Corn Island (submerged) (Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky)

USA / Indiana / Jeffersonville / Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky
 island, underwater, historical layer / disappeared object
Originally Dunmore's Island (1773)
Quarried and submerged.

In the spring of 1778, George Rogers Clark along with about 150 militia and 13 families,
rafted down the Ohio River and landed near the Falls on Corn Island. Clark and his men
soon left on their quest to conquer the Northwest Territory. The settlers who remained
behind moved to the southern shore of the Ohio and built "Fort on Shore", at the foot of
present day 12th Street, which lasted only three years. The town that they eventually
established would become known as Louisville to honor both the French King Louis XVI
and the vital role of the people of France in the Revolutionary War.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Island_(Kentucky)
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Coordinates:   38°15'57"N   85°46'0"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago