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[[File:Parking lot for Old Fort Harrod State Park.jpg|right|thumb|Parking lot for the fort, under which the actual fort site lies]]

'''Old Fort Harrod State Park''' is a park located in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. The park encompasses {{convert|15|acre}} and features a reconstruction of Fort Harrod, the first permanent settlement in the state of Kentucky. The fort was named after James Harrod, who led an early party of settlers into Kentucky.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/germhs26.html |work=Germanna History Notes |title=Page #026, Nr. 631 |author=John Blankenbaker |date=April 6, 2011}}</ref> 
==Attractions==
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 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.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://parks.ky.gov/parks/recreationparks/fort-harrod/history.aspx |title=History |work=Old Fort Harrod State Park |publisher=Kentucky Department of Parks |accessdate=September 19, 2013}}</ref>
The park also features the cabin where Abraham Lincoln's parents, [[Thomas Lincoln]] and [[Nancy Hanks]], were married.<ref name=kye>{{cite book |editor=Kleber, John E. |others=Associate editors: [[Thomas D. Clark]], Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter |title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia |year=1992 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington, Kentucky |isbn=0-8131-1772-0 |chapter=Parks, State}}</ref>

==References==
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*{{cite journal |title=Replica of Fort Harrod, Harrodsburg, 1923-1928 |journal=Filson Club Historical Quarterly |volume=3 |issue=1 |month=October |year=1928 |url=http://connect1.ajaxdocumentviewer.com/viewerajax.php?yqAS8Rm2b4kS4UTkubndTXwHE7YUVEXcVAo5PPxKMuqgyD2AYUgtRhjceTODxD7WnWx2wVRkZ0o91z%2BrZy21LURhu9DfppjEO2Rr3CsPH2U%2FWZDkmlABZycnyLJwP76Y5%2BppXpoftU6uHSMs6BM5uJGw2n5QMhx9YmsvrfmyEUnLIuiYBE78aj9hCip5J0vqoMygk4iYgLmw86jqfUBTw9rKcZv%2BSVxR7rumujrleNmd%2FvwizTDP1%2BNFutroKkI5BEF7%2B6LPJm9g8BMxhIEWdK7k246DzYRPMOxbuPZ%2B0jaZ7oDtNVfvextUOECi8fTD1hUu1Mn4rluJvhkUewlNT3EzBM0f7ulrezAIcC3NiBA0ZSHyy52hIRewCZ6sHXoFakRLAm6qzT2NpjZ3W%2BXZ6nDC%2BEUm82Ntl3HOwv3Z0yY%3D |accessdate=2011-11-11}}

==External links==
*[http://parks.ky.gov/parks/recreationparks/fort-harrod/ Old Fort Harrod State Park] Kentucky Department of Parks

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[[Category:State parks of Kentucky]]
[[Category:Forts in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Open-air museums in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Historic house museums in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Military and war museums in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Pre-statehood history of Kentucky]]
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