The Big Spring

Harrodsburg, KY — Travel, Tourism & Lodging. ﻿ During a surveying trip, James Harrod led a group of men from their landing point on the Kentucky River to this very site, which he determined to be the best location for the new settlement. Under a sprawling Elm tree that stood about 100 yards downstream, the men laid down their packs, made a fire, relaxed, and enjoyed their first meal on the site of the township they would develop. Soon it...