Columbus-Belmont State Park

Columbus-Belmont State Park, on the shores of the Mississippi River in Hickman County, near Columbus, Kentucky, is the site of a Confederate fortification built during the American Civil War. The site was considered by both North and South to be strategically significant in gaining and keeping control of the Mississippi River.

Read more about Columbus-Belmont State Park:  History, Attractions, Museum

Famous quotes containing the words state and/or park:

    In common with other rural regions much of the Iowa farm lore concerns the coming of company. When the rooster crows in the doorway, or the cat licks his fur, company is on the way.
    —For the State of Iowa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    The park is filled with night and fog,
    The veils are drawn about the world,
    Sara Teasdale (1884–1933)