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**National Park Service** **News Release**

For Immediate Release Contact: Steven A. McCoy 931-232-5348

October 24, 2006 Superintendent

**FORT HEIMAN SITE, CALLOWAY, KY, TO BECOME A UNIT OF FORT DONELSON
NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD**

**Fort Donelson NB, TN** -- On Monday, October 30, 2006, the Calloway
County Executive Office will officially announce the transfer of
properties associated with Fort Heiman in Calloway County, Kentucky, to
the National Park Service. A news conference hosted by the County
Executive Office is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

More than 150 acres of the Fort Heiman site will be turned over to the
national park system to become part of Fort Donelson National
Battlefield. Fort Heiman was listed in the National Register of Historic
Places on December 12, 1976, under criterion A because of its
association with events that made a significant contribution to United
States history. Critical resources at the site include existing features
that retain a high degree of historic integrity, as well as the
panoramic vistas of the Kentucky Lake-Tennessee River Valley and Land
Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. The site provides a historic
setting for interpreting the American Civil War Battle of Fort Henry and
the struggle to control the Tennessee River as a major transportation
artery in the Confederate west.

\"The effort to preserve Fort Heiman is a model for conservation
partnerships and grass-root preservation efforts,\" said Fort Donelson
National Battlefield Superintendent Steven McCoy. \"The citizens of
Calloway County, working with local preservationists and government
officials on the federal, state and local levels, have been able to
protect a historically significant property associated with the battle
of Forts Henry and Donelson in 1862.\"

The National Park Service is planning events to celebrate the
preservation of the site and its inclusion into Fort Donelson National
Battlefield. The community is invited to help with these efforts
including an observance of the 145^th^ Anniversary of the Battle for
Forts Heiman, Henry and Donelson, February 6-16, 2007.

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Additional meetings and programs to engage the citizens of Calloway
County in developing a vision and strategies for the future of Fort
Heiman will be conducted throughout the winter. Contact Park Historian
Jimmy Jobe at 931-232-5706 extension 106 for additional information.

To get to the site from downtown Murray, follow KY 121 east for 12 miles
past New Concord. Bear left at Cypress Trail and go 1**.**7 miles. Turn
left at Kline Trail for 1**.**9 miles. Continue on Fort Heiman Road
**.**7 miles to the site. The street address is 682 Fort Heiman Road,
New Concord, KY 42076.

To view the complete Boundary Adjust Study and Environmental Assessment,
visit the Fort Donelson National Battlefield's website at
[http://www.nps.gov/fodo]{.underline} and click on the Boundary
Adjustment Quick link

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