Tag Archive: George Rogers Clark

George Rogers Clark Memorial – Vincennes – Indiana

George Rogers Clark Memorial - Vincennes - Indiana

A view of the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park, from the head of the Lincoln Memorial Bridge in Vincennes, Indiana. The park and bridge opened in 1933. George Rogers Clark was an American surveyor, soldier, military officer, and founder of Louisville, Kentucky, who served during the American Revolutionary War. He is the older brother of William Clark, who is famous for his explorations the the American West, in particular the Pacific Northwest during the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Blackacre State Nature Preserve & Historic Homestead – Louisville, Kentucky

Blackacre State Nature Preserve & Historic Homestead - Louisville, Kentucky

A historic farm house built in 1844, at the Blackacre State Nature Preserve. The historic Blackacre homestead was established south of present day Louisville, Kentucky by Edward Tyler, who provided wood planks, flour, and a courier service to the army of George Rogers Clark, during the American Revolutionary war. For his efforts, he was eventually given the land grant that would become the Blackacre farm seen today.

A number of outbuildings on the same property date back to the 1790’s.

Corn Crib – Locust Grove Estate – Louisville – Kentucky

Corn Crib - Locust Grove Estate - Louisville - Kentucky

A corn crib at the historic Locust Grove estate outside of Louisville, Kentucky.

Locust Grove was an 18th century farm founded by William Croghan and his wife Lucy Clark Croghan in 1790. Lucy Clark was the sister of George Rogers Clark a military officer and explorer who played an important part in the early history of Kentucky and Louisville. She is also the sister of William Clark, the famous explorer from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to America’s Pacific Northwest. The farm is notable as the place George Rogers Clark spent his final years, and for being adjacent to the property where Zachery Taylor, America’s 12th president grew up