| As Tennessee enters its third century of statehood, the remnants of pioneer society are more difficult to detect as rapid commercial and residential development takes a firm hold on the once largely agrarian state. Because of Rogana's significance, and because it was in a state of disrepair and neglect in its original and publicly inaccessible location, the house was moved, stone by stone, in the fall of 1998 to the Bledsoe's Fort Historical Park. Near the site of the fort that Hugh Rogan, Isaac and Anthony Bledsoe, William Hall, and others defended, the carefully reconstructed house is a focal point of the heritage park. It will be used to tell the story of the Hugh Rogan family and the impact they and other emigrants of Irish and Scottish descent had on the landscape and legacy of Tennessee. | ||
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Will Diaz
and crew lay the numbered stones of |
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Members
of the Bledsoe's Lick Historical Association gather at Rogana
prior to its dismantling and move. Courtesy BLHA |
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