Kentucky Frontier Fort

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This file appears in: McKinney's Fort
Kentucky Frontier Fort

Forts on the Kentucky frontier were designed to protect settlers from potential attacks by Native Americans. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: McKinney's Fort

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2063 in Lincoln County remembers McKinney's Fort, an early Kentucky settlement and trading post. As settlers from the east coast states moved westward into frontier regions like Kentucky, they disturbed the lives of the…