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Fort Jefferson was a town on the Mississippi River, about one mile south of Wickliffe, Kentucky in southwestern Ballard County. In 1779, George Rogers Clark built a stronghold of the same name at the intersection of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in order to consolidate his forces and to control access to the Ohio.The original fort was burned down by Chickasaw forces in 1781. The settlement was reestablished in 1858. The town itself no longer exists. The site is now home of the Phoenix Paper mill.

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  • Fort Jefferson (Kentucky) (en)
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  • Fort Jefferson was a town on the Mississippi River, about one mile south of Wickliffe, Kentucky in southwestern Ballard County. In 1779, George Rogers Clark built a stronghold of the same name at the intersection of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in order to consolidate his forces and to control access to the Ohio.The original fort was burned down by Chickasaw forces in 1781. The settlement was reestablished in 1858. The town itself no longer exists. The site is now home of the Phoenix Paper mill. (en)
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  • Fort Jefferson (Kentucky) (en)
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  • Fort Jefferson (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Return_of_the_public_stores_(at_Fort_Jefferson),_signed_Martin_Carney,_approximately_February_16,_1781.jpg
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  • unknown, but significant fort Jefferson burned down by Chickasaw forces (en)
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  • Chickasaw (en)
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  • George Rogers Clark Capt. Owen (en)
  • James Colbert Alexander Colbert (en)
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  • Capture of Fort Jefferson (en)
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  • June 1780 - June 1781 (en)
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  • Chickasaw tribal land, Kentucky territory of Virginia, present-day site one mile south of Wickliffe, Ballard County, Kentucky (en)
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  • Vicinity of fort Jefferson (en)
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  • Chickasaw victory, abandonment of US actions against the Chickasaws (en)
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  • Fort Jefferson was a town on the Mississippi River, about one mile south of Wickliffe, Kentucky in southwestern Ballard County. In 1779, George Rogers Clark built a stronghold of the same name at the intersection of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers in order to consolidate his forces and to control access to the Ohio.The original fort was burned down by Chickasaw forces in 1781. The settlement was reestablished in 1858. The town itself no longer exists. The site is now home of the Phoenix Paper mill. (en)
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  • George Rogers Clark, Capt. Robert George (en)
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  • 1779
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