. The fort was named after James Harrod, who led an early party of settlers into Kentucky.

Contents

Settlement raid weekend at old fort harrod state park


AttractionsEdit

The reconstructed fort contains several log structures representing various aspects of military frontier life, including a militia blockhouse, a family blockhouse, several cabins demonstrating pioneer life, a blab school, the minister's cabin, and the leader's cabin.

The Mansion Museum is a Greek Revival home that contains American Civil War artifacts, a McIntosh gun collection, paintings, documents, music collections, Abraham Lincoln memorabilia and Native American artifacts.

The park also features the cabin where Abraham Lincoln's parents, Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, were married.

References

Old Fort Harrod State Park Wikipedia