Fort Jefferson (Kentucky)

Fort Jefferson (Kentucky)

Fort Jefferson was a town on the Mississippi River about one mile south of Wickliffe, Kentucky in southwestern Ballard County.cite web
title = Fort Jefferson, Kentucky
publisher = Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer
date = 1994
url = http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/ky-fort-jefferson.html
accessdate = 2007-05-29
] The formal town was founded in 1858; however, 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.cite web
title = Fort Jefferson, 1779
author = Ryan, Finley
date = 2000-02-13
url = http://hometown.aol.com/olinl/pg7ftjefferson.html
accessdate = 2007-05-29
]

The original fort was occupied until 1781, and while the town itself no longer exists, the site is now home of the Westvaco paper factory.

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