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This natural route from the Falls of the Ohio south was a major factor in the area s settlement. This segment of the Turnpike begins at My Old Kentucky Home State Park in Bardstown and travels southwest to the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in Hodgenville. Don t miss two other National Historic Sites along the way -- Lincoln s Boyhood Home and Knob Creek.
