Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark established a camp on Corn Island at the Falls of the Ohio in 1778 in order to carry the Revolutionary War westward. With no regular Continental Army soldiers, he relied on militia units. We can see the sweep of the river by the statue to him in Louisville overlooking the falls and the area of Corn Island.
Corn Island became his base for action in the Revolution, which included his victory at Vincennes in Indiana in 1779.
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