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Fort Handy

CITY:

West Union

COUNTY:

Clark

DEDICATED BY:

The West Union 4-H Clubs and The Illinois State Historical Society

DEDICATION DATE:

January 1, 1967 at 6:00:00 AM

The marker is located adjacent to a park, on the south edge of West Union on Walnut Street (1900 Street).

Fort Handy, built in 1816, was located 1200 feet southeast of this park on a knoll. The fort, the only structure of its kind in Clark County, was built by the family of Thomas Handy and contained three cabins and a well surrounded by a bulletproof palisade.

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