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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Springfield, Ohio, Lawrenceville, Ohio, New Carlisle, Ohio, Park Layne, Ohio, South Charleston, Ohio, Catawba, Ohio, Crystal Lakes, Ohio, Donnelsville, Ohio, Holiday Valley, Ohio, Northridge, Clark County, Ohio, Enon, Ohio, North Hampton, Ohio, Clifton, Ohio, South Vienna, Ohio, Green Meadows, Ohio, George Rogers Clark, Little Miami Scenic Trail, Great Dayton Flood, National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County, Ohio, Little Miami Railroad, Buck Creek State Park, Medway, Ohio, Speedway LLC, Clark County Courthouse, Tremont City, Ohio, Clark County Public Library, Lagonda Club Building, Luman Watson, WUSO, Old Enon Road Stone Arch Culvert, Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport, Ohio State Route 72, Ohio State Route 56, St. Raphael's Catholic Church (Springfield, Ohio), Odd Fellows' Home for Orphans, Indigent and Aged, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Springfield, Ohio), Ohio State Route 54, Green Plain Monthly Meetinghouse, St. Joseph's Catholic Church (Springfield, Ohio), Greenon Local School District, Plattsburgh, Ohio. Excerpt: George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 - February 13, 1818) was a soldier from Virginia and the highest ranking American military officer on the northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Kentucky (then part of Virginia) militia throughout much of the war. Clark is best known for his celebrated captures of Kaskaskia (1778) and Vincennes (1779), which greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory. Because the British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, Clark has often been hailed as the "Conqueror of the Old Northwest." Clark's military achievements all came before his 30th birthday. Afterwards he led militia in the opening engagements of the Northwest Indian...
