The first Clark in the Northwest territory

Returned with Marina to visit the national monument dedicated to one of the most forgotten yet important Americans of the 18th century, George Rogers Clark. Under the directions of Patrick Henry, then governor of Virginia, Clark took a small group of frontiersmen into the wilds of the area west of the Ohio River to challenge British rule.
The story of his interactions with the French and Indians in the region, and his ultimate victory over the British forces at Ft Sackville in Vincennes without loss of a single life on either side is truly epic and deserving of a major motion picture. The British surrender ultimately opened the west for American expansion and paved the way for Clark's more famous younger brother to explore the west.
Clark passed away in obscurity but citizens of Vincennes rallied to his memory and a suitable monument was completed and dedicated by FDR in 1934.
It's worth 15 minutes to go look up Clark and his Long Knives. True American heroes.