Round Trip Miles: 566
Latitude: 37.807432
Longitude: -85.453929
Woodsy and Katie traveled to Bardstown,
Kentucky to visit My Old Kentucky Home State Park. My Old Kentucky Home was
built between 1795 and 1818 and was the home of Judge John Rowan. The home
remained in the Rowan family for three generations, spanning a period of 120 years
before it became a part of the Kentucky State Parks System in 1936. The home
had almost all of its original furnishing and they are still in the home today.
Stephen Collins Foster of
Pennsylvania, a Rowan family relative, is credited with immortalizing Federal
Hill in his hauntingly beautiful song “My Old Kentucky Home Good
Night." Written in 1852, the words and music have touched the hearts
of generations of Kentuckians. The song did not become associated with Federal
Hill until the Civil War. Soldiers who saw the house and knew the song began to
refer to Federal Hill as “My Old Kentucky Home.” Soon other people began
referring to the mansion as the house that inspired one of Foster’s most
beloved melodies.
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