Squire Boone's Station, 1779

Historical marker location:

Shelbyville, Kentucky

( 5th & Main Sts., Shelbyville)

"Painted Stone" 21/2 miles north on Eminence Road, thence, 1/2 mile west to site on Clear Creek. For nearly 2 years only large station on the Wilderness Road between Harrodstown and the Falls of the Ohio River. Ground plan found among papers of Gen. George Rogers Clark. Disastrous attack by Indians 1781-re-occupied by the whites. First improved 1775-called "Painted Stone Tract" 1776.

Squire Boone George Rogers Clark Forts and Stations Indians