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词条 Cherokee State Park (Kentucky)
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{{Infobox NRHP | name =Cherokee State Park
| nrhp_type =
| image = Open land at Cherokee SP.jpg
| caption = Land on the park's western edge
| location= Aurora, Kentucky
| area = {{convert|300|acre|km2}}
| built =1951
| architect=
| architecture=
| added = January 9, 2009
| governing_body = State
| refnum=08001120[1]
}}Cherokee State Park was a blacks-only state park located in Marshall County, Kentucky, near Hardin, Kentucky. It was a complement to the then-whites-only Kentucky Lake State Park (now Kenlake State Resort Park), which was nearby. It was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which went along with the concept of the "separate but equal" doctrine.[2] The TVA gave the state of Kentucky a nineteen-year lease, and promised to give Kentucky the area when it proved it could support the park. In its time it was dubbed "the finest colored vacation site in the South." This sentiment was echoed in a 1952 Kentucky state map.[3][4]

Opened in 1951, Cherokee State Park was the third blacks-only state park and the first such state park in Kentucky and the Southern United States.[3] It was the only blacks-only state park Kentucky had.[5]

With a size of {{convert|300|acre|km2}}, Cherokee State Park had several amenities. These included a 200-person dining hall (1953), docks for fishing and boating, picnicking, a bathhouse for the lake's beach, and a restaurant. There was also twelve cottages(1953) for overnight lodging.[3][4] It drew visitors from Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and Northern Kentucky. Sand often had to be brought in to keep the beach usable, as it was rocky in nature.[5][6]

With the desegregation movements in the 1960s, Cherokee State Park was closed, and its cottages moved to Kenlake. In 1998 the sculling team of nearby Murray State University used the property to highlight its many rewards, but did nothing to note its history. It is now part of Kenlake State Resort Park. Few of the original buildings remain, but there are plans to reopen the area.[3][4][6]

On January 9, 2009, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

See also

  • Separate but equal

References

1. ^{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
2. ^Allen p.84
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/NKAA/record.php?note_id=1430|title=Cherokee State Park (Kentucky Lake, KY) |publisher=Notable Kentucky African Americans Database|accessdate=2009-01-16}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uky.edu/Projects/TDA/maps/Figure2.pdf|title=Kentucky's Segregated Parks and 1930 Black Population|publisher=University of Kentucky|accessdate=2009-01-16}}
5. ^{{cite news|title= FUN IN THE FIFTIES Cherokee Was Kentucky's Only State Park Designated for Blacks|date=February 27, 2008 |publisher=Lexington Herald-Leader|pages=E1}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.visitkentuckyusa.com/multicultural-eguide/|title=Kentucky Multicultural Tourism eGuide|publisher=Visitkentuckyusa.com|accessdate=2009-01-16}}
  • {{cite book|last=Allen|first=Mark|title=Tennessee Valley Authority in Vintage Postcards|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|year=2005|isbn=0-7385-4152-4}}
{{Kentucky Parks}}{{National Register of Historic Places}}

4 : Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky|Protected areas of Marshall County, Kentucky|State parks of Kentucky|National Register of Historic Places in Marshall County, Kentucky

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