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To Victory, February 25, 1779
CITY:
St. Francisville
COUNTY:
Lawrence
DEDICATED BY:
St. Francisville Woman’s Club and The Illinois State Historical Society.
DEDICATION DATE:
August 31, 1935 at 5:00:00 AM
The marker is located in St. Francisville, at the intersection of 13th Street and Main Street, in front of the St. Francisville Women’s Club Community Log Cabin.
On February 5, 1779 Colonel George Rogers Clark and his army began the difficult march from Kaskaskia to Fort Sackville at Vincennes. At daybreak on February 21, they began to cross the swollen Wabash near here. They went on to capture Fort Sackville and thus establish a firm American foothold in the northwest.
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