Belle Montgomery
2nd Lieutenant
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2017
- Location
- 44022
Questions flew Monday night as city commissioners said they were caught off guard with the recent construction of a mountain bike trail by Boy Scouts on what some consider to be hallowed Civil War ground.
The topic arose during the public comment period a t the Frankfort City Commission’s work session. Commissioners recently learned of the recent construction of a trail near Fort Hill, which is situated in Leslie Morgan Park and a historic site that some consider a standing ground that preserved Frankfort as the state’s capital.
At one point, commissioners flirted with placing a moratorium on the bike trail, which is being constructed as a Boy Scout project, although City Manager Keith Parker convinced the commission to set discussions at next Monday’s commission meeting.
“We’ve heard one side of the story, and there’s a whole ‘nother side of the story,” Parker said. “… Everybody needs to know that there is a different side to this.”
The topic came to the forefront in the public comment period. John Carlton, who identified himself as an eighth-generation Frankfort resident, reminded the commission about Fort Hill’s place in the history of Frankfort and the nation.
“In 1846, (sic) Morgan’s raiders attempted to capture Frankfort for the Confederacy,” he said. “They had every intent of torching the Old Capitol, the Arsenal and bridges and destroying the Underground Railroad.”
If they had succeeded, Carlton said,...
REST OF STORY: https://www.state-journal.com/2019/05/13/commissioners-battle-over-civil-war-site-preservation/
The topic arose during the public comment period a t the Frankfort City Commission’s work session. Commissioners recently learned of the recent construction of a trail near Fort Hill, which is situated in Leslie Morgan Park and a historic site that some consider a standing ground that preserved Frankfort as the state’s capital.
At one point, commissioners flirted with placing a moratorium on the bike trail, which is being constructed as a Boy Scout project, although City Manager Keith Parker convinced the commission to set discussions at next Monday’s commission meeting.
“We’ve heard one side of the story, and there’s a whole ‘nother side of the story,” Parker said. “… Everybody needs to know that there is a different side to this.”
The topic came to the forefront in the public comment period. John Carlton, who identified himself as an eighth-generation Frankfort resident, reminded the commission about Fort Hill’s place in the history of Frankfort and the nation.
“In 1846, (sic) Morgan’s raiders attempted to capture Frankfort for the Confederacy,” he said. “They had every intent of torching the Old Capitol, the Arsenal and bridges and destroying the Underground Railroad.”
If they had succeeded, Carlton said,...
REST OF STORY: https://www.state-journal.com/2019/05/13/commissioners-battle-over-civil-war-site-preservation/