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Pigeon Roost was established in 1809 by William E. Collings (1758–1828), and consisted mainly of settlers from Kentucky. Collings and his large family held the original land grants in what is now Nelson County, Kentucky, signed by the Governor of Virginia, Patrick Henry. These land grants were deemed illegal.
Greenbo Lake State Resort Park: Greenup County: Park: 3,300 acres (13 km 2) Lake: 192 acres (0.78 km 2) Jenny Wiley State Resort Park: Floyd County: Park: 1,771 acres (7.2 km 2) Lake: 1,100 acres (4.5 km 2) Kenlake State Resort Park: Calloway and Marshall Counties [3] Park: 1,795 acres (7.3 km 2) Lake: 160,300 acres (649 km 2) Kentucky Dam ...
Fort Boonesborough was a frontier fort in Kentucky, founded by Daniel Boone and his men following their crossing of the Kentucky River on April 1, 1775. The settlement they founded, known as Boonesborough, Kentucky, is Kentucky's second oldest European-American settlement.
It features a 36-room lodge named for Greenup County resident and writer Jesse Hilton Stuart, a 63-site campground with 35 primitive sites, a swimming pool with slides, two tennis courts, an 18-hole miniature golf course, an amphitheater and a scuba refuge area. [2] [3] The lodge contains a 232-seat dining room.
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a United States 171,280-acre national recreation area (69,310 ha) in Kentucky and Tennessee between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. It was designated as a national recreation area in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy and developed using funds appropriated during the Johnson administration .
Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park is a state park located in the northwest corner of Perry County, Kentucky.The park itself encompasses 856 acres (346 ha), while Buckhorn Lake, a mountain reservoir lake which serves as its major feature and which was created by damming the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River, covers approximately 1,230 acres (500 ha). [1]
Part of the Chattahoochee Council Scout Reservation. Situated on West Point Lake, the camp is 600 acres with 26 miles of lake shore. Camp James G. Gallant: Chattahoochee Council: LaGrange, GA: Active: Dedicated in April 1983. Part of the Chattahoochee Council Scout Reservation. It consists of over 300 acres with 28 campsites. Robert E. Knox ...
Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Park is a former state park located just south of London, Kentucky in Laurel County. It is now a city park under the auspices of the city of London, KY. The park encompasses 896 acres (363 ha) and includes a section of the Wilderness Road that early settlers used to reach Kentucky.