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you
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to
take
that
as
they
come
in
or
we
can
go
okay,
very
good,
we'll
let
further
members
get
settled,
as
our
first
group
approaches
the
presenting
table,
we
have
two
I
think
very,
very
interesting
groups
today
you
know
Central
Kentucky
Kentucky,
our
nation.
A
Overall
we've
got
some
extraordinary
history
to
share
with
our
immediate
neighbors
and
the
entire
world,
and
today
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
two
major
celebrations
that
we're
talking
about
currently
in
Kentucky,
and
the
first
is
with
our
campus
Nelson
National
Monument.
They
are
in
the
midst
of
celebrating
their
160th
anniversary.
So
we
have
two
wonderful
folks
here
with
us
today
to
tell
us
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
What
I'm
hoping
is
members
from
all
across
the
state.
A
You
can
take
this
information
home,
and
hopefully
we
can
get
our
attendance
up
at
these
wonderful
events.
It
will
benefit
all
of
us
and
make
us
stronger
and
more
educated
about
our
history.
So
there
is
a
little
button
on
your
microphone
if
you
will
push
that
until
it
illuminates
for
the
record.
Please
introduce
yourselves
and
then
proceed
with
your
presentation.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here.
C
E
Thank
you,
representative
King.
Thank
you
for
the
invitation
to
be
here.
It's
a
wonderful
opportunity,
distinguished
members
of
of
the
inner
Joint
Committee
of
Tourism,
small
business
and
information
technology.
E
My
name
is
Ernie
price
and,
as
you
met,
Steve
fan,
and
we
are
with
the
National
Park
Service,
it's
an
honor
to
speak
with
you
here
in
the
seat
of
government
for
the
great
Commonwealth
of
Kentucky
Kentucky's.
History
is
not
only
deep
and
Rich
and
meaningful
to
its
citizens,
but
it's
the
history
that's
found
here
is
Meaningful
and
important
to
anyone
who
seeks
to
truly
understand
the
complicated
history
of
our
nation
and
it's
a
great
source
of
Tourism
too
Camp
Nelson,
like
Kentucky,
is
a
window
into
America's,
complicated
soul.
E
E
Anyone
else
all
right.
So
the
answer
is
seven
I
like
to
refer
to
them
as
The
Magnificent
Seven,
yes,
Abraham,
Lincoln,
birthplace,
of
course,
in
Mammoth
Cave
and
along
with
Cumberland
Gap
I,
would
say:
they're,
probably
the
most
recognizable
names
of
national
park
units
in
Kentucky
and
I
should
say
that
of
the
seven.
We
have
several
parks
that
actually
are
shared
among
states,
Cumberland
Gap,
of
course,
being
in
in
a
Tri-State
part
with
Virginia
and
Tennessee
big
south
fort
National,
River
and
Recreation.
E
Area
is
also
part
of
Tennessee
and
Fort
Donaldson
fellow
Civil
War
Park,
it's
actually
in
Tennessee,
but
Fort
Hyman
within
that
unit
is
is
in
Kentucky.
But
I
also
want
to
mention
the
opportunity
that
we
have
here
to
think
about
the
National
Park
Service
and
a
place
like
Camp
Nelson
going
forward.
Are
the
two
new
sites:
Camp
Nelson
added
to
the
National
Park
Service
in
2018
and
Mill
Springs
Battlefield
near
Somerset,
in
2019,
making
as
I
said,
This
Magnificent,
Seven
and
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that
as
we
get
through
the
presentation.
E
So
what
I
would
like
to
do
now
is
yeah
just
want
to
hold
that
shot
right
there
for
a
moment
and
is
talk
about
as
briefly
as
I
can
just
a
few
minutes
about
what
is
Camp
Nelson.
What
was
it
historically,
Steve
and
I
have
worked
at
a
lot
of
National
Park
units
all
over
the
country
and
it's
and
particularly
Civil
War
sites,
but
even
the
most
Ardent
Civil
War
Enthusiast,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
them
and
and
that's
that's
a
serious
thing.
E
Even
some
of
them
don't
really
know
what
Camp
Nelson
is
and
I
think.
The
reason
is
because
it's
not
a
battlefield
like
Shiloh,
Vicksburg
and
so
many
other
places
and
the
American
lexicon,
so
I'm
going
to
attempt
something
very
difficult,
which
is
about
a
three
and
a
half
minute
history:
lesson
right
after
lunch.
So
wish
me
luck,
we're
going
to
start
by
going
back
to
1863..
E
So
that's
the
landscape.
Today,
that's
a
that's
a
photograph
from
just
about
the
same
spot
and
and
what
you'll
notice
is
all
of
the
stuff
buildings,
wagons,
ambulances
and
nooks
and
crannies.
All
over
the
place.
Camp
Nelson
was
a
Supply
Depot
for
the
United
States
military,
and
it's
it's
sole
purpose
when
it
was
built
in
the
summer
of
1863,
was
to
hoard
all
the
supplies
needed
to
launch
a
campaign
to
Knoxville
Tennessee
in
August
of
1863
160
years
ago.
E
So
the
weekend
before
last
representative
King
referenced
a
a
big
event
that
we
had
that
Steve
envisioned
and
executed
very
well.
It
was
it
was
that
160th,
but
Camp
Nelson,
unlike
Shiloh
and
Vicksburg,
it
doesn't
have
a
single
anniversary.
It
was
a
camp
that
existed
from
1863
to
1866.
Things
happened
throughout
that
time
and
not
one
event
is
our
only
anniversary,
so
it
was
Steve's
vision
in
to
commemorate
the
the
founding
of
the
camp
in
April
of
63,
the
Knoxville
campaign
and
the
in
the
summer
of
63.
E
Move
into
1864
is
the
the
U.S
army
Engineers
realized
that
there
needed
to
be
a
system
of
fortifications
and
forts
built
along
the
northern
side
of
Camp
Nelson,
and
they
would
use
impressed
laborers
to
do
that.
African-American
men
who
were
enslaved
in
counties
around
Central
Kentucky
their
owners
would
be
paid
by
the
U.S
government
to
have
these
men
and
eight
women
come
into
and
build
Camp
Nelson.
There
were
1900
of
these
folks
that
that
happened
to
so,
let's
go
to
1864.
E
and
before
I
had
to
something
else.
I
want
to
say
it
is
so
impressive
to
consider
the
scope
and
scale
of
Camp
Nelson.
This
is
an
1866
map
of
the
camp.
You
see
the
the
bend
in
the
Kentucky
River
there
that
north-south
artery
running
right
through
the
camp
is
is
the
Danville
Lexington,
Turnpike
Highway
27
today,
and
what
it's
it?
It
blows
my
mind
to
understand
that
there
was
running
water
in
this
camp
in
1864.
E
E
With
a
50
horsepower
steam
engine
they
pumped
water
up
an
eight
inch
pipe
470
feet
up
the
Palisade
at
125
gallons,
a
minute
into
that
Reservoir,
the
bottom
photograph,
which
was
500
000
gallons,
and
then
they
would
run
water
through
gravity
through
lead
pipes
into
the
different
parts
of
the
camp,
and
it
actually
wasn't
to
provide
water
for
the
people
which
which
we
need,
but
it
was
for
the
animals.
They
could
stable
2
000
horses
and
mules
and
they
could
Corral
12
000,
horses
and
mules.
E
E
It's
crazy
to
think
that
looking
at
these
rolling
pastures
today
that
all
that
was
there
now
in
1864,
Camp
Nelson
might
have
closed,
because
the
Knoxville
campaign
was
successful.
Eastland
East
Tennessee
was
fully
in
Union
Hands
by
by
early
64.
E
and
it
might
have
closed
mission
accomplished,
but
Kentucky
changed
military
policy
in
April
and
May
of
64.
That
would
forever
change
Camp
Nelson
and
it's
the
reason
that
Steve
and
I
are
sitting
here
right
now.
The
policy
change
said
that
now
black
men
in
Kentucky
would
be
allowed
to
enlist
in
the
United
States
military,
even
without
their
owner's
permissions
game.
Changer
now
over
the
next
two
years,
64-65
Kentucky
would
see
a
little
over
23
000
black
men
enjoy
join
the
U.S
military
in
Kentucky.
E
Now
there
were
other
black
kentuckians
that
left
Kentucky
earlier
and
joined,
but
in
Kentucky,
just
over
23
000.
over
ten
thousand
of
those
men
enlisted
trained
and
recruited
at
Camp
Nelson,
making
it
arguably
almost
the
second
largest
recruiting
station
for
uscts,
again
United
States
Color
troops,
which
is
what
they
were
known
as
then.
These
units
in
the
nation
New
Orleans
being
number
one
and
Camp
Nelson
being
very
close
to
Camp
William
Penn
in
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania.
E
So
it
is
remarkable.
It
is
nationally
significant,
there's
a
picture
here
of
some
guys
that
are
our
cavalrymen.
There
were
four
infantry
units,
two
Cavalry
units
and
two
heavy
artillery
units
of
you
of
uscts
that
formed
at
Camp
Nelson,
and
we
have
some
great
photographs
of
of
the
camp
that
were
taken
during
the
war
in
1865.
E
E
So
imagine
your
wife
and
your
children
after
you've
made
such
a
decision.
Many
of
these
family
members
came
with
these
men,
and
so
then
Camp
Nelson
also
became
a
major
Refugee
Center
over
three
thousand
women
and
children
and
elderly
men
who
were
ineligible
not
of
military
fighting
age
poured
into
Camp
Nelson.
This
did
not
suit
the
military
command,
most
of
them
very
well.
E
People
who
couldn't
contribute
directly
to
the
military
calls
were
really
considered
in
the
way
throughout
the
summer
and
fall
of
1864.
These
folks
were
systematically
expelled
at
least
seven
times
out
of
the
camp
in
late
November,
the
last
time
that
it
happened.
It
was
during
an
early
snowstorm
for
Central
Kentucky
and
of
the
more
than
400
people
that
were
expelled
over
a
hundred
of
them
were
died.
As
a
result,
this
news
went
viral,
meaning
newspapers
all
over
the
country
and
policy
would
change
inside
Camp,
Nelson
and
Across
the
Nation
inside
Camp
Nelson.
E
The
military
would
now
build
what
was
called
the
home
for
color
refugees.
97
of
these
cottages
on
the
west
side
of
highway
27.,
also
on
March
3rd
1865
Congress,
would
pass
an
act
that
would
state
that
any
enslaved
person,
man,
woman
or
child
who
can
reach
a
federal
installation
would
be
emancipated
not
just
if
they
fought
as
soldiers.
E
Now
that
piece
of
history
is
often
lost
because
of
the
surrender
that
occurs
a
month
after
that
the
war
ends,
but
that
policy
did
happen
and
it
was
a
direct
result
of
Camp
Nelson
again
nationally
significant,
okay,
history,
lesson
done
probably
went
a
little
over
the
numbers
already
said
it.
Camp
Nelson
is
18
miles
south
of
Lexington
Park
was
created
actually
in
1998
by
Jasmine
County,
and
we
owe
a
debt
to
Jasmine
County.
E
We,
the
American
people
for
setting
this
park
aside
in
the
first
place,
and
they
they
did
it
on
a
shoestring
budget.
They
did
it
with
a
lot
of
just
want
to
and
and
they
purchased
three
Farms
that
made
up
the
core
of
that
camp,
which
is
now
the
National
Monument,
which
was
officially
proclamated
in
October
of
2018..
But
I'd
like
to
remind
folks
that
when
that
happened,
there
were
no
perks.
E
River
staff
there,
the
county,
continued
to
run
the
park
for
three
years
under
a
co-management
agreement,
so
Steve
and
I,
and
our
teammates
didn't
start
truly
running
the
park
until
October
21
as
a
full
National
Park
Service
site.
So
if
it
feels
like
we're
less
than
two
years
old,
it's
because
in
many
ways
we
kind
of
are
it
just
makes
me
that
much
more
proud
of
what
we
have
accomplished.
So
more
numbers
as
national
parks
go
compared
to
Mammoth
Cave,
we're
very
small
staff,
but
again
we're
proud
of
what
we've
done.
E
The
building
behind
us
is
called
the
White
House,
the
Oliver
Perry
home,
and
if
anybody's
driven
up
and
down
27
in
Jasmine
County,
this
is
the
one
thing
you
might
see
of
Camp
Nelson.
That
would
be
recognizable
a
bit
iconic.
The
house
was
built
in
1855
and
it
was
officers
quarters
during
the
war
it's
precious
to
us,
because
it's
one
of
the
few
surviving
man-made
structures
from
the
camp.
That's
there
today,
and
so
we've
got
a
lot
of
work
due
to
analyze
and
preserve
that
home
and
eventually
get
it
reopened
to
the
public.
E
But
here's
our
staff.
It's
a
picture
taken
last
year
and,
as
you
can
see,
it's
a
combination
of
Park
Service
employees,
paid
interns
and
volunteers
that
are
all
making
this
this
happen
in
fy23
I
can
say
we
are
now
fully
funded,
as
we
say
in
the
Park
service,
and
so
we're
we're
adding
a
couple
of
more
folks
right
now.
Currently
so
we're
looking
at
about
2
10
to
11
positions
with
a
with
a
healthy
number
of
interns
and
volunteers
to
do
the
job.
E
I'm
sure
y'all
are
used
to
seeing
graphs
of
money.
I
know
we
have
to
do
this
sometimes
too,
but
this
is
kind
of
Camp
Nelson's
budget.
In
a
in
a
quick
glance,
we
got
our
First
Federal
funding
and
FY
20.
That
blue
color
represents
what
we
call
our
base
funding.
That's
what
we
get
for
all
of
our
fixed
costs,
our
staffing
utilities
and
things
that
we
just
have
to
pay
every
year
that
that
burnt
orange
color.
Above
it,
though,
that
represents
project
dollars.
E
Now
these
are
projects
that
Steve
and
I,
and
our
other
colleagues
will
will
write
to
compete.
Across
the
Nation
for
Park
service,
available
funds
for
special
projects
like
working
on
the
White,
House
archeology,
there's
and
we'll
talk
about
things
like
that
here
in
a
moment
and
I'm
very
proud
of
this
graph,
because,
as
we've
gone
along
we're
seeing
that
we're
almost
getting
in
some
cases
more
project
dollars
than
we
are
base
funding,
and
so
again
our
little
staff
is
mighty
and
doing
good
work
in
that
area
too.
So
we
expect
in
24.
E
Of
course,
we
don't
have
our
24
base
budget,
yet
we
expect
it
to
go
down
a
little
bit,
but
we're
also
expecting
to
get
more
dollars
and
24,
and
what
this
means
is
these
projects
they
allow
us
to
to
work
with
vendors
and
contractors
to
get
these
projects
done.
That
does
bring
a
lot
of
dollars
into
Central
Kentucky.
E
Not
all
of
our
contracts
are
with
local
vendors,
but
often
they
are
the
most
competitive
being
so
close
to
us
and
so
I
think
that
is
important
from
a
tourism
and
an
economic
development
standpoint
visitation
now
you
know
caveat
here:
we
we
arrived
during
the
pandemic.
The
Visitor
Center
was
closed.
In
fact,
the
county
had
already
closed
it
when
we
got
here,
we
reopened
it
in
June
21.
E
Finally,
and
these
two
lines,
the
orange
line
below
represents
the
number
of
visitors
that
come
directly
into
our
Visitor
Center
that
we
meet
face
to
face
inside
the
Blue
Line
represents
the
people
that
come
into
the
park,
and
the
point
here
is
is
that
we
get
a
lot
of
people
that
use
their
park,
not
only
to
learn
more
about
history,
but
there's
birding,
there's
walking,
walking
dogs
ham,
radio
operators
there's
a
number
of
things
that
happen
in
this
green,
beautiful,
Green,
Space
just
18
miles
outside
of
Lexington.
E
We
see
a
lot
of
Fayette
County
tags
in
there
a
lot
after
five
o'clock,
especially
this
time
of
year.
When
nobody
wants
to
visit
right
now.
Seven
o'clock
this
evening
will
be
a
little
more
pleasant.
E
But
the
other
point
about
this
graph
is
not
that
we're
getting
Mammoth
Cave
numbers,
because
we
certainly
are
not,
but
we
are
steadily
going
up
and-
and
that's
that
looks
to
still
be
the
case
going
into
this
next
year
in
June
and
July
of
this
year,
we're
already
15
up
over
last
year,
which
was
over
60
percent
up
from
the
year
before.
So
we
don't
get
a
huge
amount
of
visitation,
but
we
are
very
optimistic
as
we
were
watching
visitation
increased
steadily.
E
You
probably
can't
read
all
of
that.
I
understand
that,
but
I
I
wanted
to
share
this
with
you,
because,
when
I
found
out
that
I
was
going
to
have
the
honor
of
addressing
this
specific
committee,
the
part
the
National
Park
Service,
decided
to
really
oblige
me
and
on
Monday
two
days
ago,
released
this
economic
impact
information
for
the
National
Park
Service
across
the
country.
So
this
is
fresh
off
the
press,
so
obviously
I
called
out
specifically
Kentucky
and-
and
you
may
not
be
able
to
read
all
of
those
things.
E
I
I
knew
we
didn't
have
time
to
break
down
every
single
National
Park,
but
as
as
as
a
state
Kentucky,
you
can
see
there
114
million
dollars
of
visitor
spending
and
by
the
way
this
is
2022
and
then
the
different
categories
there.
It's
not
just
the
people
that
come
into
the
park.
It's
the
hotels
and
the
restaurants
and
the
gas
stations
and
everything,
and
even
the
recreational
opportunities
that
people
take
advantage
of
while
they're
at
national
parks
and
when
they
come
into
an
area.
E
F
E
A
few
excellent
good
understanding
and
I
understand
the
Commonwealth's,
a
large
Place
east
to
west,
especially,
but
we've
got
we
as
I
mentioned
before.
We
do
a
lot
of
commemoration
programs
and
the
reason
that
I
elaborated
earlier
about
those
1900
impressed
laborers
that
that
help
build
Camp
Nelson
is
the
weekend.
Before
last
we
had
a
host
of
volunteers
and
staff
that
researched
thanks
to
we
have.
We
employ
several
student
workers
from
University
of
Kentucky
PhD
candidates
in
history.
E
Professor
Amy
Taylor
at
the
University
of
Kentucky,
is
a
huge
asset
to
the
park
and
a
collective
effort
to,
and
this
would
not
have
happened
when
I
started.
My
Park
trivia's
career
in
the
1980s
I
would
have
been
told.
Oh
we'll,
never
know
the
names
of
those
impressed
laborers.
You
can't
find
that
out.
E
That's
oral
history
and
unreliable
well,
we
now
know
the
names
of
each
of
those
1900
people
that
were
impressed
into
labor
in
1863
at
Camp,
Nelson
and
1900
of
these
flags
were
put
out
along
the
entrenchment
line
that
they
built
in
the
summer
of
1863,
and
their
names
were
written
on
each
flag.
Most
of
the
flags
were
white.
Some
of
them
are
blue,
98
of
them
are
blue.
E
So
that
was
what
happened
just
this
weekend
before
last
and
I
just
wanted
to
use
it
as
an
example
of
the
kind
of
meaning
and
depth
of
these
stories
that
can
be
that
can
be
mined
at
Camp
Nelson
down
the
bottom
bottom
left.
In
the
past
two
Falls
we've
had
luminaria
programs
to
commemorate
those
expulsions
that
we
talked
about
the
first
one
we
did
was
in
the
fall
of
21.
E
This
photo,
you
see,
was
from
22,
and
here
we
have
Luminarias
for
the
400
folks
that
were
expelled
from
the
camp,
it's
difficult
to
see
in
the
photo.
But
if
you
look
closely,
some
of
those
Luminarias
are
darker
than
others,
and
the
darker
ones
represent
the
102
people
that
were
actually
lost
as
a
result
of
that
expulsion
and
it's
been
really
powerful
for
us
to
engage
with
the
community
around
Nicholasville,
Jasmine,
County
and
believe
me
far
beyond.
E
We've
had
folks
from
Louisville
and
other
places
come
to
these
programs
to
just
find
their
own
meaning
in
these
stories.
I
think
all
kentuckians
and
all
Americans
really
are
connected
to
these
stories.
Bottom
right
is
also
from
the
weekend
before.
Last
again,
it
was
160th
of
the
arrival
of
the
U.S
army
at
Camp,
Nelson
and
August
63
and
literally
Steve
managed
to
get
about
a
hundred
living
history
reenactors
to
come
into
the
park
and
and
that's
a
shot
of
the
Infantry.
It
represents
the
21st
Massachusetts
as
they
arrived
at.
E
Camp
Nelson,
which
you
don't
see
in
the
photograph,
is
there's
literally
two
mules
drawing
a
wagon
full
of
supplies.
They're
also
civilians,
there's
Drummond
five
leading
this
this
parade,
and
it
was
really
a
phenomenal
sight
to
see.
So
we
invite
you
all
to
come
out
to
Future
programs
to
to
have
these
kinds
of
experiences,
but
that
was
a
special
event.
E
We
are
always
doing
public
programming
at
Camp,
Nelson
ranger-led
programs,
like
you,
see
in
some
of
the
the
pictures
here
now
that
shot
up
their
top
I
just
want
you
to
see
kind
of
the
scope
and
scale
of
these
1900
Flags
during
one
of
our
Ranger
programs,
but
they,
like
I,
said
they
happen
really
almost
daily
year
round
on
the
left
there,
something
very
popular
with
with
national
parks
across
the
country.
E
Those
of
you
that
have
have
kids
and
have
traveled
across
the
country,
Junior
Ranger
activities
are,
are
phenomenal
way
for
parents
to
help
their
kids
have
great
experiences
at
National
Parks,
because
when
I
take
my
daughter
to
a
park
and
I
know
nothing
about
the
park.
This
is
my
cheat
sheet
and
we
go
through
it
together
and
and
we
get
to
earn
the
badge
even
Junior,
Ranger
badge,
so
that's
a
great
way
to
engage
with
the
park.
E
As
I
mentioned
bird
watching,
we
get
a
lot
of
birders,
especially
in
the
springtime
and
there's
one
of
our
Rangers
Sarah
leading
a
bird
program.
There.
E
E
One
of
our
other
rangers
education,
Rangers,
leading
an
archaeologist
archeology
exercise.
Archeology
is
a
big
deal
at
Camp
Nelson.
It
has
been
when
it
was
County
Park
and
it
will
be
again
as
a
national
park
unit
too
the
the
stories
that
we
need
to
tell
at
Camp
Nelson,
many
of
them
Lodge
us
under
the
surface
and
also
too
Steve's
team,
has
been
developing
new
exhibits.
E
So
even
if
you
have
been
to
Camp
Nelson
come
back,
we
just
opened
up
a
new
exhibit
this
summer
called
the
soldiers
exhibit
that
features
the
experience
of
white
and
black
soldiers
during
the
Civil
War
how
they
were
similar,
but
how
they
were
also
very
different.
It's
a
powerful
exhibit
it's
very
well
done,
and
of
course,
this
year
physical
improvements,
infrastructure,
I
mentioned
the
White
House,
that's
actually
more
what
it
looked
like.
E
E
So
people
can
understand
that
you
know
that
earlier
picture
with
all
of
that
stuff,
it's
difficult
to
imagine
that
when
you're
there
today,
so
we
want
to
put
out
some
of
these
non-architectural
features
on
the
landscape,
flower,
barrels
for
the
bakery,
the
cannon
and
the
Forts
and
all
kinds
of
apparatus
is
used
in
the
in
this
and
the
stables
and
and
the
Corrals.
So
people
can
understand
what
happened
at
the
camp
and
how
large
it
was.
E
This
was
a
volunteer
event
at
the
bottom
of
the
of
the
page
here
where
people
came
out
and
painted
Canon
carriages
for
a
day.
It
was,
it
was
awesome
and
then,
of
course,
improving
and
expanding
our
trail
system.
We
have
about
five
miles
of
trails
in
the
camp
now
I
think
that
I
think
that
will
easily
double
over
the
next
three
to
five
years
and
improve
building
these
these
staircases,
where
they're
needed,
making
Trails
more
accessible
and
safe
long-term
to
preservation.
E
That's
the
fee!
Church
there,
the
fee
Church
actually
sits
on
the
grounds
of
where
the
Home
For
Colored
refugees
was.
That
picture
you
saw
earlier
was
taken
at
this
spot
that
picture
up
top
nobody's
playing
golf
or
whatever
else
that
looks
like
that's
actually
scanning
the
ground.
It's
archaeological
scan
using
ground,
penetrating
radar
and
magnetometry
to
to
examine,
what's
underneath
the
ground
without
actually
disturbing
it
yet,
and
you
can
imagine
465
Acres,
you
just
don't
want
to
dig
all
that
up.
E
You
want
to
learn
as
much
as
you
can
about
it
before
you
do
so
we're
engaged
in
a
lot
of
that.
We
have
an
archaeological
overview
and
Assessment
program.
That's
going
on
now
a
cultural
landscape
report.
That's
been
done!
It's
a
lot
of
research
to
understand
this
precious
resource
that
we
have
and
and
how
to
get
the
most
out
of
it
again.
Three
to
five
years.
E
Archeology
there
expanding
of
the
trails
in
the
middle
that
odd
gray,
map
of
all
those
red
dots
is
showing
us
where
Trail
is
going
to
expand
and
where
we
can
put
out
these.
These
Wayside
exhibits
to
explain
where
you're
standing
and
what
it
is
you're,
seeing
and
no
doubt
having
historic
photographs
where
the
camera
was
when
it
took
it.
E
So
you
can
see
that
topography
and
appreciate
it
bottom
right,
redoing,
our
Museum
exhibitory,
bringing
it
more
up
to
date
and
taking
advantage
of
all
these
photographs
that
we
have
and
being
able
to
have
our
interpretive
Rangers
actually
walk
into
and
be
a
part
of
those
photographs
and
explain
exactly
what
it
is.
You're
looking
at
The,
Visitor
Center
at
the
top
right
affectionately
known
to
us
sometimes
is
50
Shades
of
Gray.
E
A
Do
we
have
any
questions
or
comments
from
committee
members,
while
you're
thinking
of
a
question
or
a
comment?
If
we
could
go
back,
I,
don't
see
a
slide
number
in
our
packet,
but
they're
back
to
back
showing
the
trajectory
since
2022
of
visitation
and
then
the
economic
impact
is
the
next
slide.
After
that.
E
A
E
There
so
great
question
and
I'm
glad
you
brought
that
up
absolutely
well
look
first
and
foremost,
I
think,
with
all
due
respect
to
what
Jasmine
County
did,
because
we
will
forever
be
indebted
to
with
what
they
did
but
becoming
a
national
monument
and
part
of
the
National
Park
Service
from
a
marketing
standpoint.
It
is
a
game
changer.
E
This
brochure
of
the
park
on
the
inside
of
it
on
the
map
itself,
there's
a
there's,
a
little
blue
stamp
down
there
and
it's
actually
dated
today's
date,
and
this
is
part
of
the
passport
program
that
National
Parks
have
and
and
if
you
haven't
seen
it,
you
wouldn't
believe
it.
This
is
a
culture.
There
are
so
many
tens
of
thousands,
hundreds
of
thousands
of
people
that
travel
the
country
to
get
their
passport
stamps
at
every
National
Park
unit
in
the
country,
and
so
by
getting
on
that
passport
map
too.
E
It
was
a
big
deal
and
I
just
put
that
in
here.
We
put
this
in
here,
so
you
could
see
what
one
of
these
stamps
look
like.
They're
it's
dated,
and
it
has
the
exact
place
of
where
you
are
and
there's
actually
books
published
like
album
books
that
you
can
stamp
and
get
them
filled
out
as
you
travel
so
I
think
those
were
huge
game
changers
for
the
visitation
to
the
monument.
E
E
You
might
see
the
friends
of
the
Smoky
Mountains,
you
might
see
the
foundation
at
Gettysburg
and
other
places
they're
doing
marketing
for
those
Parks,
but
the
actual
National
Park
Service
can't-
and
so
you
know
if,
if
there's
interest
and
an
additional
45
seconds,
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
a
couple
of
ideas
that
that
we
have
on
that.
Yes,.
E
Yes,
this
is
the
yeah
first
one
here,
so
Regional,
signage
and
I
hope
you
can
make
out
enough
of
the
details
on
the
map
here.
So
not
long
after
Steve
and
I
got
here
and
got
set
up.
One
of
the
first
things
we
wanted
to
do
was
to
get
proper
signage
at
the
park.
E
You
know,
and
it's
amazing
what
a
big
difference
that
makes
and
that's
something
we
were
able
to
do
with
Jasmine
County
and
that
and
they've
been
great
Partners
in
this
handoff
in
this
transition
period,
and
you
know
we
we
were
able
to
to
purchase
these
signs
and
but
they're
actually
not
installed
inside
Park
property
they're
installed
out
on
the
roads,
there's
a
little
County
Road
right
out
in
front
of
the
park
and,
of
course,
Highway
27.,
and
so
we
actually
partnered
with
Camp
Nelson,
National
Cemetery
and
probably
more
people
have
heard
of
Camp
Nelson
National
Cemetery
than
they
have
the
National
Monument,
but
we're
neighbors
and
our
histories
are
the
same.
E
That
Cemetery,
that
is
there
today,
was
a
cemetery
inside
the
historic
Camp
Nelson
during
the
Civil
War,
but
they
are
great
partners.
So
we
have
some
signs
now
right
in
front
of
the
park
on
the
county
road
in
front
of
us
and
on
Highway
27
in
front
of
us,
but
what
we
really
need
are
more
Regional
level
signs
that
some
of
the
key
arteries
around
Central
Kentucky,
particularly
these
red
boxes,
represent
I,
think
some
key
spots
that
would
be
very
helpful
coming
out
of
Lexington
on
on
Nicholasville
Road
27.
E
It
would
be
great,
coming
out
of
Nicholasville
and
south
side
of
Nicholasville
to
sign
there,
but
also
even
over
well
in
further
south
on
27
down
below
Camp
right
near
Camp.
Dick
Robinson
I
was
talking
to
somebody
about
that
before
the
the
program.
There's
a
key
intersection
with
the
Danville
Road
in
27
and
why
that's
key
is
Parables
to
the
West
Mills
brings
us
to
the
South
and
Richmond
is
to
the
East
and
people
that
are
coming
to
Camp
Nelson,
your
Civil
War
tourism
from
the
south.
E
They
will
come
through
that
intersection
and
have
an
assigned
there
that
lets.
People
know
that
Camp
Nelson
is
is
nine
miles
up.
The
road
I
think
would
be
really
important
and
obviously
I-75
at
London
and
Mount
Vernon
now
London
by
the
way
I
threw
that
on
here
because
of
our
sister
new
part
to
the
south
in
Nancy
Kentucky,
Mill,
Springs,
Battlefield
they're
in
the
same
boat.
E
We
are
they're
new,
just
like
we
are,
and
we
both
I
think
could
benefit
for
more
Regional
signage,
to
steer
people
who
might
already
be
touring
the
area
and
are
interested
in
historic
sites,
but
reminding
them
hey,
you've,
never
heard
of
Camp
Nelson
Battlefield,
because
it's
not
a
battlefield,
but
you
might
want
to
see
Camp
Nelson
Steve.
C
And
I'd
mention
real,
quick
branding
is
really
really
important,
too,
which
we've
really
been
focusing
on
the
majority
of
people
that
have
visited
the
park
from
their
surrounding
area.
They
know
of
Camp
Nelson,
National
Cemetery.
Obviously,
they've
got
family
members
buried
there.
It's
very,
very
important
in
the
community,
the
sites
managed
by
the
Veterans
Administration,
obviously
Camp
Nelson
National
Monument
is
managed
by
the
National
Park
Service.
C
So
one
of
the
things
that
we
try
to
be
very
specific
with
is
Camp
Nelson
National
Monument
as
a
national
park
site
and
the
national
cemetery
is
separate,
even
though
the
history
is
directly
connected.
There's
also
like
a
Camp
Nelson
RV
park
on
the
Kentucky
River
as
well.
So
we've
you
know
when
we
first
got
started,
people
would
call
us
we're
trying
to
rent.
You
know
a
spot
on
the
Kentucky
River
like
that's
not
us.
So
one
of
our
big
focuses
is
branding
yep.
E
E
Absolutely
and
and
the
National
Park
Service
has
an
app
for
the
entire
agency
and
it's
very
easy
in
fact:
it'll
use
your
location
to
say:
hey,
you're,
closest
to
Camp,
Nelson,
National,
Monument
or
Yellowstone,
or
Grand
Canyon,
wherever
you
might
be,
and
and
it's
a
great
way
to
quickly
get
you
to
that-
need
to
know
information
of
how
to
plan
your
visit.
So
the
app
is
wonderful,
but
we
also
have
our
own
website
and
our
own
social
media
footprint.
E
You
know
whether
it's
Facebook
or
Instagram
and
by
the
way
Steve
manages
all
of
that
and
and
is
phenomenal
at
it
and
so
I
highly
recommend.
If,
if
you,
if
you
explore
sites
that
way,
we
would
encourage
you
to
explore
Camp
Nelson.
E
How
do
we
get
people
from
Mammoth
Cave
to
come
to
Camp
Nelson,
you
know
and
that
app
is
a
great
way
to
do
that
kind
of
get
them
hooked
and
then
they
start
exploring
out
Beyond.
C
And
I'd
also
mention
that
Park
Service
sites
have
generally
the
same
operating
hours
currently
just
because
of
our
size
and
our
staffing
during
the
summer
time.
Our
visitor
center
is
open
seven
days
a
week
right
now,
which
we
did
not
have
in
2021.
We
started
that
last
summer
in
22
and
we're
doing
it
the
same
as
well,
because
we've
got
two
buildings
open
to
the
public
to
explore.
During
the
day,
we've
got
a
park
store
that
was
installed
and
open
in
January
and
we
got
a
museum.
C
We
got
a
park
film
and
currently
we're
open
seven
days
a
week.
Nine
a.m
to
5
p.m.
But
it's
important
to
note
that
the
grounds
are
open
sunrise
to
sunset.
So
we
do
have
a
lot
of
repeat
visitors
that
are
out
there
walking
the
trails
right.
They
got
their
headphones
on
there
walking
their
dog.
The
Park
is
open
for
everyone
right,
and
we
want
to
really
increase
accessibility
to
everyone
to
have
them
realize
it's
a
non-fee
park.
By
the
way
you
can
go
to
Camp,
Nelson
anytime,
you
want
and
it's
free
and
then
I'll.
C
E
You
you
guys
know
tourism
and
and,
like
Steve
said,
we've
seen
this
work
in
other
places,
and
you
know
you
can
see
the
map
there
and
that
map
is
not
meant
to
be
comprehensive
by
any
means.
There
are
so
many
other
sites
in
between
these
blue
stars,
but
you
know
the
fact
that,
just
in
the
last
few
years,
we've
added
two
national
park
units
here
in
Central,
Kentucky
to
the
existing
Rich,
Civil,
War,
landscape
of
Richmond
and
Perryville
and
Wildcat
Battlefield,
Abraham,
Lincoln,
birthplace
and,
of
course,
Lexington's
loaded
with
Civil
War
sites
too.
E
The
idea
that
I
would
love
to
see,
but
the
Park
Service
can't
do
it
by
ourselves
and
in
some
ways
we
can't
even
do
it
at
all,
but
we
can
help
and
we
can.
We
can
contribute
and
facilitate
other
things
to
this.
Endeavor
and
I
talked
to
Charlotte
Reid.
Our
tourism
director
in
Jasmine
County
about
this,
but
I
think
it
needs
to
be
a
regional
effort
where
everybody
that's
going
up
and
down
I-95
every
summer
to
Petersburg
Richmond,
Fredericksburg,
Manassas,
Antietam,
Gettysburg,
that's
wonderful,
but
come
to
Kentucky.
E
You
could
spend
that
same
week
in
Kentucky,
and
there
is
more
than
enough
here
to
see
and
do
and
then
in
many
ways
is
complicated
and
fascinating.
Plus
horses
in
Bourbon
I
mean
just
come
over
here
and
see
this,
but
it
would
be
fascinating
to
see
this
presented
as
a
regional
tourism
effort
to
attract
historical
tourism,
particularly
Civil,
War,
tourism
and
I.
Think
folks
would
be
amazed
at
how
much
there
is
here
to
see
if
they
only
just
knew
and
and
lastly
Steve.
E
This
is
a
very
specific
project,
but
I
thought
I'd
just
share
it
in
case
anybody's
got
an
idea,
so
all
right,
the
two
pictures
top
and
bottom
left
or
from
a
project
that
was
done
in
2016
in
Knoxville
and
and
the
2016
happened
to
be
the
Centennial
of
the
National
Park
Service.
E
But
what
about
Andrew,
Johnson's,
house
and
and
Chattanooga
Chickamauga,
and
so
many
other
places-
and
we
were
talking
about
that
I'm,
a
member
of
the
Kentucky
National
Park
Service
team
that
meets
monthly
to
talk
about
Statewide,
Park,
Service
things,
and
we
thought,
as
I
said,
some
of
our
Kentucky
Parks
were
also
in
Tennessee,
and
they
said
what
about
that
idea
and
said.
Well,
if
we
tried
to
do
that
in
Kentucky,
Louisville
would
be
the
proper
place
to
do.
It.
Went
down,
took
this
picture
in
the
baggage
claim
area
in
in
Louisville.
E
Maybe
you
recognize
it
and
it
looked
like
there's
some
good
space
there
to
do
something,
even
if
it
was
a
smaller
scale
than
what
Knoxville
did
a
great
place
to
interface
with
people
who
may
be
arriving
in
Kentucky
for
the
first
time,
and
this
is
literally
on
their
way
to
rent
their
car,
this
spot
and
so
again,
just
trying
to
think
a
little
bigger
and
and
ways
that
we
could
continue
that
effort
to
attract
more
people
to
our
national
parks
in
Kentucky.
E
Just
an
idea
at
this
point
just
wanted
to
take
advantage
of
your
brain
power
and
and
creativity
to
plant
that
seed
with
y'all
and
that's
again,
that's
all
I
have
and
we've
taken
more
time
than
we
should
have,
and
my
apologies
to
the
folks
good
folks
behind
me
from
Harrisburg
but
I'm
from
Harrisburg,
so
hopefully
they'll.
Let
me
off
a
little
bit
with
that
and
unless
there
are
other
questions.
A
We
do
appreciate
that
recommendation.
We
will.
We
will
be
considering
that
my
final
quick
question
before
I
get
to
representative
stalker
the
the
slide
just
after
the
trajectory
slide.
We
just
spoke
about
the
economic
contributions
to
Kentucky's
economy.
Is
that
the
Kentucky
Magnificent
Seven
as
a
whole?
It.
E
E
It
is,
and
but
obviously
but
it's
for
2022
and
so
Mill,
Springs
and
Camp
Nelson
would
be
pretty
small
in
that
pie
and
that's
why
I
didn't
even
try
to
bring
you
just
the
Camp
Nelson
show
because
it
would
be
such
a
small
sample
and
obviously
this
is
a
commonwealth
wide
body.
However,
you
know
I
do
look
forward
in
the
next
five
years
to
see
in
Camp,
Nelson's
pie
get
a
little
bigger
and
next
time
we
we
show
this
so
representative.
A
D
My
question
for
you
is
about
the
the
slide
for
the
visitations
and
and
the
increase
that
you
all
saw.
How
is
it
that
you
measure
and
capture
those
numbers
with
I
love
the
fact
that
things
are
free,
but
obviously,
when
you
have
things
that
are
ticketed,
it's
easier
to
track
those
types
of
visitors
coming
so
I
was
just
curious
about
how
you
guys
are
doing
that.
Yeah.
C
That's
a
great
question:
we
track
a
number
of
Statistics
in
a
couple
different
ways
in
The,
Visitor
Center.
Every
person
that
comes
through
the
building
gets
tracked
right.
So
we
have
the
visitor
center
numbers,
as
I
mentioned,
starting
in
21.
We
reopen
The,
Visitor
Center,
really
as
a
first
time
as
a
National
Park
Service
Unit
in
June,
and
we
were
only
open
for
five
days
a
week
and
now,
during
the
summer
and
time
we're
open
for
seven
days
a
week
right.
So
we
track
every
single
person
that
comes
inside
there's.
C
Also
a
traffic
counter
at
the
entrance
as
well
and
most
national
park
sites
have
that
right.
They
basically
do
a
really
strong
estimate
of
the
number
of
people
that
are
basically
Crossing,
this
barrier
right
and
so
I
track
the
numbers
every
month
and
I
submit
the
numbers
and
so
the
we
use.
You
know
a
couple
different
statistics
to
look
at
to
determine
the
number
of
people
that
are
coming
in,
but,
as
Ernie
mentioned,
I
mean
just
from
last
year.
C
Visitation
in
The,
Visitor
Center
has
gone
up
dramatically
right
and
that's
just
from
us
being
more
established
more
people.
Hearing
about
us-
and
you
know
when
we're
on
the
ground-
we
ask
visitors,
you
know
how
they
heard
about
us
where
they're
coming
from
as
Ernie
mentioned
since
we're
a
National,
Park
Service
Unit.
Now
there
are
people
that
just
want
to
see
every
single
national
park
right.
C
So
currently
there
are
425
units
of
the
National
Park
Service
Camp
Nelson
is
4
18.,
that's
how
new
Camp
Nelson
is,
and
you
know
we've
got
people
that,
as
Ernie
mentioned,
they
have
their
passport
book,
they
come
in,
they
get
their
stamps
and
they're
like
tell
us
about
site
right.
If.
C
You
know
there's
a
lot
of
people
interested
in
the
Civil
War
that
are
coming
out
as
well,
and,
for
example,
we
had
our
big
anniversary
of
Knoxville.
Two
weeks
ago
there
were
people
that
drove
up
from
Tennessee
Ohio
to
to
come
and
take
part
in
the
events,
some
of
the
living
historians
that
helped
support
the
event
they
drove
15
hours
to
get
here
so
increasingly
we're
seeing
you
know,
increase
in
Social
Media
as
well
right.
C
E
Well,
I
hope
so
I
hope
so
and
thank
you
all
for
the
opportunity
to
address
you.
It's
been
a
real
pleasure.
Thank.
C
A
Next,
we
will
have
the
Harrodsburg
Centennial
commission
if,
while
they're
coming
to
the
table,
if
members
will
think
back
to
an
interim
committee
last
year,
we
had
another
presentation.
Miss,
Nancy
and
David
were
both
here
for
that
as
well.
But
this
is
another
group
addressing
the
same
250th
recognition
from
a
different
standpoint,
Madam
chair,
so
once
you
get
comfortable,
you
can
push
the
button
on
your
microphone
until
it
illuminates.
A
H
H
Nancy
and
and
David
are
kind
of
the
brains
behind
the
old
operation
and
we
represent
the
history
Committee
of
the
Harrisburg
250th
committee.
I
should
have
learned
how
to
say
sesquintentional
whatever
by
now,
but
I
haven't
quite
mastered
it,
but
David's
going
to
start
our
presentation
and
I
do
want
to
say
my
claim
to
fame
is
that
Adam
bowling
representative
from
District
87
is
mild.
Son-In-Law
foreign.
F
Well,
thank
you
all
for
letting
us
be
with
you
today.
As
we
begin,
we
want
to
tell
you
really
two
specific
things.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
give
you
a
brief
history
of
Harrodsburg
and
how
it
pertains
to
the
state
as
a
whole,
but
we
also
want
to
reach
Beyond
just
talking
about
Harrisburg
and
Mercer
County.
F
We
believe
that
what
we're
celebrating
is
Monumental
and
its
importance
not
only
to
our
local
community
and
the
Commonwealth,
but
it
is
extremely
important
to
the
National
development
of
the
United
States,
with
the
250th
anniversary
of
that
date
coming
up
in
a
couple
of
years.
So
as
we
talk
about
what
has
happened
locally
for
us
and
the
things
that
we
take
pride
in,
we
hope
that
the
events
that
we
describe
can
also
be
utilized
in
other
places
as
well.
We
want
to.
F
We
have
worked
to
create
a
committee
structure
that
blends
local
government
and
volunteers
into
a
cohesive
system.
We
hope
that'll
be
clear
in
some
of
the
things
that
we
describe,
because,
when
you're
in
a
small
community,
you've
got
to
have
that
sort
of
cooperation
to
accomplish
things
that
are
going
to
be
be
worth
celebrating.
We
want
to
showcase
some
of
the
Partnerships
between
organizations
that
exist
in
our
community
and
in
most
communities,
so
you'll
see
in
the
picture
there.
F
This
is
from
a
parade
in
Harrisburg
from
many
years
ago,
but
that's
our
Rotary,
Club
and
service
above
self,
of
course,
is
their
motto,
but
it's
a
great
example
of
what
we
hope
to
accomplish
with
arvind
as
well.
Every
Community
has
public
libraries,
Civic
organizations,
historical
societies
and
when
they
work
together
as
pre-existing
entities,
they
can
accomplish
a
great
deal
more
than
if
you're
starting
from
the
ground
up.
F
F
I'll
start
by
saying:
Harrisburg
was
the
first
settlement,
not
just
in
Kentucky.
It
was
the
first
settlement
west
of
the
Allegheny
Mountains
founded
June
16
1774,
and
it
has
played
a
very
important
role
in
the
state
moving
forward
from
that
date.
Culturally,
it
was
the
home
of
a
number
of
Kentucky
Derby
winners.
It's
been
involved
in
a
number
of
other
artistic
projects,
including
being
the
home
of
poets
and
songwriters
as
well.
F
F
Early
Antebellum,
Period,
militarily
Harrisburg,
has
also
been
featured
or
been
prominent
in
a
number
of
the
conflicts
in
military
service
that
the
United
States
has
been
involved
in
the
war
for
American
independence
in
the
West
we
tend
to
think
of
the
American
Revolution
as
something
that
takes
place
east
of
the
mountains.
We
think
of
places
like
Yorktown
and
the
Boston
and
Charleston
South
Carolina
places
like
that.
But
we
were
here.
F
Kentucky
was
here,
and
there
were
very
few
settlements,
but
Harrodsburg
was
one
of
those
and
the
defense
for
Western
settlements
in
what
would
become
the
United.
States
was
headquartered
in
Harrodsburg,
so
we
were
a
part
of
that
during
the
Civil
War.
There
was
no
battle
in
Harrisburg,
but,
as
we
heard
from
our
previous
speakers
that
part
of
Central
Kentucky
was
heavily
involved
in
recruitment
efforts
and
we
almost
had
a
battle
there.
F
The
units
that
fought
at
Perryville
Drew
up
in
formation
just
south
of
Harrisburg
before
they
were
able
to
ascertain
the
Confederate
positions
and
move
further
Westward,
so
Harrodsburg
was
neighbors,
were
still
our
neighbors
to
Perryville
Battlefield
and
at
the
time
they
said
they
were
close
enough.
You
could
hear
the
cannon
Aid
in
the
evenings
and
a
number
of
the
Wounded
from
both
sides
were
brought
intended
in
Harrisburg
churches
and
in
Harrisburg
homes
moving
into
the
21st
century
or
20th
century.
F
Rather,
a
company
D
of
the
192nd
tank
Battalion
was
stationed
in
the
Philippines,
and
there
was
an
article
at
one
point
in
our
local
paper.
I
haven't
been
able
to
verify
it
exactly,
but
perhaps
the
first
tank
casualty
of
the
second
world
war
could
have
been
from
Harrisburg,
but
we
have
to
verify
that,
regardless
of
whether
that's
true
or
not,
they
were
at
the
Forefront
of
the
American
defense
in
the
Pacific.
F
They
were
stationed
in
the
Philippines
and
fought
valiantly
there
until
the
surrender
and
were
part
of
the
Baton
Death
March
and
some
of
those
events
afterwards
and
of
those
who
did
make
it
home.
Their
testimonies
had
been
recorded
by
the
department
of
military
Affairs
and
we
have
copies
there
in
Harrisburg
to
remember
that
sacrifice.
So
all
of
these
seminal
events
that
are
not
just
part
of
Kentucky's
history,
but
are
part
of
America's
history,
I
have
a
tie
to
Harrisburg
and
Mercer
County
politically
it
served
as
the
county
seat
for
Kentucky
County
Virginia
So.
F
F
F
These
instances,
as
well
as
many
others,
have
been
part
of
harrisburg's
identity,
and
it's
been
part
of
how
the
community
has
viewed
itself
and
from
very
early
on
they've,
been
working
to
keep
that
public
memory
alive.
I
know
I,
take
my
kids
to
national
parks
and
local
parks,
and
maybe
because
of
that
we
tend
to
think
of
that
as
a
very
modern
thing
to
do,
but
for
many
people
in
the
19th
century
it
was
still
a
very
important
thing
to
remember.
Harrisburg
has
always
taken
its
history
very
seriously.
F
As
far
back
as
1841
and
I
don't
know,
I
I
tend
to
think
of
bounce
houses
and
slushies
at
summer
events.
Obviously
they
didn't
have
those,
but
they
felt
it
was
important
to
celebrate
what
had
happened
there
and
there
was
a
parade.
There
were
a
number
of
speakers
at
that
time
that
has
continued
forward
through
the
years
in
a
number
of
ways.
In
a
number
of
commemorations,
in
celebrating
this,
though,
Harrisburg
has
worked
very
hard
to
celebrate
the
pioneering
Spirit
behind
what
those
original
settlers
were
attempting
to
do.
They
were
attempting
to
begin
something
new.
F
They
were
attempting
to
try
something
that
no
one
else
had
done
before,
and
that
is
a
characteristic
we
want
to
pass
on
to
Future
generations
and
this
image
I
think
sort
of
encapsulates
that
on
the
left
there
you
have
Dick's
Dam
on
the
Dix
River,
and
if
you
go
down
it,
it
still
exists
today.
Obviously
it
provided
electricity
for
neighborhoods
nearby.
F
Again,
we've
tried
a
number
of
things
again.
Parades
are
great.
We
still
have
those
hoping
to
have
one
for
this
event,
but
we
also
have
our
local
play
on
the
history
of
early
Kentucky
and
that's
had
a
number
of
manifestations.
F
Over
the
years
it's
been
called
the
folks
on
the
life
of
Daniel
Boone
it's
been
called
home
is
the
hunter
just
a
number
of
reiterations
and
reincarnations
over
the
years,
but
it
it's
been
a
favorite
not
only
of
local
residents
but
of
the
region,
and
that's
something
that
we
hope
to
continue
and
if
you
notice
the
date
for
the
souvenir
program
on
the
right
in
1924,
they
had
extremely
large
celebration
and
for
the
for
the
150th,
and
there
was
no
Fort
Herod
to
have
it
at.
F
F
G
Thank
you,
David,
and
thank
you
for
having
us
here.
Morgan
Rowe,
as
David
said,
is
the
oldest
Row
House
in
the
state,
probably
the
oldest
Row
House
West
of
the
alleghenies.
It
was
a
common
architectural
pattern
in
the
East,
but
not
in
this
region.
In
the
nineteen
sixties,
it
was
restored
by
the
it
was
purchased
by
the
Harrisburg
historical
society
and
restored.
It
was
originally
built
around
the
1910s
by
name
a
guy
named
Joseph
Morgan,
and
he
and
his
son-in-law
John,
Childs
and
Morgan
Rowe
is
located
on
child
Street.
G
They
ran
it
as
a
Tavern
and
in
a
stagecoach
line,
and
then
through
the
years
it
became
different
kinds
of
businesses
for
a
while.
It
was
a
public
Public
Library,
but
it's
now
the
headquarters
of
the
Harrisburg
historical
society
and
we
maintain
it
and
restored
it
to
as
best
as
we
could
do
it.
The
way
it
was
originally,
it
still
has
its
original
wood
floors
and
I.
Think
probably
the
bats
in
the
Attic
are
probably
the
same
bats.
We're
there.
G
Thank
you
so
the
Harrisburg
250th,
as
David
said
we
want
to
share
our
experience
of
getting
a
celebration
like
this.
Going,
hopefully,
to
benefit
other
communities.
G
G
Many
of
you
may
know
the
main
Ellis
that
Mercer
County,
fair
and
horse
show
is
the
oldest
continuous
County
Fair
in
the
state,
maybe
in
the
country
in
the
country.
In
the
country,
so
we're
very,
very
proud
of
that,
and
those
folks,
of
course,
are
key
partners
for
us
at
Mercer,
County,
Public
Library,
with
David.
G
Of
course,
his
expertise
in
history,
Old,
Fort,
Herod,
State,
Park,
David
Coleman,
is
on
the
board
and
and
chair
of
the
events
committee
and,
of
course,
the
tourism
commission,
which
is
very
important
for
us,
and
the
chair
of
the
250th
board
is
also
the
executive
director
of
The
Tourist
commission.
So
all
these
entities
struggle
to
have
a
unified
vision
and
then
start
putting
things
together.
G
G
Those
have
not
been
settled
yet,
but
David
and
I,
especially
and
Helen,
have
been
working
on
the
really
history,
related
programs
and
events
that
we
want
to
showcase
so
and
then
there's
also
another
handout
that
the
250th
board
is
probably
going
to
implement,
which
is
a
souvenir
program
which
has
the
the
schedule
of
events
but
we'll,
but
will
also
be
kind
of
a
glossy
colored
thing
with
the
history
of
Harrodsburg
and
different
blurbs
about
harrisburg's,
highlights
and
we'll
be
able
to
sell
advertising
for
that
to
fund
it.
G
G
G
So
we're
going
to,
of
course,
the
Morgan
row
used
to
be
a
a
Tavern,
so
we
are
going
to
get
a
liquor
license
in
and
have
be
able
to
have
beer
with
historical
characters
like
Colonel
chin
and
W.W
Stevenson.
Who
is
one
of
the
founders
of
the
Harrisburg
Historical
Society
book
signings?
We
have
a
lady
who
is
writing
a
a
book
on
the
African
Americans
of
Mercer
County,
we're
very
excited
about
that.
G
She's
almost
done
so
we'll
have
a
book
signing
with
her
and
she'll
give
be
able
to
give
a
presentation,
and
we
have
a
very
interesting
character
that
came
from
Harrisburg
Zoe
Anderson
Norris,
who
was
became
the
queen
of
bohemia.
G
She
was
a
social
reformer
and
writer
in
turn
of
the
century,
New
York
on
the
east
side,
but
she
came
from
Harrisburg
and
there's
a
New
York
scholar
who
is
writing
a
biography
of
her
and
she's
going
to
come
down
next
year
and
do
some
programs
about
Zoe,
Anderson,
Norris
and
we'll
have,
of
course,
guided
themed
walking
tours
ghost
tours,
we'll
have
a
historical
music
program.
We
also-
and
we
have
some
19th
century
entertainments
for
children.
G
We
have
we'll
have
Old
Time
games
and
the
rotary
and
Kiwanis
clubs
are
going
to
help
us
put
those
on
for
to
do
19th
century
children's
games.
And
then
we
are
also
going
to
have
a
National
History
Day
type,
competition
for
student
presentations
and
honor
those
students
who
do
noteworthy
presentations.
G
That
picture
shows
old
mud
without
its
without
its
coat
we
did
when
it
was
restored
in
the
1970s.
We
did
keep
the
they're
siding
on
it
now
to
protect
it
from
the
elements,
but
inside
is
the
original.
Of
course.
Waddle
and
daub
can
be
seen.
It's
the
only
waddle
and
Dobb
structure
still
standing
in
the
in
the
upper
South.
So
of
course
you
can
imagine
how
difficult
it
is
to
keep
something
like
that.
G
Standing
mud
is
not
notoriously
long-lived,
but
It's
a
Wonderful
old
building
and
we
do
have
church
services
there
sometimes
and
different
kinds
of
programs
and
people
come
out
and
visit.
It.
There's
a
large
Cemetery
with
many
Revolutionary
War
soldiers
buried
there.
F
All
right
and
giving
that
description
so
far,
we
want
to
go
back
to
our
original
question
of
it's
great
to
have
the
celebration
as
I
said,
we've
been
having
it
since
1841
and
we
think
it's
very
important,
but
we
do
not
want
to
repeat
ourselves
just
for
the
sake
of
doing
that.
We
wanted
to
find
new
ways
to
reach
new
audiences.
We
wanted
to
find
ways
to
reach
every
sense,
because
not
everyone
enjoys
reading.
Not
everybody
retains
information
the
same
way.
F
How
do
we
make
this
an
event
that
people
are
going
to
remember
and
carry
with
them
and
use
it
to
come
back?
That's
going
in
ways
it's
going
to
boost
tourism,
Community
awareness
and
those
sorts
of
things
and
Nancy
names
several
of
those
I'm
going
to
briefly
go
over
some
of
the
events
we're
putting
on
having
at
the
library
and
I
left
these
vague,
so
I
can
ramble
on
a
little
bit
but
poke
me
if
I,
if
I
go
too
far
or
too
long.
F
But
one
of
the
things
we
wanted
to
encourage
people
to
do
is
to
see
other
parts
of
our
community.
The
historical
society
as
Nancy
said
on
Morgan
Rowe
is
a
great
place
to
host
some
of
these
events.
The
public
library
is
a
fantastic
place
to
host
some
of
these
events.
We
did
not
want
it
simply
contained
to
those
locations,
and
so
for
anyone
who
doesn't
know
harrodsburg's,
Town,
founder,
disappeared.
F
Mysteriously
and
I
can
go
on
at
Great
length
about
that,
but
there
was
a
man
accused
of
murdering
him
and
it's
been
a
source
of
local
Intrigue.
For
many
years
we
are
going
to
have
a
trial
somewheres
in
town.
For
that
gentleman
in
estencia
it
has
been
more
than
200
years,
so
it
is
unlikely.
Any
of
the
original
participants
will
attend,
but
we
intend
to
reenact
that
because
our
hope
is
we're
going
to
reach
a
segment
of
our
population.
F
That
may
not
be
willing
to
pick
up
the
book,
but
if
they
can
sit
on
a
jury
for
a
member
of
their
Community
or
someone
that
had
an
influence
in
the
past
of
their
County
they're,
more
likely
to
do
that
and
engage
in
that
way.
We
are
currently
putting
together
a
children's
book,
and
this
is
a
partnership
we're
proud
of
with
our
local
Arts
Council
they're,
providing
the
artwork
for
this
as
well
to
tell
the
story
of
our
County
for
fourth
and
fifth
grade
students,
so
that
we're
again
reaching
a
demographic.
F
That
is
not
just
those
of
us
who
are
adults
and
older
individuals,
but
to
reach
our
children
and
younger
people
and
then
reach
them
in
a
way.
That's
going
to
mean
something
to
them
and
not
a
plaque
on
a
wall
or
not.
Someone
like
me
going
on
for
a
long
period
of
time,
but
to
have
visuals
and
have
wording
and
descriptions
written
in
a
way.
That's
going
to
be
engaging
for
them
and
easy
to
digest.
F
We
plan
to
have
a
3D
timeline,
so
we
want
to
have
a
timeline
of
events.
That's
very
important
to
have
things
in
order,
I'm,
a
big
fan
of
history
and
getting
those
things
right.
But
we
want
to
have
things
on
there
that
people
can
look
at
things,
that
people
can
touch
things,
that
people
can
smell,
probably
not
taste,
but
things
people
can
smell
and
feel
what
did
it
feel
like
to
carry
buckets
of
water
uphill
from.
G
F
What
did
it
smell
like
in
a
barn
where
you're
putting
in
fresh
hay
every
day?
What
did
clothing
feel
like
at
that
time?
How
did
people
engage
with
each
other?
We
want
to
have
these
sorts
of
things
so
that
people
who
may
not
be
overly
visual
can
engage
and
enjoy
and
participate
in
our
history
in
the
same
way
that
other
people
have
we're.
Having
a
storytelling
contest.
We're
looking
forward
to
that.
There's
a
storytelling
Association
here
in
the
state,
some
of
those
residents
or
some
of
our
residents
are
members
of
that.
F
We're
looking
forward
to
engaging
them
again,
something
that
anyone
can
participate
in
and
what
we're
doing
there.
You
may
not
have
a
good
grasp
of
local
history,
but
that
oral
tradition
is
part
of
what
makes
us
who
we
are,
and
so
we
will
have
our
stories
told
our
local
stories,
but
we
also
give
people
the
ability
to
participate
in
this
with
the
story
of
their
own.
That
may
or
not
may
not
relate
with
the
hope
of
engaging
them
in
a
way
that's
going
to
drive
them
to
come
back
for
other
events.
F
F
We
want
schools
and
Civic
organizations
to
provide
something
to
go
in
there
if
it's
a
napkin
from
LaFonda
or
one
of
our
local
Mexican
restaurants,
that's
great
if
it's
a
yearbook
from
a
school
fantastic,
but
we
want
to
engage
people
that
we
have
not
reached
before
and
tell
the
stories
that
we
haven't
reached
before,
because
even
with
the
Ford
itself,
I
think
we
get
very
used
to
seeing
sort
of
a
Fess
Parker
image.
But
when
you
read
the
details
behind
it,
20
percent
of
the
residents
of
Fort
Herod
in
1777
were
enslaved.
F
More
than
50
of
the
200
people
inside
the
walls
were
under
the
age
of
13..
That's
not
something
you
see
very
often,
these
are
parts
of
our
community
they're
part
of
our
story,
and
we
want
to
find
ways
to
celebrate
them
in
that
way.
Of
course,
we'll
have
selfie
stations,
and
things
like
that
that
people
can
utilize
at
will
that
don't
require
quite
as
much
oversight
from
an
individual
again
just
to
highlight
some
of
our
Partnerships
that
continue
to
grow.
We've
got
a
fantastic
organization
that
just
started
dedicated
to
African-American
history.
F
This
is
our
local
AME
church
and
they
are
going
to
be
having
a
concert
there
with
some
traditional
music,
we're
very
glad
to
have
them
assisting
us
again.
The
Arts
Council
local
churches,
the
Rotary
Club,
all
these
groups
of
people
in
our
town
that
are
pre-existent
that
had
memberships
that
had
ways
of
reaching
their
members
with
information
that
have
volunteers
at
the
ready
we
want
to
engage
them.
Harrisburg
has
always
done
a
great
job
of
that,
but
there's
no
reason
to
reinvent
the
wheel.
H
I
represent
the
James
hair,
trust
for
historic
preservation
of
Mercer
County
in
Harrisburg,
and
one
of
our
biggest
undertakings
20
years
ago
was
to
redo
the
walking
driving
tour
of
Mercer
County
and
it's
82
sites
and
it
corresponds
with
small.
It's
not
small
signs
in
front
of
the
historic
site.
So
it's
a
little
dated
so
you'll
see
on
your
left,
the
James
heard.
We
have
changed
that
to
a
rack
card
with
which
means
you
have
to
have
a
website
to
have
QR
codes.
H
So
we've
updated
this
walking
driving
tour,
which
is
a
huge
tourism
piece.
You
can
go
into
our
tourism
office
and
they
ask
me
every
time.
I
go.
Have
you
gotten
any
more
of
these
brochures
but
we're
hoping
that
the
rec
card
will
update
our
signs
with
QR
codes
as
well
as
make
us
into
this
Century
I.
Guess
we
also
on
on
your
right?
Are
the
cemetery?
The
top
one?
H
Is
a
cemetery
sign,
a
directional
sign
and
we,
you
wouldn't
believe
how
many
people
you
have
come
and
visit
our
Cemetery
just
to
do
genealogy,
and
so
we
have
two
cemetery
cemeteries:
the
Spring
Hill
Cemetery
and
the
Maple
Grove
Cemetery.
Obviously,
the
top
picture
that
signs
in
pretty
bad
shape,
and
so
one
of
our
goals
this
last
year
in
anticipation
of
the
250th
celebration,
is
to
replace
these
signs,
which
we
did
in
both
of
the
cemeteries.
F
H
No,
that's!
Fine!
That's
okay!
Go
ahead!
This
is
the
last
remaining
remnant
of
the
Greenville
Springs.
H
H
We
also-
and
this
is
kind
of
about
Partnerships
this.
This
brochure
was
a
partnership
with
tourism
and
it
was
a
grant
also
from
the
Heritage
Council
and
the
the
Greenville
Springs
preservation.
That's
a
partnership
with
a
local
landscaping
company.
This
is
a
this
is
called
Memorial
acre,
it's
part
of
the
fort
Herod
and
it
commemorates
Revolutionary
War
soldiers.
This
was
done.
H
This
acre
was
done
by
our
local
Jane
McAfee
Dar
chapter
and
it's
not
in
real
good
shape
right
now,
and
our
goal
is
to
update
this
and
clean
the
markers
as
well
as
maybe
do
some
Landscaping.
So
is
that
my
last
slide?
Okay,
so
the
other
things
that
I
don't
have
a
slide
about
are
the
a
partnership
with
the
local
tree
board.
We
have
planted
up
to
60
trees
in
the
last
two
or
three
years
at
the
at
Fort
Herod.
In
anticipation
of
the
celebration
we
have.
H
The
tree
board
is
also
planted
trees
in
our
local
cemeteries,
as
well
as
along
historic
child
street,
where
the
Morgan
row
is.
We
have
also
hold
on
we're,
also
partnering,
as
Nancy
said,
with
the
local
newly
formed
Harrisburg.
We
all
are
partnering
with
the
newly
formed
Harrisburg
African-American
historical
society,
which
will
have
wonderful
events
such
as
the
choral
concert,
they're
going
to
do
some
walking
driving
tours
on
Broadway
a
bus
tour
of
their
of
a
cemetery.
H
The
James
hair
trust
is
very
excited
about
a
patent
book
that
we're
publishing.
Many
of
you
know
Candy
Atkinson,
who
kind
of
worked
in
the
basement
for
the
last
45
years,
and
she
just
recently
retired
but
she's
helping
us
with
a
patent
book
which
means
that
if
you
know,
if
you
want
to
research
a
property
you
can
find
out
through
this
through
the
maps
in
the
patent
book,
who
had
your
property,
which
which
Pioneer
or
settler
had
that
property-
and
you
can
do
a
long.
It's
a
wonderful
genealogy.
H
I,
don't
understand
it
completely,
but
it's
a
wonderful
genealogy
tool
that
we
will
be
producing
and
on
sale.
At
your
event
this
weekend
we
also
are
going
to
have
speakers
from
Kentucky
Heritage
Council
as
well
speakers
and
events
from
the
Kentucky
Heritage
Council,
as
well
as
Kentucky
Historical
Society,
and
we
it's
all
about
it's
all
about
Partnerships
I
mean
that's,
that's
what
we've
come
to
find
out
and
we've
a
wonderful
Partnerships
right
here
with
these
three
representing,
hopefully
a
lot
of
the
history
in
Mercer
County.
F
And
just
as
a
few
final
thoughts
on
that
she
mentioned
this
weekend,
we
want
again
not
just
2024
to
be
a
place
where
Harrisburg
has
thought
of
as
a
center
for
history
but
beginning
now.
So
our
Kentucky
history
and
genealogy
conference,
a
Statewide
conference
is
being
held
at
the
Mercer
County
Public,
Library,
Friday
and
Saturday,
and
we're
encouraging
people
to
view
that
as
sort
of
a
kicking
off
point
for
the
events
that
are
to
come
and
one
last
event
that
we're
particularly
proud
of
that
you'll
see
mentioned
here.
F
Michael
breeding
media
ran
by
Michael
breeding
he's
the
gentleman
there
in
the
middle
in
the
checkered
sports
coat
is
a
local
film,
a
company
that
creates
usually
documentary
type
films
or
shorter
films,
and
he
does
a
fantastic
job
on
capturing
Kentucky
images
and
he
worked
at
Shaker
Village
at
Pleasant
Hill,
which
is
in
Mercer
County.
For
many
years,
we've
partnered
with
him
to
create
a
documentary
on
Mercer,
County
and
we've
told
him.
We
want
it
to
be
exciting
and
engaging.
F
We
just
don't
want
to
be
interviews,
and
we
want
lots
of
imagery
again
for
those
people
who
may
be
more
Visual
and
he's
done
a
great
job
of
getting
that
off
the
ground
and
so
we're
looking
forward
to
seeing
that
reach
fruition.
We're
particularly
excited
about
that,
because
we've
had
again
a
partnership
between
individuals
who
wanted
to
donate
to
that
and
local
entities
or
Civic
organizations
that
have
participated.
F
So
we've
been
very
pleased
just
with
the
number
of
people
who've
come
forward
to
assist
in
that
and
we're
looking
forward
to
these
projects
and
many
many
more
that
are
to
come
to
fruition
in
the
next
year.
So
we
want
to
thank
you
for
your
time
and
support
again.
Our
goal
is
to
create
a
Revival
level
of
local
history,
not
a
relic.
We
need
people
to
view
it
as
something
that's
relevant
to
them
today,
something
they
can
engage
with.
F
A
A
H
A
G
A
an
episode
of
a
taste
of
History,
it's
I,
guess
it's
a
popular
yeah.
A
A
Home
our
next
meeting
will
be
September
the
28th
in
this
same
room,
probably
at
1pm.
Just
look
for
your
two
week
and
one
week
meeting
notices
on
that.
To
that
point
we
certainly
appreciate
all
of
our
staff,
keeping
us
updated
and
informed.
Are
there
any
comments
for
the
good
of
the
group
I'll
entertain
a
motion
to
adjourn
representative
Whitten.