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The William Whitley House State Historic Site is a state park and historic site in Crab Orchard, Kentucky. It features the William Whitley House, also known as the Sportsman?s Hill.

The William Whitley House was built around the late 1780s to the early 1790s. It is best noted for being the home of William Whitley, a Kentucky pioneer. The house is also famous for its design, marking the transition from log cabins to more formal houses in the area as it was made of brick and was actually used as a fortress to help protect the area from Indian attacks. For this purpose, it was dubbed as the ?Guardian of Wilderness Road?. It also served as a gathering spot of early Kentucky residents, including notable individuals like Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark.
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