1914 postcard, Fort Harrod Pioneer Memorial State Park, KHS digital collections.jpg

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This file appears in: Marker #1449, "the Big Spring"
1914 postcard, Fort Harrod Pioneer Memorial State Park, KHS digital collections.jpg
This file appears in: Marker #1449, "the Big Spring"

By Kayla Adams
The first European settlement west of the Allegheny Mountains is largely connected to the Big Spring in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. This spring provided a vital source of fresh water, a necessity for early settlement of the area. In 1774, Captain…