Chief Logan State Park is located on
about north of
Logan
Logan may refer to:
Places
* Mount Logan (disambiguation)
Australia
* Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud
* Logan City, local gover ...
in
Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The park, the town and the county were all named after
Chief Logan
Logan the Orator (c. 1723–1780) was a Cayuga orator and war leader born of one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. After his 1760s move to the Ohio Country, he became affiliated with the Mingo, a tribe formed from Seneca, Cayuga, ...
, a
Mingo
The Mingo people are an Iroquoian group of Native Americans, primarily Seneca and Cayuga, who migrated west from New York to the Ohio Country in the mid-18th century, and their descendants. Some Susquehannock survivors also joined them, and ...
(or
Ohio
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Iroquois
The Iroquois ( or ), officially the Haudenosaunee ( meaning "people of the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of First Nations peoples in northeast North America/ Turtle Island. They were known during the colonial years to ...
)
Native American leader who lived in the region before the
American Revolutionary War
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. Each summer the Liz Spurlock Amphitheater at Chief Logan State Park is the site for outdoor dramas, including the historical drama "The Aracoma Story" about
Shawnee
The Shawnee are an Algonquian-speaking indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands. In the 17th century they lived in Pennsylvania, and in the 18th century they were in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, with some bands in Kentucky a ...
tribal members who lived at the present-day location of the town of Logan. The outdoor drama theater produces the Aracoma story and two to three other plays or musicals every year.
The new Chief Logan Lodge and Conference Center opened at the park during the summer of 2006. There is also a fishing pond on site and a recreation center that has weights, exercise machines, courts and an Olympic sized indoor pool.
Museum in the Park
The Museum in the Park features changing art and history exhibits drawn from the collections of the
West Virginia State Museum
The West Virginia State Museum, formerly the West Virginia Science and Culture Center, is a history, culture, art, paleontology, archaeology and geology museum at the West Virginia Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia. It was founded in 1 ...
, including one exhibit on local and regional history. The museum is open from Wednesday through Sunday, and also offers special programs.
Features
* Chief Logan Lodge and Conference Center (75 rooms, indoor pool)
* Restaurant
* Outdoor swimming pool
* Liz Spurlock Outdoor Amphitheater
* 25 camping sites (14 with electrical hookup)
* Miniature golf
* Hiking trails (18 miles)
* 7 picnic pavilions
* Wildlife exhibit featuring animals native to West Virginia, including
black bears,
bobcats
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,
barred owls,
red-shouldered hawks,
wild boar
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and native
reptiles
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* C & O Kanawha class steam locomotive
#2755 (static display)
Accessibility
Accessibility
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for the
disable
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d was assessed by
West Virginia University
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. The assessment found Chief Logan State Park to be generally accessible.
''Guide to Accessible Recreation and Travel in WV''
, WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities web site, accessed August 21, 2006 The 2005 evaluation found issues regarding access to some walkways and ramps. The report was unclear about accessibility to the outdoor amphitheater and outdoor swimming pool. The new Chief Logan Lodge and Conference Center is completely accessible.
See also
* List of West Virginia state parks
*State park
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*Logan's Lament
Logan the Orator (c. 1723–1780) was a Cayuga orator and war leader born of one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. After his 1760s move to the Ohio Country, he became affiliated with the Mingo, a tribe formed from Seneca, Cayuga ...
References
External links
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State parks of West Virginia
Protected areas of Logan County, West Virginia
History museums in West Virginia
Art museums and galleries in West Virginia
Protected areas established in 1969
Native American museums in West Virginia
Logan
Logan may refer to:
Places
* Mount Logan (disambiguation)
Australia
* Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
* Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud
* Logan City, local gover ...
Museums in Logan County, West Virginia
Campgrounds in West Virginia
IUCN Category V