Bledsoe's Station, also known as Bledsoe's Fort, was an 18th-century, fortified, frontier, settlement located in what is now Castalian Springs, Tennessee. The fort was built by long hunter and Sumner County pioneer Isaac Bledsoe (c. 1735–1793) in the early 1780s to protect Upper Cumberland settlers and migrants from hostile Native American attacks. While the fort is no longer standing, its location has been verified by archaeological excavations. The site is now part of Bledsoe's Fort Historical Park, a public park established in 1989 by Sumner County residents and Bledsoe's descendants. The Historical Park consists of approximately 80 acres and includes several features important to the early history of the Upper Cumberland region. A few of these features are the Bledsoe's Station site, Hugh Rogan Cottage, Belote Cemetery & Springhouse, Long hunter camp, The Cavern of the Skulls, and the Nathaniel Parker Cabin seen here. Parker's cabin is a typical pioneer log cabin, built in the 1780s. The cabin was originally located a few miles north of Bledsoe's Lick and later dismantled and moved to the park. Parker married Mary Ramsey Bledsoe—the widow of Anthony Bledsoe—in the 1790s and commanded the fort at Greenfield. This site was listed on the NRHP on July 30, 1992.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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