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Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz

WEA INDIAN TRAIL
Gen. Wm. H. Harrison Route

General Wm. H. Harrison's army made its last camp in Sullivan County here at Big Springs on Sept. 29, 1811. Harrison used Benjamin Turman's fort as his headquarters. With spring water available, it was an ideal location for 1000 men including 160 dragoons and 60 mounted riflemen. A Kentucky soldier killed a fellow Kentuckian, Clark, either accidentally or in a grudge fight. The deceased, was buried at the top of a hill that became the Mann~Turman Cemetery. Gen. Harrison and his troops continued north on the Wea Indian Trail to build Fort Harrison and then go on to the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Sullivan County Historical Society.
Eslinger Place (!N-154) & Big Springs Farm, 1 mile W. of Graysville, Sullivan County Indiana
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