Paducah in McCracken County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
George Rogers Clark
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
1. George Rogers Clark Marker
Inscription.
George Rogers Clark 1752-1818, a Virginia surveyor, came to Kentucky to seek his fortune. In 1776, he thwarted the claim of Richard Henderson and Daniel Boone to the territory west of the Appalachians by persuading the Virginia Legislature to create Kentucky County. In 1778, Governor Patrick Henry ordered Lieutenant Colonel Clark to attack British posts along the Ohio. Clarks command of about 200 men captured for Virginia the Northwest Territory (all U.S. territory east of the Mississippi, north of the Ohio, and west of the Appalachians). While enroute to attack Kaskaskia, Clark noted the potential for a town at the mouth of the Tennessee River. Later, he used a Virginia treasury warrant dated September 15, 1795, to claim 37,000 acres at the mouth of that river. Clark died in 1818 deeply in debt, and title to this site eventually went to his younger brother, William, of Lewis and Clark fame. , Sponsored by James Wheeler Hank E Hank Brothers Hardware
George Rogers Clark 1752-1818, a Virginia surveyor, came to Kentucky to seek his fortune. In 1776, he thwarted the claim of Richard Henderson and Daniel Boone to the territory west of the Appalachians by persuading the Virginia Legislature to create Kentucky County. In 1778, Governor Patrick Henry ordered Lieutenant Colonel Clark to attack British posts along the Ohio. Clarks command of about 200 men captured for Virginia the Northwest Territory (all U.S. territory east of the Mississippi, north of the Ohio, and west of the Appalachians). While enroute to attack Kaskaskia, Clark noted the potential for a town at the mouth of the Tennessee River. Later, he used a Virginia treasury warrant dated September 15, 1795, to claim 37,000 acres at the mouth of that river. Clark died in 1818 deeply in debt, and title to this site eventually went to his younger brother, William, of Lewis and Clark fame.
Sponsored by James Wheeler Hank E Hank Brothers Hardware
Erected by James Wheeler Hank & Hank Brothers Hardware.
35.652′ W. Marker is in Paducah, Kentucky, in McCracken County. It is at the intersection of South Water Street and Broadway Street, on the right when traveling north on South Water Street. The marker is located along Paducahs waterfront below a mural of George Rogers Clark. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 S Water St, Paducah KY 42001, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase. It is also in the American Midwest, in the South, in the Upper South, and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Also see . . . 1. George Rogers Clark. (Submitted on June 30, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.) 2. Paducah Wall to Wall. (Submitted on June 30, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
2. George Rogers Clark Marker
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
3. Paducah Wall to Wall Portraits of the Past Mural
Credits. This page was last revised on July 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 30, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 164 times since then and 10 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on June 30, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
