County: Pulaski
Location: The marker is located in New
Grand Chain, on the east side of IL Route 37, directly below
the Joppa County Road.
N 37o 05.099
W 089o 01.473
Erected: 01/01/1935 Erected by: State of Illinois
On the Ohio River three miles south of here Cantonment Wilkinson-Ville, named for Gen. James Wilkinson, was established by Lt. Col. David Strong in 1797 as a post of the United States Army. It was garrisoned until 1804. Here are buried Colonel Strong and scores of soldiers who died.
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