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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 park was founded in November 1934 as Pioneer Memorial State Park, and dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Governor Ruby Laffoon. [3]
The park straddles a tri-state area encompassing land from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. [5]: 29 It includes the area of the Wilderness Road running through the passage across the Cumberland Plateau and through the Cumberland Gap, an important geological feature that facilitated travel for American settlers and Native Americans.
Edgewood (Bunker Hill, West Virginia) Hedges–Robinson–Myers House, Hedgesville, West Virginia; Teter Myers French House, West Virginia; William Wilson House (Gerrardstown, West Virginia) Altona (West Virginia) Maidstone Manor Farm, West Virginia; Carter Farm, West Virginia; John Drinker House, West Virginia
Hollywood, Pa. (independent film, 1999) - filmed in Harrisburg and Lancaster [citation needed] The Light in the Forest (feature film, 1958) Lucky Numbers (feature film, 2000) - takes place in Harrisburg [citation needed] Made In U.S.A. (feature film, 1987) - Chris Penn, Lori Singer, Adrian Pasdar; [citation needed] filmed in Harrisburg and Lemoyne
The valley is bound to the west and north by the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (Bear Pond Mountains/Blue Mountain), to the east and south by South Mountain, to the northeast by the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, and to the south by the Potomac River. The portion of the valley residing in Maryland is sometimes referred to as the Hagerstown Valley.
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The Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area is a metropolitan area in the Appalachian Plateau region of the United States.Referred to locally as the "Tri-State area," and colloquially as "Kyova" (Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia), the region spans seven counties in the three states of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. [5]
Harrodsburg is a home rule-class city in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.It is the seat of its county. [4] The population was 9,064 at the 2020 census.. Although Harrodsburg was formally established by the Virginia House of Burgesses after Boonesborough and was not incorporated by the Kentucky legislature until 1836, [5] it was honored by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the oldest ...