Wickliffe, KY, United States
Fort Jefferson Site. Built in 1780 by George Rogers Clark as part of impressive plan of settlement, conceived by Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia, later pursued by and named for Gov. Thomas Jefferson. The fort was to protect US claim to its western border and to be a key trading post. It was aband
oned, 1781. Resettled after Jackson Purchase. Important Union post in Civil War. Over. (Reverse) Indian Massacre - In 1781, the Chickasaws, led by a Scotchman, Colbert, aroused by use of their land wi
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