. Historic towns of the Southern States. ohn Randolph of Roanokespoke of Clark in after years as the Ameri-can Hannibal, who, by the reduction of thosemilitary posts in the wilderness, obtained theLakes for the northern boundary of our Unionat the peace in 1783. If the visitor desires to see the location ofthe first settlement at the Falls let him standupon the Fourteenth Street Bridge and lookdown the river. To the right is the main cur-rent of the Ohio as it plunges roaring overthe Falls, and to the left is the island on whichColonel Clark and his men built a fort whenthey arrived in the spr
. Historic towns of the Southern States. ohn Randolph of Roanokespoke of Clark in after years as the Ameri-can Hannibal, who, by the reduction of thosemilitary posts in the wilderness, obtained theLakes for the northern boundary of our Unionat the peace in 1783. If the visitor desires to see the location ofthe first settlement at the Falls let him standupon the Fourteenth Street Bridge and lookdown the river. To the right is the main cur-rent of the Ohio as it plunges roaring overthe Falls, and to the left is the island on whichColonel Clark and his men built a fort whenthey arrived in the spring of 1778. This wascalled Corn Island, from the fact that a cropof corn was planted by the risky pioneersaround the fortress, and carefully cultivated,notwithstanding they were hourly exposed toIndian attacks. Either in the autumn of 1778 or the spring of1779 (history is not certain which), the garrisonon Corn Island went ashore and laid the foun-dation of the future city of Louisville. Huts,blockhouses and stockades were erected, and. BLOCKHOUSE AND LOG CABINS ON CORN ISLAND, 1778. FIRST SETTLEMENT OF LOUISVILLE, KY. Front an old print in the possession of Col. R. T. Durrett^ Louisville., Ky. 514 Louisville the Indians saw that the intruders had cometo stay. During the year 1779, Colonel Clarkdirected his energies against the British postVincennes, and easily captured it. In May, 1780, the Virginia Legislature passedan Act for Establishing the Town of Louis-ville at the Falls of Ohio. The populationof the place had increased to six hundred ; butthe increase of strength rendered the pioneerscareless, and as a consequence the Indians onseveral occasions surprised and captured par-ties beyond the protection of the fort and es-caped with them across the river, or into thewilderness to the south, almost before analarm could be given. Colonel Clark, in orderto ward off the attacks of the red men, con-structed a unique sort of gunboat suppliedwith four-pound cannon. It was the firs
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