Old Fort Harrod State Park will hold its Annual Old Fort Harrod Settlement  & Raid on June 20 and 21, 2026 from 2 pm to 4 pm. Special events held all day!!
Raid happens at 2 pm daily.

 

Many re-enactors and volunteers work hard to re-create the actual look and feel of a real Shawnee attack upon Fort Harrod, which might have occurred in March 1777. It began a year-long siege on the Fort during which many settlers would die violent deaths. The Shawnee killed or stole all of the settlers’ livestock and burned their crops. The year 1777 became known as the “Year of Despair” and one can only imagine the terror and hardships the settlers in the Fort had to endure. But the Fort held, attack after attack. Had it not, there would have been no Harrods Town, no Harrodsburg and no State of Kentucky!

Fort Harrod was never overrun. At one point, they nearly ran out of gunpowder, which gave rise to the famous “Powder Run” by George Rogers Clark, James Harrod, and others to obtain the much-needed powder. They were successful, and the Fort was saved!

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