Carpenter's Rock House

Carpenter's Rock House is a large rock shelter in Wayne County, Kentucky, United States. It is named for Benjamin Carpenter, an American Revolutionary War veteran who settled ca. 1785[1][2] on Carpenter Fork[3][4] of Otter Creek in the central part of the county, which borders Tennessee to the south. Photos of Carpenter's Rock House uploaded on 7 July 2003 by "worleysweb", are posted at http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/80214907uCAuqX, particularly http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/1080069879047304351lSViqA.

References
  1. Wayne County Historical Society: A Pictorial Review of Wayne County, Kentucky, Wayne County Historical Society, Monticello, Ky., 1984, pp. 11, 18.
  2. June Baldwin Bork: Wayne County, Kentucky - Early History, http://www.junebaldwinbork.com/wayne/page3/history1.htm Archived 2009-01-06 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 17 July 2009.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carpenter Fork
  4. Thomas P. Field, Kentucky Geological Survey: A Guide to Kentucky Place Names, Special Publication 5, Series X, University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Ky., 1961, p. 56.

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