Clarksville
Posted by: DougK
N 38° 17.210 W 085° 45.794
16S E 608162 N 4238363
This Indiana historic marker was placed sometime in the 1940s. It is at the end of a median strip of South Clark Boulevard at the intersection with West Harrison Avenue.
Waymark Code: WMCV6Y
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2011
Views: 14
This
Indiana historic marker was placed sometime in the 1940s. It is at the end of a median strip of South Clark Boulevard at the intersection with West Harrison Avenue. The sign is located in a small garden planter donated by the Clarksville Garden Club.
The text is the same on each side and reads:
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CLARKSVILLE
First American settlement
in the Northwest Territory.
150,000 acres granted to
George Rogers Clark and
his troops by Virginia in
1781 for war services.
Town named and tracts
occupied by 1784.
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County: Clark
Year Placed: 194?
Name: Clarksville
ID#: 10.194?.1
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