Historical Marker

Fort Clay

Historical marker location:
Lexington, Kentucky
( West end of viaduct on US 60, Lexington)

Extensive earthworks with ditch, drawbridges and magazine were constructed here by Federal forces after the Battle of "Ashland," May 1862.

Civil War Forts and Stations
Daniel Boone, a legendary explorer and frontiersman, helped blaze the Wilderness Road, which opened up Kentucky and the West to settlement.
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