Oct 14, 2011 - George Rogers Clark Natl. Historical Park

From the National Park Service brochure and Ranger Pamela Nolan, we learned the following: An intense interest in commemorating the great accomplishments of George Rogers Clark had developed among the citizens of Vincennes and the state of Indiana during the early 1920s as the 150th anniversary of the American Revolution neared. After various proposals had been considered, President Calvin Coolidge signed into law a resolution establishing the George Rogers Clark Sesquicentennial Commission on May 23, 1928. The 15-member commission was...

Oct 12, 2011 - Vincennes, IN

It was overcast all day on our drive to the New Vision RV Park in Oaktown, IN, a small community 14 miles east of Vincennes, the first city of Indiana (1732) and served as the capital of the Indiana Territory (1800-1813). As this campground is a Passport America campground, we paid $45 for three nights. There were only a few sites in the campground open because it appeared that most of the sites were actually occupied on a long term basis. After getting set-up, we drove into Vincennes after stopping at the visitor center to obtain...

Apr 27, 2010 - Vincennes, Indiana

4/27 A 112 mile drive west on US50 brought us to Ouabache Trails County Park in Vincennes, Indiana. Although we only spent one night here, we did two days worth of sight seeing. The first stop was the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park. Clark lead the fight against the British in this area of the country. On February 25, 1779 Clark’s men defeated the British led by Lt. Governor Henry Hamilton at Fort Sackville in Vincennes. Today, located on the site of Fort Sackville, stands a huge monument constructed in 1931 to Clark. Inside...

Feb 22, 2010 - Vermont - Indiana

We managed to get going only 5 minutes after 9 am on Saturday. We headed towards western Vermont and Crown Point to take the Ferry across Lake Champlain. We chose Route 17 as it meandered across the state past ski resorts and homes with lots of snow. The ride was spectacular with new snow in many places making everything shine. It was fun seeing the ponds and lakes frozen and the ice fishermen were out, some had jeeps and 4 runners with them. We went past Mad River ski area and we reminisced about our ski days and how we miss them. There...

Jul 2, 2009 - Pacific, Mo., to Vincennes, Ind.

Today we left the St. Louis suburb of Pacific and headed into the heart of the city to see the Gateway Arch. There was lots of roadwork downtown, and the ramps and several streets around the arch were closed. Scott hates driving in big cities, so it got a little tense. The GPS on my iPhone was pretty useless, since it was giving us directions that required using the closed streets. We basically just used the landmark as our guide to get as close as we could. We circled the surrounding streets several times, Scott getting increasingly...

Oct 27, 2007 - Indiana

Oct 27 51580 8:12 We are headed for Indiana and more of Lincoln's boyhood homes. As we across the Ohio River into Indiana at Rockport on the beautiful new bridge the reactor is belching smoke and a huge coal barge is tied up along shore. Our highway taxes are at work here; a new highway is being built. Our new road just ran out and we have to detour back to the old road. My GPS had us out in a pasture. We have traded the Kentucky hills for Indiana farmland. This country road is bumpy and goes up and down small hills. Lincoln Boyhood Home...