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	George Rodgers Clark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1777, Clark was made a lieutenant colonel in the Virginia militia.
		George Rogers Clark led Daniel Boone and a band of Kentuckians in defeating the Shawnee Indians in the Battle of Piqua on August 8, 1780.
		Clark and his seasoned frontiersmen overwhelmed the Shawnee in a bloody battle at Chillicothe, Ohio in 1782.
	home1.gte.net /~edlisay/grcbio.htm (204 words)

	Locust Grove
		At 26, George Rogers Clark was a confident frontiersman with a vision that would nearly double the size of his country in one stroke.
		Clark went to live at Locust Grove with his sister Lucy Croghan and her family in 1809 after undergoing an amputation of his leg as a result of a serious burn.
		In 1812 George Rogers Clark was awarded a $400 disability pension from the Commonwealth of Virginia.
	www.locustgrove.org /aboutgrc.html (544 words)

	George Rogers Clark National Historical Park History / informational pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Clark was not content to wait for the attacks.
		Clark's plan was to lead a force of frontiersmen into the Illinois country and strike at the source of the Indian raids.
		Clark's men surrounded the fort and gave the impression of having a much larger army.
	www.nps.gov /gero/home.htm (1216 words)

	George Rogers Clark, Illinois State Military Museum, Illinois National Guard
		Clark resided in Kentucky, and wanted to protect his home from Indian attacks promoted by General Hamilton, Commander of Detroit, known as the “hair-buying general,” who was attempting to clear the Mississippi Valley for the British fur trade.
		Clark was able to pull of this feat by telling the inhabitants of the villages that he held a much larger force at the Falls.
		Clark’s possession of the wilderness gave Jay and Franklin footing to their contention that the English had no business west of the Alleghanies and that the tide of emigration could not be stemmed.
	www.il.ngb.army.mil /museum/HistPeople/RodgersClark.htm (1840 words)

	Dr. George R.C.Todd
		George Rodgers Clark Todd was born into a prosperous and founding family of Lexington, Kentucky, on July the 4, 1825.
		George's requisites for students of medicine were: First he must be endowed with a native force, comprehensiveness, and clearness of intellect, to the degree enabling him to generalize the vast medley of philosophical materials, which he must acquire in the course of his practice.
		George was alleged to have been so brutal that he would kick the dead bodies of union soldiers, calling them "Dammed abolitionists".
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Hills/9908/medical/todd.html (2694 words)

	LC Receives Papers of Theatrical Designer Peggy Clark
		Clark passed the examination for entrance into the union for stage designers, United Scenic Artists, and later became the first woman to be elected to its board.
		Clark worked with a large number of very well-known theater practitioners in the course of her career.
		Clark sometimes worked on more than one show at a time, which might be in "tryouts" in different cities prior to opening on Broadway.
	www.loc.gov /loc/lcib/9804/clark.html (1610 words)

	LEWIS AND CLARK HISTORY ORIGIN
		Clark was born in Virginia in 1770 and was the youngest brother of General George Rodgers Clark of Revolutionary War fame.
		Clark later arrived with the boats, and found the best and shortest route around the falls to be nearly 18 miles long.
		Lewis arrived a few days later and ascended a prominent rocky bluff to view the area, which he believed to be the essential point in the geography of the west part of the continent.
	www.lewisandclark-2004.com /printablehistory.htm (2239 words)

	George Rogers Clark National Historical Park - George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)
		At 10 a.m., the garrison surrendered to American Col. George Rogers Clark.
		To capture British forces, George Rogers Clark and his force of 170 Americans and Frenchmen made an epic 18-day trek from Kaskaskia through the freezing flood waters of the Illinois country.
		At times in icy water up to their shoulders, it was Clark's leadership that brought them through this incredible journey.
	www.nps.gov /gero/index.htm (288 words)

	George Croghan Genealogical Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Her folks first lived on the farm adjoining that of Thomas Jefferson's family at Keswick, Va. Her father, John Clark, received as his marriage portion 400 acres on the Rivanna River under the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
		The 6th was too young to even be a drummer boy.Ann was evidently a remarkable woman and encouraged her sons to go out into the west.
		When George Rogers Clark brought back stories of the new settlement the family moved there and built a house in Louisville, "Mulberry Hill." Lucy Clark, who later married William Croghan, was about 9 yrs.
	www.sandusky-county-scrapbook.net /Croghan/FamHist.htm (470 words)

	George Clark Drummer!
		George Clark, long-time blues drummer and vocalist of the Pacific Northwest, has recently relocated from Bellingham, WA to
		George has also recently appeared with Michael Lee and the Heat of the Night at beautiful Lake Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.
		In 1966, George played for Northwest seminal rock/punk band The Dynamics backing rocker Freddy "Boom-Boom" Canon when he opened for Eric Burdon and The Animals to a crowd of 10,000 at Spokane Coliseum in Spokane, WA.
	www.georgeclarkdrummer.com (290 words)

	Index George Rogers Clark Illinois Regiment American Colonial Wars Sons Revolution SR
		Robert George at Falls of Ohio certified Jacob Wheat was a matross in the Virginia militia under his command from June 4, 1779 to October 20, 1781 and was enti-tled to be paid $109.
		George Rogers Clark certified Col. John Campbell gave up part of his house at the Falls of Ohio to be used to store ammunition and stores until the spring of 1782.
		George Venshener at Fort Nelson request to auditors for state of Virginia to pay his wages as a matross in Capt. Robert George artillery company of the Illinois Regiment from commencement of service to January 31, 1783 to Philip Barbour.
	my.execpc.com /~sril/clarkv11 (14371 words)

	SOAR Project 2003
		Clark started training the men to prepare for their journey.
		Lewis was the main leader and a naturalist in the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1804.
		William Clark was born in Virginia during 1770 and died in 1838.
	www.selah.k12.wa.us /SOAR/Projects2003/NickiC.html (975 words)

	From Sea to Shining Sea- James Alexander Thom
		This is the story of the John Clark / Ann Rodgers Clark family, divided into three sections.
		George Rodgers Clark's campaigns in the "western" war theater of the Revolution, capturing the fort at Vincennes, Indiana, are well-known for securing the Mississipi and Ohio water routes for the Patriot cause.
		George Rodgers Clark had claimed beautiful lands there on his westward travels and built a new home for the family.
	www.t-one.net /~om/read/histfict/seatosea.htm (293 words)

	Greene County, Ohio History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The land was entered by persons holding land warrants, issued by the State of Virginia to her soldiers in the continental army, and in the army of Gen. George Rodgers Clark.
		Clarke County, named in honor of Gen. George Rogers Clarke, was formed from the counties of Champaign, Madison and Greene.
		Clarke County, as has been stated, was organized, in 1818, out of the territory of Champaign and Greene.
	www.heritagepursuit.com /Greene/GreeneIntro.htm (15163 words)

	Moment of Indiana History
		George Rogers Clark and the Battle for Fort Sackville in Vincennes..
		Clark’s men were outnumbered and forced to return the fort to British control.
		Eager for revenge, Clark would later retake the fort in a daring winter raid on February 25, 1779, forcing Hamilton to accept near unconditional surrender.
	www.purdue.edu /wbaa/ipbs/Scripts/010.htm (215 words)

	George Rogers Clark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		William Clark, George's younger brother, member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, later Governor of Missouri Territory
		The story of the daring exploits of Clark and his men is contained in "The Fall of Fort Sackville," an issue of The Indiana Historian.
		The issue may be purchased for $1.00 each or $.30 each for 20 or more issues on any topic.
	www.statelib.lib.in.us /www/ihb/resources/grcexhwho.html (165 words)

	George Fox University: About GFU
		NEWBERG, Ore. — Bringing their season to a close because they did not make the six-team field for the Northwest Conference Championships, the George Fox University Bruins dropped a 7-2 decision to the Linfield College Wildcats in women’s tennis action Wednesday here at the GFU campus courts.
		Rodgers defeated Dalke 6-1, 6-1 at #1, Sorensen downed Howell 6-1, 6-1 at #2, it was Sides over Ring 6-1, 6-2 at #3, Nelson rallied to beat Rogers 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 at #4, and Orcutt won at #5 after splitting sets with Rebecca Crinnion 6-4, 1-6, (10-6).
		George Fox ends its season 3-15 overall and 3-13 in the conference for a 7th-place tie with Lewis & Clark College.
	www.georgefox.edu /events/press.cgi?id=2916&palm=y (268 words)

	Silas Harlan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The son of George and Ann (Hurst) Harlan.
		Harlan built a log stockade with the help of his uncle Jacob and his brother James near Danville Known as "Harlan's Station." Harlan served under George Rodgers Clark in the Illinois campaign of 1778-79 against the British.
		He also commanded a company in John Bowman's raid on Old Chillicothe in 1779, and assisted Clark in establishing Fort Jefferson at the mouth of the Ohio River in 1780.
	www.harlancounty.com /silas.htm (207 words)

	Clark County, Ohio
		The Fairgrounds at George Rogers Clark Park are just outside of Springfield.
		Clark County, in western Ohio, is a rich farming region; incorporated 1850.
		Sponsored by the Clark County Historical Society in cooperation with the Miami Valley Steam Threshers Association, demonstrations include: Steam Engines, Antique Gas Engines, a Saw Mill, Threshing Machines, Farm Equipment and Antique Vehicles.
	home1.gte.net /~edlisay/ohiopl.htm (419 words)

	Chronicles of Oklahoma
		His paternal grandfather, George Peery, and paternal grandmother, Jane Campbell Thompson, came from Tazewell County, Virginia and settled in Grundy County, Missouri in 1835, and reared a family of 18 children, most of whom located in North Missouri.
		As a member of Captain William Russell's company, he participated on October 10, 1774 in the Battle of Point Pleasant, one of the first battles of the American Revolution, and was with George Rodgers Clark at the capture of Vincennes from the British.
		In December, 1800 George and William Peery were appointed coroners for Tazewell County, and William's son, Thomas, represented Tazewell County in the Virginia House of Delegates at the sessions of 1819-20 and 1823-24, and at one period was a justice of the county court.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /chronicles/v020/v020p003.html (2569 words)

	City of Sunset Hills: Community Info : History Book - Military
		The Revolutionary War involved those living in Illinois and Missouri to such an extent that George Rodgers Clark came into the area to prevent the British and their Indian allies from taking over the upper Mississippi Valley.
		Clark interviewed Gabriel Cerre in Kaskaskia, Illinois and declared him loyal to the American cause.
		Cerre was to be a help to Clark in enlisting the aid of Indian tribes and settlers.
	www.sunset-hills.com /history/military.html (1030 words)

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		The opinions expressed and the language used do not reflect the opinions or standards of the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, but are, rather, indicative of thought in that historical moment during which the document was published.
		Jones, John Gabriel and Clark, George Rogersin: "Petition by John Gabriel Jones and George Rogers Clark to Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Delegates," Clark MSS, Va.
		Clarke for the use of the Inhabitants of Kentucki.
	www.gbl.indiana.edu /archives/miamis20/M74-77_21a.html (242 words)

	Cobblestone&Cricket: A Teacher's Guide to George Rogers Clark
		Put yarn up on the classroom wall for a timeline base marked from 1650 to 1850 in increments of 25 years.
		Place the cards on the timeline by connecting them with one color yarn for an event that happened in the U.S. and another color of yarn for events that happened globally at the same time.
		Discuss the importance of the global events, as they relate to the world and the U.S. Using the information of the geographical description of the 1770s West on page 3 and the map on pages 8 and 9, mark a U.S. map to show the 1770s West.
	www.cobblestonepub.com /resources/cob0411t.html (524 words)

	Rogers Concert to showcase musicians
		The concert and reception are free and open to the public.
		The Mary Stuart Rogers Foundation of Modesto, Calif., established the James W. Rogers Professorship in Music in 1996 to honor the memory of the late James W. Rogers ’64.
		The professorship is awarded to a respected scholar and performer in music to recognize Rogers’ lifelong appreciation of music and his respect for Professor Stanley Glarum (Lewis & Clark choral director from 1947 to 1975).
	www.lclark.edu /cgi-bin/shownews.cgi?0982898340.2 (336 words)

	Beech Grove City Schools Curriculum and Instruction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Examples: George Rodgers Clark and the Fall of Fort Sackville (1779), U.S. land treaties with Indians, Chief Little Turtle, Tecumseh, Tenskwatawa (the Prophet), William Henry Harrison, the Battle of Tippecanoe (1811).
		Point out how George Rodgers Clark was honest and cooperative with Indians.
		Students will also learn of the 2000 election of George W. Bush over Al Gore when the final history of this election is written.
	www.bgcs.k12.in.us /curriculum/standardsocstudies.htm (13992 words)

	Executive Summary
		In 1777 George Rodgers Clark captured the area from the British during the Revolutionary war.
		In 1803, Meriweather Louis and William Clark (younger brother of George Rodgers) meet at the home of George Rodgers to plan the Louis and Clark exploration of the Louisiana purchase which was finalized that Spring.
		Not only will the One O'clock Shadow line project get us started, but the intent would be to continue this as a multiyear theme with the next phase following the westward expansion and the 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
	lrs.ed.uiuc.edu /students/tsullivl/OneOclock/executive_summary.htm (635 words)

	Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Reports reaching the family indicated the door on the driver's side came open when the vehicle was making a turn at the foot of a steep grade causing the dirver to lose control.
		The first land record to a Goss is that granted to Frederick on Abbotts Creek in Rowan County by Henry McCulloh, Esq., Feb. 1 in 3rd year of George III (1763), for 41 pounds sterling--containing 480 acres.
		Alice was adopted by George Fuller and taken to Delaware where she grew up.
	home.swbell.net /kayarm/notes.html (14206 words)

	jamesthom
		He is probably, the most important author of American historic novels written today because he helps to interpret the distant past for the mind and interest of the modern reader." -----Jack Weatherford
		is a fictional account of George Drouillard, the french-Shawnee hunter and scout who led the Lewis and Clark expedition.
		Now he and his wife, Dark Rain, have created a magnificent portrait of an astonishing woman - one who led her people in war when she could not persuade them to make peace.
	jamesthom.homestead.com (193 words)

	Timeline: Eddleman in America 1730 to Civil War
		Disciplined soldiers would have let the few young guys run to their deaths and avoided 70 to 75 dead.
		1782 Nov. General George Rodgers Clark led an expedition of 1000 mounted riflemen from Louisville into Ohio Indian Country defeating the Shawnee on Miami River and burned six of their principal towns on the Miami and Scioto Rivers in Ohio.
		George Washington became first President of the United States of America.
	www.disknet.com /indiana_biolab/eg803.htm (2542 words)

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