- Old Clarksville Site
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Old Clarksville Site
RiverfrontNearest city: Clarksville, Indiana Built: 1784 Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 74000028 [1] Added to NRHP: December 16, 1974 The Old Clarksville Site is along the waterfront of Clarksville, Indiana, roughly between the Interpretive Center and Clark Homesite of Falls of the Ohio State Park. Officially its address is restricted by the National Register, as much of it is on private property where there is no public access to the Ohio River.
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George Rogers Clark cabin
George Rogers Clark built a cabin in 1803, in order to live independently from his sister in Locust Grove. He had built a mill on the property at Mill Run.[2] Visitors to the cabin included Aaron Burr, John James Audubon, and various Indian chiefs. After his accident in 1809 he was forced to leave his cabin for good. The original cabin was lost in 1854.[3] In anticipation of the Bicentennial events for the Lewis & Clark Expedition, in 2001 a reconstruction of Clark's cabin was built, as this was where Meriwether Lewis and Clark's brother William met to start their epic journey.[2]
The homesite was originally under the control of the Culbertson Mansion State Historic Site, but since its establishment, the Falls of the Ohio State Park oversees it.
Gallery
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Cabin from afar
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Cabin from close
Aerial photos and maps
- Wikimapia view (requires Javascript)
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Indiana Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission. Lewis and Clark - Falls of the Ohio.". Indiana Department of Natural Resources. http://www.in.gov/dnr/lewis-clark/falls/. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
- ^ "George Rogers Clark Homesite & Boat Launch". Falls of the Ohio State Park. http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/clark_cabin.html. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
Bibliography
- Quasi-official site
- www.clarksvillehistoricalsociety.org Clarksville Historical Society
External links
- www.panoramio.com/photo/19374501 photo of cabin
Categories:- Clarksville, Indiana
- History of Louisville, Kentucky
- National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Indiana
- Geography of Clark County, Indiana
- 19th-century buildings and structures in Louisville, Kentucky
- Houses completed in 1803
- Louisville, Kentucky stubs
- Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs
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