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Caption: Fort Hill Overlooking the Kentucky River
Additional Description: This early 20th Century photograph shows Fort Hill and the Kentucky River. During the Civil War era, the top of the hill had no trees and looked very different from its 21st Century appearance. Visible on the river in this photo are rafts made of logs cut from the forests of Eastern Kentucky and floated down the Kentucky River to Frankfort. Sawmills here cut the logs into marketable lumber. This was an important Frankfort industry for several decades in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Photo courtesy of the Capital City Museum, Frankfort Department of Parks, Recreation, & Historic Sites.
Submitted: December 31, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p230204
File Size: 0.131 Megabytes

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