General George Rogers Clark Home - Falls of the Ohio SP, Clarksville IN
N 38° 17.220 W 085° 46.559
16S E 607047 N 4238367
A Revolutionary War hero, granted this land. His brother and the rest of the Lewis and Clark Expedition set out and returned to this site.
Waymark Code: WM5XYC
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2009
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General george Rogers Clark
Home Site 1803-1809
American Revolutionary Soldier and frontiersman
Site of a military land grant for his Revolutionary War services, 1784
Indiana Territory
Captain William Clark, a brother, and York, stayed at this site while recruiting the nucleus of the militry unit, the Corps of Discovery, referred to as, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the expodition lef there on October 26, 1803 add returned on November 9, 1804.
Clarksville Historical Society, Clark County Historian, Distinguished Benefactors.
Reconstructed in 2001 in Honor of General George Rogers Clark for the Bicentennial commemoration of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
2003-2006
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In 1803, at age 51, General George Rogers Clark built a cabin on site overlooking the Ohio River. He recieved this land as payment for his heroism in the American Revolution. The cabin was part of a farm that included a barn, corn crib, orchard and slave cabins. The original cabin was torn down in 1854. The representtion that you see was built in 2001.
By the time George Rogers Clark built this cabin, he was famous as a [unreadable] surveyor, and expert on Indian affairs. Thomas Jefferson was a regular [visitor?] of Clark's. Celebrated figures frequented the cabin for friendship, buisness [unreadable].
General Clark was severely injured in an accident in 1809 and moved to Locust Grove, his sister's home in Louisville. He dies there in 1818.
Link to the Homestead: [Web Link]
History if no Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rogers_Clark
Structure Type: Log Cabin
Additional Parking or Point of Interest: Not Listed
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