Fort Sackville marker, Vincennes, Indiana
| Description: |
Postcard view of the limestone marker on the site of Fort Sackville in Vincennes, Indiana. The marker was placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1905. It stood on the west side of 1st Street, between Church and Barnett. After the George Rogers Clark Memorial was constructed in the 1930s, the marker was moved adjacent to the Memorials steps. Site of Fort Sackville. Captured by Col. Geo. Rogers Clark from the British Feb. 25, 1779; Resulting in the U. S. Acquiring the Great Northwest Territory Embracing the States of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. |
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| Origin: | 2007-02-14 |
| Publisher: |
Acmegraph Co., Chicago |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/kcpl/id/70 |
| Collection: |
Knox County Public Library |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
| Subjects: |
Monuments & memorials Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 Vincennes (Ind.) Daughters of the American Revolution Fort Sackville (Ind.) Wars & Conflicts |
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