Robert Clarke's Station

Robert Clarke Station (1784) - A Revolutionary War era Bourbon County Station established by Robert Clarke in 1784. Robert Clarke came from Augusta County, Virginia and built a stockaded Station near present day Paris. Also spelled without the "e", as Clark. History The original station was described as having a two-story log blockhouse and two other log buildings connected to one another by a stockade. The log blockhouse later was modified by the addition of a two-story brick structure in front. The other two buildings and the stockade have not survived. A small but reliable spring ran from beneath a low rock ledge southwest of the home into a small run called Clarks Run which also became the farm's name. Current Status The Station site has received an archelogical site designation of 15Bb78 and is located along the Hume-Beford Pike (Route 1939) about 1.7 miles from the intersection of Hume-Bedford Pike and Lexington Road in Paris, Kentucky. Location: Near Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky. Map point is approximate. Maps & Images Lat: 38.19920 Long: -84.30650 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 871' See Also: Sources: O'Malley, Nancy, Stockading Up: A Study of Pioneer Stations in the Inner Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, Kentucky Heritage Council, University of Kentucky Program for Cultural Resource Assessment, 1987, rev 1994, 347 pages Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 308 Links: North American Forts - Robert Clarke's Station Frontier Folk - Robert Clarke's Station Visited: No