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Description: Historical marker located at en:Lower Shawneetown near en:South Portsmouth, Kentucky in Greenup County. Inscription: Shannoah First village in Kentucky built by Shawnee Indians and French traders. Was visited January 1751 by Christopher Gist, George Croghan, Andrew Montour, Robert Kallendar and a servant. Located on the site of an earlier Fort Ancient settlement, it stood 500 yards northwest of these Adena earthworks. Erected by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. June 1946
Title: Lower Shawneetown Shannoah historical marker HRoe
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Author: Herb Roe, www.chromesun,.com
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