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H.R. 1963 (107th)

To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the route taken by American soldier and frontiersman George Rogers Clark and his men during the Revolutionary War to capture the British forts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia, Illinois, and Vincennes, Indiana, for study for potential addition to the National Trails System.

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23 May 2001

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Summary

Amends the National Historic Trails System Act to designate for study for potential addition to the National Historic Trails System the George Rogers Clark Northwest Campaign Trail, tracing the water route and overland route of the 1778 and 1779 expedition of Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark and his Virginia militia against the British in which he captured the British forts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia, in what is now Illinois, and twice captured Vincennes, in what is now Indiana.

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