Lindsay's Station
Scott County, Scott County, Kentucky
Marker Inscription
Lindsay's Station. Anthony Lindsay chose this site for his station, built about 1790. lt was located near Lecompte's Run, a branch of the Elkhorn named for Charles Lecompte, who was here with William McConnell and others in 1775. The station was on old buffalo trace, leading north to Ohio River, and was a regular stop for travelers and traders. Lindsay's grave is 100 yds. north. Installed May 15, 1964.
Erected by Kentucky Historical Society
The Story
Around 1790, as settlers pressed into the Bluegrass country, Anthony Lindsay built a fortified station near a branch of the Elkhorn named for the frontiersman Charles Lecompte, who had ranged this land as early as 1775. Sited along an old buffalo trace that ran north toward the Ohio River, the station became a dependable stop for travelers and traders threading the wilderness. Lindsay lies buried a hundred yards from where his station once stood.
Why it matters
Frontier stations like Lindsay's were the fragile footholds of American settlement in Kentucky, turning ancient game paths into the roads of a new republic.
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Related people
- · Anthony Lindsay
- · Charles Lecompte
- · William McConnell
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