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Survey of
Historic Sites and Buildings

	BLUE LICKS BATTLEFIELD Kentucky
Location: U.S. 68 at crossing of Licking River, near Blue Lick Springs, Nicholas County. Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park

A State park of 100 acres commemorates the battle of August 19, 1782, in which Indians ambushed and badly defeated a pursuing force of Kentuckians. Often called the "last battle of the Revolution," it was the worst defeat suffered by an American force in Kentucky during the war. Daniel Boone was one of the Kentucky commanders; his son Israel was slain in the fighting. Some American dead are buried on the field, and a museum contains a small relief model of the field with points of interest identified. Most of the battlefield is included in the park area.

	FORT BOONESBOROUGH Kentucky
Location: 9 miles north of Richmond on U.S. 227, Madison County Fort Boonesborough State Park

Daniel Boone began to construct the stockade, Fort Boonesborough, in April 1775, with his 30 axmen who had just opened the Wilderness Road through Cumberland Gap. Boonesborough was the scene of the Transylvania Convention in May 1775, the first legislative assembly west of the Appalachians. The stockade was not completed until Indian hostilities beginning in July 1776 made it necessary. Among several attacks during the War for Independence, the most notable was a 2-week siege in September 1778. Boonesborough was the busiest town in the western country after settlement reopened following George Rogers Clark's brilliant campaign of 1778-79. A rapid decline followed, however, and it soon became a ghost town.

A Daughters of the American Revolution marker is located on the original site of the fort, set off by a stone wall, but no trace remains of the stockade itself. The Transylvanians of Henderson, Ky., have placed another marker nearby. The cabins of a resort development cover part of the site. During winter, the resort is closed and visitor access to the site is prevented.

NHL Designation: 06/19/96

	FORT HARROD Kentucky
Location: Pioneer Memorial State Park, Lexington and Warwick Streets, Harrodsburg, Mercer County. Old Fort Harrod State Park

Followers of James Harrod claimed the distinction of establishing the first permanent settlement in Kentucky, at Harrodsburg in 1775, after a false start in 1774. Fort Harrod was built in 1777 and was one of three Kentucky stations that held out successfully against Indian attacks during the critical early years of the War for Independence. George Rogers Clark was at Fort Harrod when he planned his remarkable campaign of 1778-79.

The fort disappeared quickly after its period of usefulness ended, to be marked only by a neglected burial ground. The citizens of Kentucky undertook in the 1920's to develop the area surrounding the fort site as Pioneer Memorial State Park, and it was dedicated as such in 1934. The fort has been reconstructed at the park, on a slightly reduced scale, consisting of blockhouses and cabins connected by a 12-foot-high log palisade. The original spring, still flowing, stands within the enclosure. The buildings are furnished with pioneer relics.

	LOCUST GROVE Kentucky
Location: Blankenbaker Lane, Louisville. Locust Grove

This house was the home of George Rogers Clark during the last 9 years of his life. It was built by his brother-in-law, Maj. William Croghan, in 1802-5. After Clark's death in 1818 he was buried on the property and his body remained there until 1869 when it was moved to Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville. A red brick house of architectural distinction, especially noted for its interior paneling, Locust Grove will be treated at greater length in the study dealing with architecture.

NHL Designation: 06/23/86