View of Vincennes
| Description: |
(Front) Old Catheral and George Rogers Clark Memorial (Back) VIEW WHICH GREETS VISITORS TO VINCENNES, IND., TAKEN FROM THE WEST BANK OF THE WABASH RIVER. CLARK MEMORIAL, OLD FRENCH CEMETERY AND FAMOUS OLD CATHERAL FEATURED IN THIS PICTURE OF VINCENNES, IND., THE Old Northwests most historic ground. In the year 1702, Francois Morgan de Vincennes, an officer in the service of the King of France, built a fort here on very spot where the Clark Memorial and the historic old cathedral stand. This Old Northwest was under French rule until the treat of Paris in 1763, which ended the French and Indian War and gave control to the British until 1779, when it was captured by Clark and his little army. Vincennes offers many of the showplaces of the nation. |
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| Origin: | 2011-07-16 |
| Contributor(s): |
Knox County History Day 2011 July 16, 2011. |
| Publisher: |
From the private collection of Donna K. Adams. |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcc/id/551 |
| Collection: |
Knox County Community |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
| Subjects: |
Wabash River (Ind.) Wabash River Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 Architectural drawings Old Cathedral Catholic Church (Vincennes, Ind.) Wars & Conflicts People Famous Hoosiers Architecture |
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