Captain Samuel C. Vance
1802 - 2002 Bicentennial Memorial to The Common Man
[ Plaque One ]
Captain Samuel C. Vance
Our Founder
[ Plaque Two ]
In memory of Captain Vance and the pioneer families who endured the hardships of flatboat travel to reach this place in the wilderness.
They lived in log cabins with dirt or puncheon floors, cat-in-clay chimneys, wooden hinged split wood doors, and greased paper windows.
They persevered to give us this historic city.
[ Plaque Three ]
"The Flatboat"
A mode of river travel 1802
Marker can be reached from South Walnut Street south of New Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
