John McMurtry's Station

John and Elizabeth McCoun McMurtry established this station around 1780, and the log house presumed to be part of the station still exists within this structure. Post molds indicate that it may have been a stockaded fort. Captain McMurtry survived the Battle of Blue Licks brut was captured, required to run the gauntlet several times, and ransomed at Detroit. He made his way back to Kentucky only to be killed by Indians at Harmar's Defeat in 1790. He is noted for building the first water-powered grist mill in Kentucky.

 



 

John McMurtry's Station
4170 Lexington Road
Harrodsburg, KY 40330