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By Trevor L Whited, March 23, 2024
Lafayette's Tour Marker
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1 ► Indiana, Perry County, Cannelton — 110 — Lafayette's Tour — Mapping the Farewell Tour — The Lafayette Trail —
On May 9, 1825, General Lafayette survived sinking of steamboat "Mechanic" nearby & continued to Louisville aboard passing steamboat "Paragon" — — Map (db m243576) HM
2 ► Indiana, Perry County, Cannelton — Gilbert Mortier Marquis de Layfayette —
Who spent a night and a day at Rock Island four miles from here May 9, 1825. His steamboat was wrecked. Pioneers for miles came to see him. The spot is now called Lafayette Spring. ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 1775-1783 In . . . — — Map (db m171731) HM WM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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