Filson's Map

ID: 1172
This file appears in: Cartwright’s Station

John Filson's 1784 map includes Cartwright's Creek. This map was later translated and printed in French. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Cartwright’s Station

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1339 in Marion County notes the location of Cartwright’s Station, an important frontier post between the Cumberland Gap and the Falls of the Ohio River. Samuel Cartwright was an…