Fort-on-Shore. This site marks the location of Fort-on-Shore, which was the the first building erected on the mainland when General George Rogers Clark and the settlers of Corn Island came ashore. The stockade and fort, built 1778-79 on orders from General Clark, represented the first settlementin what is now Louisville. (Reverse) Corn Island was located in the Ohio River, just adjacent to this site at what is today Twelfth St. Stockade was occupied by troops of the American Revolution for the next four years. In 1782, Fort-on-Shore was replaced by Fort Nelson, a much larger fortification built north of present-day Main St.

Rowan St. (between 11th & 12 Sts.), Louisville, KY
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by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Highways Department #2338 of the Kentucky Historical Marker series

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