 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
TO VICTORY
FEBRUARY 25, 1779
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.
Erected by the St. Francisville Woman's Club and the Illinois State Historical Society, 1965.
13th St. & Main St., St. Francisville, Lawrence County Illinois
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