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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC8I_fort-jefferson-site-indian-massacre_Wickliffe-KY.html
(North Side):Fort Jefferson SiteBuilt in 1780 by George Rogers Clark as part of impressive plan of settlement, conceived by Gov. Patrick Henry of Virginia, later pursued by and named for Gov. Thomas Jefferson. The fort was to protect US claim to i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC6B_the-prince-of-the-french-explorers_Wickliffe-KY.html
(North Side):The Prince of the French ExplorersCommissioned by Louis XIV of France, the Sieur Robert de LaSalle, sweeping down the Mississippi with his flotilla of canoes, stopped in 1682 at this place, in his quest for the mouth of the Mississipp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC6A_county-named-1842_Wickliffe-KY.html
For Capt. Bland Ballard, 1759-1853. Born in Va. Came to Ky. in 1779. Devoted life protecting frontier. Scout for George Rogers Clark's Ohio expedition, 1780. '82; Wabash campaign 1786. In the battles of Fallen Timbers, 1793; Tippecanoe, 1811; Rive…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC68_lewis-clark-at-old-fort-jefferson_Wickliffe-KY.html
Long before Lewis and Clark stopped near Wickliffe in western Kentucky on their outbound trip to the west, Fort Jefferson had been built in 1780-81 by George Rogers Clark during the Revolutionary War as an outpost against British-led Indian attack…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC65_lewis-and-clark-in-kentucky-fort-jefferson_Wickliffe-KY.html
(North Side):Lewis and Clark in Kentucky Fort JeffersonLewis and Clark and a party of eight men visited the site of Fort Jefferson on Nov. 18, 1803, while on their epic 1803-1806 journey to the Pacific. Fort est. in 1780 by Clark's brother, George…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC5G_union-supply-base_Wickliffe-KY.html
One of first Kentucky positions, Fort Jefferson, occupied by Union troops after Confederate seizure of Columbus, Sept. 1861. From this base, Gen. U.S. Grant directed demonstration against Columbus, Jan. 1862. Troops from here joined in capturing F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC4S_fort-jefferson_Wickliffe-KY.html
Fort Jefferson (also known as Camp Crittenden) was the second of two Union Army posts established in Ballard County in September 1861, following the Confederate occupation of Columbus. Fort Jefferson was first established during the American Revol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC4Q_demonstration-1862_Bardwell-KY.html
Jan. 1862, Brig. Gen. U.S. Grant sent 5,000 USA troops from Cairo as a demonstration against Columbus, a Confederate stronghold on the Miss. River. Combined forces led by Brig. Gen. J.A. McClernand from Ft. Jefferson at Wickliffe through here to M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC49_columbus_Columbus-KY.html
First entire town in Kentucky to be moved from one site to another. In 1927, after the most severe flood in its history, Columbus was moved from the banks of the river to this bluff, 200 feet above, by the American Red Cross at a cost of $100,000.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC48_iron-banks_Columbus-KY.html
So named by early French explorers. Columbus was proposed as the nation's capitol after the War of 1812. The area was fortified by the Confederate army during the War Between the States.