The Licking River

ID: 205
This file appears in: Newport Barracks

Hand painted postcard of the Licking River near an unnamed town.

Image Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society

This file appears in: Newport Barracks

By Sanders
Historical marker #599 commemorates the Newport Barracks, which was a military prison during the War of 1812. Built in 1804 at the juncture of the Licking and Ohio Rivers, the Newport Barracks was…