Great Buffalo Trace

Great Buffalo Trace (HM11PM)

Location: Frankfort, KY 40601 Franklin County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 12.759', W 84° 52.113'

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On July 16th, 1773, James McAfee, George McAfee, Robert McAfee, James McCoun, Jr., Samuel Adams, and Hancock Taylor, following the Buffalo Trace from Big Bone Lick, crossed the Kentucky River at this point and made the first survey upon it. Here in the summer of 1775, Hancock Lee, Willis Lee, Cyrus McCracken and "a few comrades" established Lee's Town, at which George Rogers Clark lived for a time and expected to make his home.

Here Willis Lee was killed by Indians in 1776, and the settlement temporarily scattered, but in 1789 it was flourishing and an important stopping place, both for travelers on the river and for those who followed the buffalo trace.

Erected by the Susannah Hart Shelby Chapter N.S.D.A.R. Frankfort, Kentucky July 10, 1931
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HM NumberHM11PM
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Year Placed1931
Placed ByN.S.D.A.R. Frankfort, Kentucky
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Date Added Monday, October 20th, 2014 at 1:01am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 686604 N 4231557
Decimal Degrees38.21265000, -84.86855000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 12.759', W 84° 52.113'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 12' 45.54" N, 84° 52' 6.78" W
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Area Code(s)502
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1003 Wilkinson Blvd, Frankfort KY 40601, US
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