| 词条 | Fort Jefferson (Kentucky) |
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|name=Fort Jefferson (Kentucky) |location=Chickasaw tribal land, Kentucky territory of Virginia, present-day site one mile south of Wickliffe, Ballard County, Kentucky |image= |caption= |type=stockade |built=1779 |used=1779–1781 |controlledby=Virginia |garrison= |commanders= |battles=American Revolutionary War }}Fort Jefferson was a town on the Mississippi River about one mile south of Wickliffe, Kentucky in southwestern Ballard County.[1] The formal town was founded in 1858;[1] 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.[2] 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.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{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 }} {{coord missing|Kentucky}}{{Kentucky-stub}}2. ^{{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 }} 1 : Forts in Kentucky |
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