Clark Through The Illinois Country

General George Rogers Clark used stealth and cunning to wrest control of the Mississippi and the Old Northwest Territory from the British.  Below is a map of the routes taken to achieve that goal:

Source: Conquest of the country northwest of the river Ohio, 1778-1783: and life of ...

Depicting General Clark crossing the Wabash -- Through Wilderness And Flood (at the Vincennes Memorial):

Jim's Photo

Clark launched some of his operations from Fort Massac.